VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: The two faces of COVID-19 lockdown in the Philippines

By Elijah Roderos and Ivel John Santos | Dec 21, 2020 4:40 PM

In more than nine months of community quarantine in the country, law enforcers have warned, given tickets to, and arrested about 598,000 persons, whom they call “pasaway,” for allegedly violating quarantine and health protocols meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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