CEBU CITY –– The Cebuana beauty queen and her Spanish boyfriend, who were arrested for swimming on a beach amid quarantine restrictions, are facing additional charges for allegedly falsifying a document to pass through multiple checkpoints in Cebu. It was found out that the group had not issued any authorization letter to them,” Mariano said in an interview. Gigante, 26, and Castro, 35, were able to make it past the border control checkpoints after showing a letter of authorization supposedly signed by the PATROL party-list. Police filed charges against them for violating Article 151 of the Revised Penal Code for resistance and disobedience to a person in authority. As of 3 p.m. of May 13, Gigante and Castro were still under detention at the Moalboal Police Station.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 13, 2020 09:11 UTC