ADVERTISEMENTThree times a week, members of a local youth group don their homemade Star Wars outfits to do their rounds of Panghulo in the capital Manila to remind people to stay in their homes to help halt the contagion’s spread. Another mission saw them being rowed through the flooded streets on the lookout for those sneaking outside, dodging the electricity lines that sagged overhead. “We made the costumes… to ease the stress and worries of children and their families,” said Alexandria Ignacio, one of the group’s members. The locals are happy to see something new in the deserted streets — even if it is the Empire’s feared stormtroopers. For more information on COVID-19, call the DOH Hotline: (02) 86517800 local 1149/1150.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 06, 2020 16:18 UTC