MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will go after mayors and barangay chiefs if gross COVID-19 quarantine violations occur under their jurisdiction, President Rodrigo Duterte warned in his pre-recorded briefing onWednesday night.
Duterte said he had seen a lot of quarantine violations in recent weeks, which would probably account for the recent surges in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila and the adjacent provinces of Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, and Laguna — collectively referred by the government as the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus).
“Now I will do this. I will hold responsible, and I will direct the Secretary of the Local Governm…
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