Published March 15, 2021, 4:46 PM
The local government of Las Piñas City adjusted its curfew hours on March 15 from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Mayor Imelda Aguilar orders to adopt the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution No. 21-03, Series of 2021 on “setting the standardized and unified curfew hours in the National Capital Region from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting March 15 until March 31.”
Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar (City of Las Piñas Official Facebook Page / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Aguilar has also ordered that malls in the city must be closed at 9 p.m. while dine-in restaurants must be closed at exactly 10 p.m. except for convenience stores which are allowed to open 24 hours.
The Manila City Hall clock tower is seen illuminated with colorful lights display
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, Officer-In-Charge of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) alone will be deploying more than 9,600 of its personnel on the streets as early as the scheduled start of curfew time at 10 p.m.
“We will also be deploying additional personnel to augment the NCRPO policemen and assist the local government units of Metro Manila in the implementation of the uniform curfew,” said Eleazar.
A unified curfew will come into force in Metro Manila starting today to help curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its variants.
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The decision of Metro Manila mayors to impose a two-week uniform curfew hours is expected to compel quarantine violators to behave, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said.
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez (FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN)
Olivarez said the city adopted the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution No. 21-03 S. 2021 setting the standardized and unified curfew hour in the National Capital Region (NCR) from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting March 15 until March 31.
Olivarez said the Metro Manila Council (MMC), composed of 17 Metro Manila mayors, convened to set a unified curfew hour in NCR on March 11.due to the continued increase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases
On March 10, Olivarez issued an executive order adjusting the curfew hour in Paranaque City from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.