The Taguig City government warned residents of Bonifacio Global City and visitors who insist on doing outdoor fitness and leisure activities that they would be apprehended for violating guidelines during the Enhanced Community Quarantine.
The local government came up with the warning after it received copies of video footages, photos and reports showing individuals jogging and doing leisure activities outside their homes.
Members of the Taguig City Police Station already arrested and charged more than 15 individuals, including foreigners, violating ECQ guidelines in BGC. Throughout the city, the authorities have apprehended more than 500 violators as of Sunday.
“Our frontliners are working hard to keep you safe. When you evade the rules of the ECQ, you not only endanger yourselves but others also. You also take time and valuable resources from areas where they are most needed,” said Mayor Lino Edgardo Cayetano.
The city chief executive reminded building managers and their security teams that they “are tasked to help implement the rules of the ECQ.”
“BGC has 30 confirmed COVID-19 infections but I am confident that if they fully participate in their comprehensive approach in handling the virus, we can contain its spread. We have been doing extensive contact tracing, disinfection and containment in BGC and rest of Taguig, but we need citizens to cooperate,” he said.