Taguig shuts down venue of Raymond Gutierrez party

The local government of Taguig City on Wednesday shut down the restaurant that hosted the birthday party of TV personality Raymond Gutierrez amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

According to Saleema Refran’s report on “24 Oras,” pictures that have since gone viral showed that Gutierrez's guests were neither wearing face masks nor following social distancing measures.

One of the guests posted on social media that they took RT-PCR tests and that they were all negative for COVID-19.

GMA News has sought Gutierrez for comment.

Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said testing negative was not enough.

?“Any kind of testing does not excuse you from the rules of our city. So meron ho tayong mga patakaran. Hindi ho dahil nagpa-test kayo, exempted na ho kayo. We have to make that very clear,” he said.

Cayetano said every personnel of the restaurant, as well as their neighbors, were tested for the illness.

“Habang nag me-meeting tayo ngayon, lahat ng empleyado ng restaurant na ‘yon, kahit ‘yung mga kapitbahay, nag te-test. Ngayon. We hold the establishments responsible until the investigation is over,” Cayetano said.

“Kapag may problema ho tinatawagan nila kami, sir may customer kami ayaw sumunod. So far the investigation shows that the establishment did not call us, it did not call the PNP, it did not call the hotlines,” he added. -Ma. Angelica Garcia/NB, GMA News