QC police arrest 18 for quarantine violations

MANILA, Philippines — Various groups have appealed for the immediate release of 18 individuals, including three students of the University of the Philippines (UP), who were arrested in Barangay Central, Quezon City, on Friday for allegedly violating quarantine protocols in a community kitchen they initiated for the urban poor in the area.

The Quezon City Police District on Saturday said it would file charges against the 18. According to the UP Office of the Student Regent, four relief volunteers and 14 residents of Barangay Central, were “taken to Camp Karingal without any charges presented.”

The volunteers, who were manning a community kitchen in the area, went to the barangay hall to assist the residents of participating in Labor Day protests.

—MARIEJO S. RAMOS