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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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Thursday, October 19, 2017
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ILOILO City – Policemen caught 71 youngsters across the city violating the curfew for minors late Tuesday night.
Of the 71 minors, 20 were girls and most of them were between 13 to 17 years old.
Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) records showed Jaro district with the most number of arrested minors at 42. They were apprehended in 11 barangays.
The teenagers were turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development, said Senior Inspector Shella Mae Sangrines, city police spokesperson.
The police operation against the curfew violators began at 10 p.m. on Tuesday – the official start of curfew – and ended at 4 p.m. yesterday.
Senior Superintendent Henry Biᾗas, city police director, spearheaded the operation.
ICPO launched in March this year Project Bringing Order to the Nemesis of Gangs (BONG) to address incidents of youth gang-related violence following the relaunching of the curfew for minors.
“We have to maintain BONG. It’s a crime-preventive measure,” said Sangrines.
She did not discount the possibility of holding the parents of arrested minors legally liable.
For Tuesday night’s operation, the ICPO also tapped the Special Weapons and Tactics, Regional Public Safety Battalion and City Drugs Enforcement Unit.
Under Regulation Ordinance No. 2016- 230, which amended Regulation Ordinance No. 2011-676, minors (those below 18 years old) are prohibited from loitering beyond 10 p.m. in restaurants, nightclubs, motels, dancehalls, amusement places such as Internet cafes, video arcades, karaoke bars, billiard halls, beach resorts and other similar establishments.
Also under the curfew ordinance, minors are prohibited from selling or vending whatever items (including food and beverages) even with their parents or guardians around, and its shall be unlawful for business establishments to admit minors within their premises during curfew hours./PN
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