IBA, Zambales: Zambales Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. urged government agencies, including military and police forces, in Central Luzon to maintain heightened security amid the deployment of foreign troops in the region for the military exercises between the Philippines and the United States.

Presiding over the first-quarter meeting of the reorganized Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC), Ebdane called on the civilian and military units to anticipate the peace and order situation in the region during the visit of the American troops.