Nearly 3,000 ordinance violators nabbed in Muntinlupa
The Muntinlupa police apprehended nearly 3,000 individuals for violating ordinances under the Safer Metro Manila Plan of the Department of the Interior and Local Government DILG).
Data showed that 2,982 people were caught in Muntinlupa on April 7, the highest among all local government units in Metro Manila.
The DILG and the Philippine National Police’s intensified campaign aims to enforce ordinances against public intoxication, indecent exposure and nudity, loitering, and videoke operations beyond 10 p.m.
The Muntinlupa police, in coordination with the city government, implemented the “Oplan Galugad.”
Of the 2,982 violators, 496 were apprehended for drinking in public places, 526 for smoking in public, 527 for roaming the streets without shirts; 550 minors for violating curfew hours, 420 for urinating in public, and 443 for littering.
Of the total, 19 were fined, one was charged, while 2,962 were warned and released.
DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla said the enforcement of ordinances will begin in Metro Manila and eventually expand to other major urban centers nationwide.
“Initially, dito po sa Metro Manila mag-uumpisa 'yan. But, eventually, lilipat po sa lahat ng major urban centers sa buong Pilipinas. Trial ito, this month Metro Manila, susunod to sa Cebu, Baguio, Bacolod, lahat po ng mga lugar na iyan. We will make the Philippines safer. Makakaasa po kayo na ang krimen bababa (Initially, it will start here in Metro Manila. But eventually, it will move to all major urban centers throughout the Philippines. This is a trial -- this month in Metro Manila, next in Cebu, Baguio, Bacolod, and other places. We will make the Philippines safer. You can expect crime to go down),” he said.
