Aklan police in full alert for ASEAN youth program

The Aklan Provincial Police Office (APPO) has declared a full alert status to ensure the security of some 200 ASEAN Youth in this resort island.

Police Senior Superintendent Lope Manlapaz, newly installed acting provincial police chief, said on Friday that the Aklan police would beef up the security for the 200 youth delegates for the Ship Southeast Asia and Japanese Youth Programme (SSEAYP) International General Assembly in the island.

The activity will hold its closing ceremony of the program from April 28 to 30. <>The youth delegates are from Japan and Southeast Asian countries including Philippines, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

"Based on the coordinating conference we held, Boracay police will maximize their strength in the island security while APPO personnel and police stations will be augmented in convoy, route and traffic security to ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of the international event," he said.

Major Events Security Framework (MESF) is the security to be implemented in the SSEAYP 2017 in Boracay as its proven effective during the APEC and the recent ASEAN in maintaining peace and order and security during the holding of meetings in different sites in the Philippines.