MANILA, May 26 -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday launched the Philippine National Police's (PNP) intensified police visibility in Metro Manila as part of a recalibrated campaign against criminality.

DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla and National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director Maj. Gen. Anthony Aberin oversaw the launch of the police visibility program at the NCRPO Grandstand in Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City.

The NCRPO, in a statement, said it deployed 21,532 personnel to boost police visibility in Metro Manila in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s call to ensure that police presence is constant, credible, and felt in all communities.

It added that 12,539 officers were...