Duterte orders arrest of people not wearing masks properly

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered police to arrest and investigate people who are not wearing face masks properly amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

“My orders to the police are those who are not wearing their masks properly in order to protect the public -- kasi kung hindi, hindi mo madepensahan 'yong publiko -- to arrest them and detain them, investigate them why they are doing it (I have ordered the police to arrest, detain and investigate those who are not wearing their masks properly in order to protect the public because if we not do this, we cannot protect them),” Duterte said in his public address on Wednesday.