Metro Manila will have longer curfew hours when the region-wide enhanced community quarantine takes effect on Aug. 6, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Benhur Abalos Jr. said on Monday.
In a Palace briefing, Abalos said Metro Manila mayors voted unanimously for the imposition of an 8 p.m. to 4 a.m .curfew.
“Nag-usap-usap na po ang mga alkalde. Napagbotohan po ito at unanimous po sila, starting Aug. 6 ay magiging 8 p.m. up to 4 p.m. po ang curfew,” he said.
The Metro Manila curfew was previously from 12 midnight to 4 a.m.
Abalos said the imposition of liquor bans would be up to city executives.
Metro Manila is under general community quarantine with heightened restrictions until Aug. 5.
It will shift to the most stringent enhanced community quarantine from Aug. 6 to 20.
Under ECQ, only establishments offering essential services are allowed to operate. John Ezekiel J. Hirro