Curfew is from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., MMDA says
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila mayors will impose a curfew over the National Capital Region starting Sunday, March 15, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said.
People will not be allowed on the streets from 8 pm to 5 am until April 14, MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia announced on Saturday.
He said that those particularly covered by the curfew were non-essential activities such as “‘yung mga gumigimik lang, kung saan-saan nagpupunta, nakikibarkada, nakiki-party. Lahat ‘yan bawal na muna.”
“Hindi naman po dadamputin ito. Pagsasabihan lang na nandito ang PNP na umuwi na kayo kung hindi importante ang lakad ninyo,” he added.
Exempted from the curfew were workers and “essential” live movements of supplies and medical teams.
Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya later in the day said the curfew would depend on the issuance of ordinances by each local government unit.
He said the ordinances would be out on Monday.
“The legal basis for the curfew are the ordinances and the mayors agreed to issue these on Monday. So Monday ito,” Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said.
The announcement of the curfew came a day before the community quarantine was set to be implemented on Metro Manila.
The quarantine was imposed as a precautionary measure against the 2019 coronavirus disease.
