AUTHORITIES have ordered tighter security measures amid warnings of terrorist activity in Palawan issued by the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), even as the alerts were downplayed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP).

The US and UK embassies posted a travel advisory on their respective websites Tuesday night, urging their citizens to refrain from visiting Palawan amid the presence of terrorist groups. The embassies cited “credible sources.”