Philippines, Oct. 2 -- With search and rescue operations completed, police personnel deployed in Cebu and other areas hit by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake have shifted their focus to relief and rehabilitation efforts, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed the redeployment, noting that all missing persons have been accounted for, PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuano said in a press briefing at Camp Crame.
"The focus of the operation of our personnel on the ground were security, medical, road clearing and providing logistics or transportation as part of the efforts to bring back normalcy in the affected areas... and maintaining security in the affected areas so that we can av...