A woman walks on an overpass in Manila, Philippines as President Rodrigo Duterte announces a community quarantine in Metro Manila on March 12, 2020. - Reuters
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer): The Philippine police will be using checkpoints to enforce the community quarantine on Metro Manila, the acting spokesperson of the national police said on Friday (March 13).
“Community quarantine will be enforced by the police through checkpoints and other lawful means in coordination with the the local government units starting from barangays and other agencies like the armed forces, ” Maj Gen Benigno Durana Jr, head of the directorate for Police Community Relations and acting National Police spokesperson said in a text message.
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