The second balikbayan Filipina who violated quarantine protocols did not check-in at her designated quarantine hotel in Makati, according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday.
Año said the returning overseas Pinay arrived last December 22. She was supposed to go straight for her quarantine at the Seda Residences in Makati.
“Pero instead na mag-check-in doon, nagpahatid lang doon siya sa hotel, I mean sa Seda pero meron na palang nag-aabang na sasakyan doon at diniretso siya doon sa kanyang condo dito sa BGC (Bonifacio Global City),” Año explained in a radio interview.
(However, instead of checking in, she just had herself taken to the hotel, I mean to Seda. But there was a car waiting there, and she was then taken to her condo here in BGC.)
“So no-show siya dito sa ano, sa Seda at kine-claim niya na meron siyang BOQ (Bureau of Quarantine) exemption for quarantine, which the BOQ denied. Wala naman siyang quarantine exemption, at saka all throughout, hindi na talaga siya nagpakita doon sa kanyang quarantine hotel, but instead doon pa siya nagpaswab sa kanyang condo,” he said.
(So was a no-show here in Seda, and she claimed that she had a Bureau of Quarantine exemption, which the BOQ denied. She did not have a quarantine exemption, and throughout, she did not show up at her quarantine hotel, but instead, she took her swab test at her condo.)
Quarantine violator who had a massage did not check-in at hotel
The DILG chief added that the quarantine violator even bragged that she was exempted and posted her whereabouts on social media.
“At ang masaklap dito ano, pino-post pa niya, pinagyayabang pa niya na ang kanyang quarantine ay isang araw lang at actually wala na nga kasi exempted daw siya. So ito ay iimbestigahan natin at hindi natin papayagan ang mga ganitong pangyayari,” he added.
(And what’s worse, she even posted and bragged that her quarantine was only for one day. So we will investigate this, and we will not allow these kinds of incidents.)
The Department of Tourism (DoT) confirmed yesterday that another Filipina was caught violating the COVID-19 mandatory quarantine after posting on social media about her going to a massage session.
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