Manila, Aug. 5 -- Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. has directed local units in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to increase police visibility to help ensure a peaceful and orderly conduct of the region's first parliamentary elections on Sept. 14.

"There is no room for complacency when it comes to securing the democratic right of all our kababayan (fellow citizens) in BARMM to choose their leaders. The zero election-related incident is proof that we are doing well and we will exert all our efforts to keep it that way," Nartatez said in a statement, adding that this is in line with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Department of the Interior and Local...