Thousands of people were apprehended and fined by personnel of the Quezon City government and police on Wednesday for violating health safety measures, including those who were not wearing face shields and those who supposedly took off their mask to wipe sweat from their face. As of noontime, the...
Moira Dela Torre is currently trending on TikTok. No, it wasn't because she posted a video of her dancing to "Renegade." A video of her performing "Tagpuan" using a huge barrier or shield as propped on a roller made it to the site. Not that it's wrong, of course. Note that under the new normal,...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has reiterated his call for the proper disposal of face masks amid the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Discarded face masks found at Baseco beach, Manila. (EcoWaste Coalition/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
The chief of the Taguig City Police Station said face mask ordinance violators in the city are meted out fines, held for up to eight hours, but not charged in court. A Taguig policeman gives food packs in Tuktukan, Taguig and reminds people to wear face masks and face shields (Taguig Scadb / MANILA...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Monday, May 10 said the police should heed newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar’s order not to put mask violators in jail. Recto said any rush to arrest persons for not wearing face mask without setting up...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all policemen to give free face masks to those who would be arrested for no wearing any as the government intensified its campaign to run after those who are not wearing or not properly wearing face mask amid...
The Pasay City Police assured on Monday, May 10, that all violators of the mandatory wearing of face masks will be treated "humanely" and "their rights will be strictly respected." In a statement, Pasay City Police Chief Col. Cesar Paday-os said that the local police, in coordination with the Pasay...
A lawyer and councilor in Muntinlupa said the police can only impose fines but not detain face mask violators based on an existing city ordinance. Atty. Raul Corro, the Muntinlupa City Council’s majority floor leader, told the Manila Bulletin that Ordinance No. 2020-109, which imposes the...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo does not agree with President Duterte’s order to arrest people who are not wearing their face masks. “I don’t understand why our default is to arrest people,” Robredo said in Filipino during her Sunday radio show. VP Leni Robredo (OVP photo)...
Advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBED) has urged the government to plan for a safe resumption of face-to-face classes to stem the looming learning crisis. “There should be a plan to safely resume face-to-face classes to address the issue on access and inequality among...
The Muntinlupa police apprehended on Friday 1,326 persons, mostly minors, for violating the city ordinance on the mandatory wearing of face masks outside residence. Of the total violators, 1,281, or 97 percent, were minors and only 45, or 3 percent, were adults. They were all caught without...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced Friday, May 7, that it will immediately enforce President Duterte's order to apprehend violators of health protocols imposed by the government to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “In order to sustain the...
