General Santos City sees at least 32 shootings since January, and Mayor Lorelie Pacquiao gives the city's police chief 20 days to do something about the problem.
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – General Santos Mayor Lorelie Pacquiao has given the city’s police director less than a month to take steps to solve the problem of a series of deadly gun attacks in the city or face the prospect of being replaced.
The local police have merely dismissed the shooting deaths as “isolated cases,” drawing public criticism. However, on May 4, Pacquiao told a news conference that she was confident that the local police, under Yap’s leadership, would be able to improve General Santos’ crime rate.General Santos is a city in the Soccsksargen region, which has found itself among those at the tail-end of the list of six Mindanao regions in terms of public confidence levels when it comes to peace and order.
MinDA’s Mindanao Trust, Respect, Safety, and Satisfaction Survey involved 7,000 respondents, many of whom showed a favorable perception of the peace and order in most of Mindanao. He attributed this to the Davao region being declared “insurgency-free” and Northern Mindanao’s recognition as a top contributor to addressing the armed conflict.
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