Manila, May 10 -- Two days before the elections, the Philippine National Police (PNP) declared it is on full alert, deploying more than 160,000 officers nationwide to ensure a peaceful and orderly election process and its aftermath.

PNP Director for Police Community Relations Maj. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba said the PNP "is all hands on deck" and ready to respond to any eventualities before, on and after the May 12 elections.

Alba said that aside from the more than 160,000 deployed on election day, "a "sizable number" of reserve forces in every PNP headquarters are on call and ready to augment the number if necessary.

Aside from securing peace and order in polling areas, the PNP-Anti Cybercrime Group also joins patrols on election da...