Senator Richard Gordon (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Senator Richard J. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon and justice committees, said this grisly tally make our countrymen despairing whether there would ever be a solution.
‘’It is time that we take action to stop these killings because we cannot be mere spectators and become desensitized to them,’’ Gordon.
‘’Hence, there is a very urgent need to fully implement Republic Act 11235, or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act, because riding-in-tandem killers have become so fearless that there had been 93 shootings recorded by our office from January 1 to March 14, with only two of their victims getting away unhurt.
MANILA: The Philippine capital Manila will widen a ban on minors leaving their residences to include youths of up to 18 years old for two weeks starting on Wednesday, tightening coronavirus restrictions in a bid to tackle a new surge of infections.
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine capital Manila will widen a ban on minors leaving their residences to include youths of up to 18 years old for two weeks starting on Wednesday, tightening coronavirus restrictions in a bid to tackle a new surge of infections. Only those aged 18-65 years old will be allowed out of their homes, the Metro Manila Development Authority said in a statement, citing an agreement among mayors. The Philippines late last year started easing one of the world s longest and strictest lockdowns though a rule that anyone under 15 must stay indoors in Manila remained in place. The Southeast Asian country has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases this month, recording the largest daily increase since mid-August on Monday with 5,404 new infections. Nighttime curfews have been reimposed since Monday for two weeks in Metropolitan Manila, the country s coronavirus hotspot that is home to more than 12 million people. Additional measures such as liquor bans and localised lockdowns i
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