Mayor Inday made the order after receiving a report that one vehicle ignored the curfew and a quarantine control checkpoint set up in the city although the police authorities manning it had already signaled the driver to stop.
While the vehicle was an ambulance, she said that it was not responding to an emergency at the time and the driver should have heeded the police’s signal for him to stop.
Worst, the vehicle was traveling within the curfew hours set by the city government as part of measures to further curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The curfew hours had been adjusted after the city was placed under an Enhanced Community Quarantine. Starting Tuesday, the new curfew is from 6 pm to 6 am.
Mayor Inday said that those who will not follow the rules will face charges for disobedience to authority.
“Do not test the law enforcement on the ground implementing our security measures. They are there on the ground because it is mandated by the law,” she said. CIO
