MANILA, Philippines — Patrollers on Friday threatened to use”yantok” (rattan stick) as a whip on people who will refuse to follow health protocols in public, such as social distancing, this holiday season.
Joint Task Force COVID-19 Shield chief Lt. Gen. Cesar Hawthorne Binag said in the Laging Handa briefing that the deployment of law enforcers will be doubled in areas of convergence such as public markets, malls, churches, ports, and the like this coming holidays.
“Meron pa kaming tinawag na social distancing patrol, ito ‘yung pinag-utos ng ating chief PNP si General [Debold] Sinas… May hawak na yantok ‘yan, isang metro ‘yan, pang-saway tapos panukat. Pamalo na rin doon sa mat…
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