LUCENA CITY –– Authorities arrested 600 alleged violators in Quezon province of President Duterte’s enhanced community quarantine order for Luzon meant to stop the transmission of the
The violators were nabbed in different localities in the province from March 17 to April 16, Colonel Audie Madrideo, Quezon police chief, said in a report Friday.Local governments in Quezon have been implementing curfew hours from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. During the day, only those with quarantine pass are allowed to buy food, medicine, and other essentials.
At least 332 of those arrested were charged with violation of Article 151 of the Revised Penal Code, which “punishes resistance and disobedience to a person in authority or the agents of such person.”
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