DRINKING alcohol has again been disallowed in Quezon City while cities in northern Metro Manila imposed longer curfew hours to keep residents in their homes. The Quezon City government reimposed the liquor ban after local medical experts found that drinking in public places helped spread the coronavirus disease. Mayor Josefina Belmonte said the liquor ban would be implemented from August 4 to 18. “I will not do the liquor ban because no one could buy alcohol in the first place,” he said in jest. With Metro Manila under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the four local chief executives in northern Metro Manila imposed longer curfew hours, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., to keep residents inside their homes.

Source: Manila Times August 04, 2020 17:01 UTC