Nine youths were caught violating the curfew while playing computer games at a shop in Parañaque Sunday night.
A computer shop in Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque, was thought to be closed due to the curfew when patrolling guards passed by.
But around 11 a.m., police arrested 9 youths for playing computer games there.
The arrested 7 men and one woman were aged 18 to 22. In addition, the minor shop manager was also brought to the barangay.
According to Tiny Ocier, team leader of the guards, they circled the area at Tramo 1 around 9 pm and saw no one in the shop.
The computer shop owner also insisted that he closed it at 6 o’clock due to the curfew, but the caretaker did not immediately return the key to him.
The teens said the caretaker invited them to play in the shop of the first-person shooting game Crossfire.
Less than 30 minutes into the game, they were stopped by the police.
According to them, this is the first time they have been caught because of the curfew. One of them had an online class the next morning.
The shop manager was sent home due to his age, but the others spent the night in the barangay.
They were fined P200 each for violating the curfew.
The curfew remains in Metro Manila from 8 pm to 4 am under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ).
4 dead in landslide in Nueva Vizcaya
Four men died in a landslide at a construction site in Barangay Tiblac of Ambaguio town on Friday.
According to the Ambaguio Police investigation, the incident happened past 8 a.m. at the slope protection wall under construction in Sitio Naduntug.
The victims were digging for the foundation of the said project when the ground suddenly collapsed above them. According to a worker, the victims could not leave immediately because they were 5 meters deep in the pit.
Authorities were notified of the incident at around 10 a.m. Police, firefighters, and rescuers worked together to dig up the victims.
It took until noon before all the victims were found, but all were dead, Rafael Villar, 42; John Retamola, 25; Christopher Padua, 38; and Carlos Tome.
Three of them were beheaded after being hit by a backhoe used in digging.
The scene of the incident was privately owned, according to police.
The investigation is ongoing to determine who is responsible for what happened.
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