The lifting of the liquor ban will also give residents the choice to buy and consume alcoholic drinks and “help them deal with their anxieties,” provided they do not drink in public places and observe social distancing, the ordinance said. READ:
The lifting of the liquor ban will also give residents the choice to buy and consume alcoholic drinks and “help them deal with their anxieties,” provided they do not drink in public places and observe social distancing, it added.
“[After’] two months of being under the ECQ, people are stressed, anxious. I don’t want to deprive them of the freedom and choice to calm themselves once in a while. After all, they will not be drinking the whole day or throughout the night. They will not be drinking in a party,” he added.A drinking ban remains in effect in Parañaque with Mayor Edwin Olivarez saying it would be extended until the end of the month “to strictly implement social distancing.
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