BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office yesterday declared the week-long MassKara sa Panaad in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, as generally peaceful.
More than 200 NOCPPO personnel secured the festivities which started October 10 and ended on the 16th.
Except for a theft case on Oct. 16, PLt. Judesses Catalogo, NOCPPO spokesperson, yesterday said that no major untoward incidents that had taken place.
The deployed NOCPPO personnel have returned to their respective police units, after a week of duty at the Panaad Park., Catalogo said.
The Masskara sa Panaad officially closed Oct. 16 with a tourism and cultural show presented by the different local government unit of the Negros Occidental sixth district.
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Board Member Jeffrey Tubola were present during the closing program.
Catalogo said it was not determined yet if the NOCPPO personnel deployed at the Panaad will augment the Bacolod City Police Office in securing the different festival sites, as MassKara celebrations cap this week.*
