Romblon Police Provincial Office on Wednesday, February 1, confirmed to Romblon News Network that more cops were deployed in San Fernando, Sibuyan Island.
In a viber message, Police Capt. Richard Obsid, information officer of Romblon Police Provincial Office, said that “more or less” 30 cops coming from Tablas Island were augmented in the area.
He again reiterated that cops were sent to maintain peace and order.
The cops were part of Provincial Mobile Force Company based in Odiongan, Romblon.
Sibuyan residents have been protesting at the barricades for nearly a week already, as they demanded the suspension of the operations of Altai Mining Company.