Authorities Arrest 2 Barangay Officials for Violating Protocol Amid Quarantine
BARANGAY OFFICIALS – Two (2) barangay kagawads in Pangasinan were arrested for violating a quarantine protocol.
Currently, the Philippines is on a fight against the 2019 coronavirus or COVID-19. This pandemic has claimed more than 120,000 lives across the globe and infected nearly 2 million people.
PH is one of the countries with confirmed cases of COVID-19, a disease that was first recorded in China. The Philippine government is implementing measures to prevent things from getting to worst.
According to the Department of Health (DOH), there is now a total of 5,233 confirmed in the country. Amid the fight, 335 people died while the recoveries is at 295.
To prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the Philippines, quarantines are implemented in Luzon and most areas in Visayas and Mindanao. The people are only allowed to leave their houses one at a time and with the use of a quarantine pass.
Checkpoints are everywhere and most cities implement strict monitoring on their borders. Everyone is advised to stay at home while the local government are ordered to assist their constituents.
However, it seems that not all barangay officials are obeying the protocols. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, two (2) kagawads in Pangasinan were arrested for violating the quarantine protocol.
The said officials were reportedly from Batancaoa, Urbiztondo. The police said that they fetched a group from Metro Manila using a rented van.
Based on report, the PNP further said that the barangay officials nabbed for violating the quarantine protocol went off the van in Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX). They allegedly walked going to Rosales.
The group was blocked and the authorities found out that they have no quarantine IDs or travel pass. The authorities are planning to file charges against the kagawads and their companions for violating the protocol.
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