PNP: No ‘overkill’ in Sona 2026 deployment
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. maintained that there was no “overkill” in the deployment of over 21,000 law enforcers for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, July 27. “We didn’t even deploy that many,” Nartatez told reporters while inspecting the
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