PNP correcting checkpoint operations in 'NCR Plus' bubble —Eleazar

The Philippine National Police on Tuesday said it is correcting and adjusting the implementation of the "NCR Plus" bubble amid inconsistency in checkpoint operations in some areas.

PNP officer-in-charge Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar pointed out that the concept of having a bubble area is new to them.

“This bubble concept is new to us so that adjustments and corrections are being made to improve its implementation,” Eleazar told GMA News Online in a text message.

He made the statement when asked if National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Major General Vicente Danao, Jr. will face sanctions after border control was imposed at the boundary of Rizal province and Metro Manila on Monday.

According to reports, every motorist crossing the Quezon City-Rizal control point on the Batasan-San Mateo Road had to present identification and explain the purpose of their travel, resulting in a two-hour-long traffic jam.

Eleazar has been clarifying that there will be no movement restrictions at checkpoints within the "NCR Plus", which is composed of National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, And Rizal.

He underscored that motorists should only be screened at the quarantine control points, which are set at the boundaries of the "NCR Plus" areas and provinces outside the bubble.

Due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the national government placed Metro Manila and the four nearby provinces under a general community quarantine bubble with a new set of regulations.

Residents of NCR and the four provinces are not allowed to go outside the bubble, while residents outside the bubble are not allowed entry except for purposes deemed by the government as "essential." —KG, GMA News