Manila, May 19 -- Metro Manila police personnel will participate in this year's "Brigada Eskwela" by helping clean classrooms and doing carpentry work, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief, Major Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, said Sunday.

"I already ordered the five district directors na mag-ikot sa mga schools in Metro Manila at tumulong maglinis as well to provide security. Ako din mag-iikot sa mga schools starting tomorrow (I already ordered the five district directors to make the rounds of schools in Metro Manila and help clean them up, as well as provide security. I will also visit schools starting Monday)," Eleazar said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency .

He said the NCRPO will also provide cleaning and painti...