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Health & Medicine, Law Enforcement, Music

IATF Orders Confiscation Of All Home Karaoke Machines

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines’ Inter-Agency Task Force on Covid-19 (IATF) is leaving no stone unturned in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus.

Today, IATF ordered the confiscation of all Karaoke and videoke machines from all households across the country.

”We all know that karaoke singing is a favorite passtime among Filipinos, more so during this  period of community quarantine,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque told The Adobo Chronicles.

”But we also know that karaoke singing, including the sharing of microphones, is one of the ways in which respiratory droplets are released and which could potentially spread the virus,” Roque added.

The confiscation of karaoke machines will be temporary and the confiscated units will be returned to the rightful owners as soon as the country reaches the period of new normal.

The IATF move came just days after the LRT management advised commuters to refrain from talking on their phones or to each other while onboard the trains.

 

Law Enforcement, Social Media

Maria Ressa Faces A New Charge

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – One down, two to go. Or is it three?

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was found guilty of cyber libel in one of three cases she faces in court. The two other still-to-be-resolved cases are those for constitutional violation of the 100% rule on media ownership, and tax evasion.

But wait. Another case is soon to be filed against Ressa, this time for violation of quarantine regulations prohibiting mass gatherings.

Metro Manila is under General Community Quarantine (GCQ). By holding a press conference following her conviction last Monday, she violated GCQ rules on mass gatherings and maintaining social distancing as evidenced by photos from said presscon.

2020 is really turning out to be a bad year for the self-proclaimed journalist and crusader for press freedom.

But help is hopefully on the way. Rappler has set up crowd funding to help its CEO pay for her legal defense before a judicial system she  has labeled a “failure.”

 

Government, Health & Medicine, Law Enforcement

IATF To Quarantine Filipinos Aged 21-59

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Since the start of the Philippine governnment’s imposed community quarantine, Filipinos under 21 years old and senior citizens 60 and above have always been ordered to stay at home at all times. This, despite the subsequent easing down of the lockdowns from acronyms like ECQ to MECQ to GCQ to MGCQ.

Well, senior citizens are pushing back, arguing that they are being discriminated against based on their age, no matter that many of them are in prime health and are as strong as a bull.

Fearing serious backlash from its guidelines practically isolating seniors, the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) in charge of promulgating Covid-19 policies, amended its latest resolution, turning the tables around.

For the remainder of the government lockdowns, the IATF is now ordering all Filipinos aged 21-59 to stay at home to give the chance to young people and senior citizens to also enjoy their freedom and Constitutional right of movement.

One senior citizen was overheard screaming, “Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, free at last.”

For seniors, no more GCQ. Just MLK!