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71 unauthorized motorists flagged along Edsa: PNP
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) is implementing stricter sanctions against motorists violating the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) rules.
This measure comes in response to the observed increase in road traffic and quarantine violators in parts of Metro Manila.
The Joint Task Force Corona Virus Shield (JTF CV Shield) set up mobile checkpoints in Edsa and other major thoroughfares of Metro Manila on Wednesday.
A total of 71 motorists not authorized to leave their homes were issued citation tickets after being flagged down along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa) on Wednesday.
The Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) will issue a Land Transportation Office-Temporary Operator's Permit (TOP) or Metropolitan Manila Development Authority-Ordinance Violation Receipt (OVR) tickets against violators.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles urged the public to cooperate and stay home to help prevent the spread of the virus.
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