PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has asked the Interior department to deploy at least two police personnel in every hotel used as a quarantine facility to keep watch on and arrest those who will violate rules. READ:
Mr. Duterte said hotel owners do not have the authority to enforce health protocols and arrest those who cut quarantine.
Mr. Duterte, meanwhile, claimed that hotel owners and managers “cannot be in a position to legally stop” their guests from violating protocols. “Sir, with due respect, I can see something in the existing law… there is a provision there on non-cooperation as part of prohibited acts,” he told the President at the meeting.
Still, the President insisted that hotel staff would be unable to physically stop guests from violating quarantine protocols.The order came after a returning Filipina from the United States skipped her quarantine in a hotel to attend a party in a luxurious hub in Makati City.
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