BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has arrested 879 individuals violating the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) since its implementation on March 30.
Of the total figures, 832 were caught defying curfew hours and 47 for disobedience.
Seven cases were already filed, 48 were for regular filing and the rest were warned and advised to go home.
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson earlier issued Executive Order 20-20, placing Negros Occidental under an ECQ as a precaution against the spread or local transmission of the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
This was followed by Executive Order No. 20-20-A extending the ECQ until 11:59 p.m. of April 30.
For his part, NOCPPO director Colonel Romeo Baleros appealed to the public to obey the law and follow the advice of the authorities.
“To combat this infectious virus, we all need to do our part. If you have no important business outside your residence, better stay at home,” he stressed./PN
