Manila, Feb. 25 -- Some 14,900 police personnel were deployed to secure Wednesday's 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.

Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Penones, newly appointed PNP director for operations, said around 40,000 people are expected to attend activities marking the event.

Speaking at a press briefing in Camp Crame, Penones said the deployment aims to prevent "agitators" from causing unrest.

"Ang binabantayan lang natin dito, 'yung ibang grupo na, sabi ko nga, nag-aagitate para magkaroon ng kaguluhan. Ito 'yung focus ng ating deployment (What we are really monitoring here are the groups that may agitate the other so that there will be chaos. That is the focus of our deplo...