DUMAGUETE CITY, April 8 -- The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) on Tuesday said it needs 347 additional personnel for its staffing requirements and election duty.

Lt. Stephen Polinar, NOPPO spokesperson, said this comes amid the transition from being under Police Regional Office 7 (PRO-7) to the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR).

Polinar said PRO-7 could no longer provide additional police personnel to Negros Oriental after the province was officially separated from the Central Visayas region.

"The PRO-NIR has committed to supplement the lacking variance of the number of PNP (Philippine National Police) personnel that we need for the MNLE (May 12 national and local elections)," he said in an intervie...