Bomb threat disrupts Bulacan courts

CITY OF MALOLOS— A bomb threat disrupted work at the Bulacan regional trial court on Monday before being declared a hoax.

City of Malolos police chief Col. Rommel Geneblazo said the Bulacan Police Office Provincial Explosives and K9 Unit (PECU) immediately conducted a bomb search procedure.

According to Geneblazo, the bomb threat was received at about 10:45 a.m. through the official email account of the RTC Office of the Clerk of Court (OCC).

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READ: Silliman University campus evacuated following bomb threatAnneth Joyce R. Sy, data entry machine operator, immediately informed Bulacan RTC Executive Judge Hermenegildo Dumlao II, who then called the attention of Elmo F. Mallorca, Head Security of the Bulacan RTC. Mallorca then reported the threat to the Tactical Operations Center of the City of Malolos police station.

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PECU and the City of Malolos police teams secured the perimeter and implemented safety measures, while searches were conducted in two separate RTC buildings beside the Bulacan Provincial Government Gymnasium and Building at the Capitol compound.

Court hearings and other offices, however, resumed work in the afternoon after the police cleared the area of danger./coa

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