THE Manila City government announced that it will be enforcing new restrictions at Blumentritt Market.

This comes after pictures emerged showing the markets were full of people after the closure of Balintawak Market in Quezon City.

The Manila Public Information Office said it will be opening three entry and exit points to restrict the flow of consumers.





These are located at Blumentritt Road cor. Rizal Ave., Leonor Rivera cor. Antipolo Streets, and Blumentritt Road cor. Aurora Blvd.

They will also allow Manila City residents to buy at Blumentritt Market from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m. while non-Manila City residents will be allowed from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Wholesale buyers will be allowed from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The city government said that new measures will be enforced by the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau, Department of Public Services, Manila Barangay Bureau and the Manila Markets Administration Office.

Earlier, Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has ordered the total shutdown of a barangay which had been conducting leisure activities despite the Luzon-wide lockdown, exposing residents to the risk of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Executive Order 19 placed Barangay 20 in Tondo under a total lockdown from 8:00 pm on Tuesday until 8:00 pm on Wednesday.

“A video was posted on Facebook showing a group of more or less one hundred people, including children, participating and spectating in what appears to be an informally organized boxing match by the side of the street,” the executive order stated.

“The video shows blatant violations of the enhanced community quarantine guidelines and social distancing protocols thereby creating immense risk of exposure and contraction of Covid-19 to those involved in the event,” it stressed.

Based on the city’s data, around 41,000 residents of the said barangay are prohibited from going out of their houses for the duration of the lockdown.

Healthcare workers as well as officers and members of the police, military, coast guard and other government offices involved in emergency frontline services are exempted from the order.

The executive order also directs commercial, industrial, retail, institutional and other activities in the said barangay to be suspended within the specified period of the shutdown.

He also directed the Manila Police District (MPD) Station 2 to deploy officers in strategic locations and areas of the barangay to enforce the shutdown.

The capital city has recorded 323 confirmed coronavirus cases, including 42 deaths and 27 recoveries, and 490 patients under investigation.