President to spend 2 days in Cebu

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will be in Cebu for the weekend.

At 3 p.m. yesterday, Duterte was in the southwestern town of Alegria for the ceremonial commencement of oil and gas production at the Alegria Oil Field Polyard-3 Website in Barangay Montpeller.

The oil field, operated by the China International Mining Petroleum (CIMP) Company Limited, was discovered in 2009.

The Department of Energy and CIMP signed a joint declaration of its viability early this year.

At 5 p.m., Duterte attended the opening ceremonies of the Philippine National Games (PNG) 2018 at the Cebu City Sports Center.

Security matters

Today, the President will be at the northern town of Tabogon to attend its annual fiesta.

In a press briefing on Friday, Charry Mantala of the Malacañang Accreditation and Relations Office told reporters that Duterte was invited by Mayor Ziegfred Duterte, who is his third-degree nephew.

Meanwhile, Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Robert Quenery said that an elaborate security plan is in place for the presidential visit.

Because the President will have three engagements, more than a thousand police officers will be deployed for the entire duration of his stay, Quenery said.

The PRO 7 will also secure the more than 5,000 delegates of the PNG.

“The opening and the hosting of Cebu for the Philippine National Games is also an important activity that we also have to look into the security of the more than 5,000 delegates who are coming over and would be billeted in at least eight billeting centers within Cebu City and in the province also,” he said. SunStar Philippines