LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—At least two of the 30 barangays here have starting reimposing curfew for minors apparently anticipating the enforcement of a nationwide curfew by incoming President Rodrigo Duterte.
Mayor Paz Radaza said the officials of Barangays Pajo and Basak have started reimposing the curfew ordinance for minors which had been passed in March 2009.
“We have an existing ordinance. Barangay Pajo and Basak keep implementing the city’s ordinance,” Radaza said.
She said the ordinance prohibits all residents aged 18 and below from wandering, loitering or sauntering in public places such as beach, disco pubs, karaoke bars as well as in wharfs and in the public market from 11 p.m. to 5 in the morning.
If the minors are caught by the roving police or barangay peacekeeping officers within the curfew hours, they will be taken into custody by the nearest police station or barangay hall or will be sent home.
Basak barangay captain Isabelito Darnayla said they have been rescuing children on the streets since 2010 in coordination with the Children’s Legal Bureau.