MANILA, Philippines — No quarantine violators will be arrested as the so-called NCR Plus bubble transitions to a slightly looser Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine, the Philippine National Police said Monday. This comes after two weeks of enhanced community quarantine where abuse on the part of power-tripping cops was well documented. On the first day of ECQ alone, the PNP disclosed that nearly 2,600 were arrested for various quarantine violations within the bubble. LOOK: PNP records running average of some 3,500 quarantine violations every day amid ECQ. 37,000 warned, finedPNP data show that more than 37,000 in the so-called NCR+ bubble have either been warned, fined or subject to community service for supposed quarantine violations since March 29.

Source: Philippine Star April 12, 2021 04:30 UTC