CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –– At least 35 first-time offenders of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in this Pampanga capital were punished by making them plant vegetables in the city nursery on Saturday. “We made them plant kalabasa and okra for two to three hours,” said Col. Paul Gamido, city police director. “I think making them plant vegetables is more productive nowadays,” Gamido explained. The city nursery, established in 2016 in the northern barangay of Lara, helped popularize urban gardening in 44 schools and 35 villages. The offenders, all males, were arrested for violating curfew hours, not wearing face masks or inability to present a quarantine pass.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 18, 2020 08:42 UTC