Tanjay City residents urged to stay calm amid bomb scare |
DUMAGUETE CITY -- Mayor Reynaldo Concepcion and the Department of Education Division in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental have asked the public to remain calm and vigilant even as police authorities on Tuesday, August 27, determined a bomb threat to be a hoax.
In a statement, Milagros Suyo, Curriculum Implementation Division head, clarified that only classes under DepEd were suspended as “safety precautions” following advice from the police. The supposed sender of the text said he was a “breakaway” and warned not to post the text message so that “hindi maghinala ang mga terorista” .
He also advised the public against spreading bomb hoaxes or bomb jokes through text messaging or social media.This is not the first time that a bomb threat or bomb scare was reported involving schools.
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