Moreno places MPD on alert in wake of Bin Laden’s death 05/03/2011

Moreno places MPD on alert in wake of Bin Laden’s death

05/03/2011
Security alert was announced by acting Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on major US installations in the city following reports on the killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden by the US troops in Pakistan.

Moreno called on MPD Director Chief Supt. Roberto Rongavilla to raise the alert level of security in and around the US Embassy on Roxas Boulevard, Manila and some of its installations in the city.

Moreno called up Rongavilla to relay the message for a heightened security alert also in other foreign-run structures in the city, including the Vietnam Embassy in Vito Cruz.

The acting mayor said all measures must be in place to safeguard against possible retaliatory moves from the groups linked to the al-Qaeda, now that their figure head was dead..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110503met7.html