MALACAÑANG has directed all government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to implement the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) guidelines in Metro Manila and four nearby provinces as part of government efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country.

GAL’S GALL  A police officer confronts a woman with no face mask on board a motorcycle along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Aug. 5, 2020. The unidentified woman also had her hand on the policeman’s gun during the confrontation. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO.

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