If you're caught disobeying the lockdown...

[peterfe]

Maybe some of you who have had experience with the police here could suggest what is most likely to happen if you are caught being outdoors without a pass, being outdoors at all if you're over 65, or whatever the rules are in your particular area. Just a warning the first time? Taken to the station and told to pay a 'fine' as you're a 'rich foreigner'? Thrown into jail until your GF comes and pays a larger fine to get you out?

[scott h]

15 minutes ago, peterfe said:

caught being outdoors without a pass,

Unless you are a complete wanker to the enforcers. I wager you will just be politely asked to put on your mask and return to your home  

[Jollygoodfellow]

41 minutes ago, peterfe said:

Maybe some of you who have had experience with the police here could suggest what is most likely to happen if you are caught being outdoors without a pass, being outdoors at all if you're over 65, or whatever the rules are in your particular area. Just a warning the first time? Taken to the station and told to pay a 'fine' as you're a 'rich foreigner'? Thrown into jail until your GF comes and pays a larger fine to get you out?

First every area has different rules like a pass. Mine has no day or time restriction, a friend in a different part of the city has 3 passes and each are only allowed for use at certain times so the interpretation of passes and who will enforce them will vary between areas. Just to add my pass allows for 4 barangay areas surrounding me, yours may not.

No one has asked me or checked anything when I'm out and about. Maybe if I went through a checkpoint they would. I hear of some supermarkets not allowing over 65 to enter but to get back to your question the most that I think would happen at the moment In Cebu is a warning if someone approached you. Maybe if they want some media coverage they might do a bit of a random checks but at this point not much is happening.

Anyway, why dont you have a pass?  You can arrange online which is l believe really only if you need to travel outside of your area or in my case living in a condo building it was a matter of registering your name and the pass comes back to the admin office.

[peterfe]

10 hours ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

the most that I think would happen at the moment In Cebu is a warning if someone approached you.

Yes, that's really what I thought. I imagine the police normally treat foreigners well unless they do something really bad. But I mentioned the more severe reactions by the police because people here (my partner, family and friends) seem terrified of the police (is that typical?). I used to take a short evening stroll along the main road, but they said I mustn't do that in case the police sees me. Behind our house, it's just countryside and you meet more cows and goats than people, but when I suggested continuing to walk there, my partner said 'Aren't you afraid?' There's perhaps one spot on the main road where a police car would have to be parked to see me, and then they'd have to use binoculars to see the difference between a foreigner over 65 and a local out with his goats! I heard they broke up a group of people sitting close together and drinking on a beach nearby - I imagine that's the kind of thing they concentrate on, not someone taking a walk in the countryside.

[scott h]

12 hours ago, peterfe said:

experience with the police

I looked and looked at the online Phil star but could not find it. There is an article today that a man was shot by police at a check point. But he was drunk and went at the kops with a bolo...……..so, leave your bolos at home 

[OHNO]

No quarantine pass for you!

[manofthecoldland]

31 minutes ago, OHNO said:

No quarantine pass for you!

Please, if this is meant to be humor, please indicate it more cleverly, or place it a joke section, since your labeling can be misconstrued or misinterpreted.

Is this a photo taken in the Philippines ?  If not, where (India ?).  If not in the PI,  I fail to see the relevance to this forum,  unless it is clearly meant to be humorous to some and labeled as such. 

Sorry, but there is enough mud roiling up the waters of reality right now, and I don't expect it on this forum.

With the best of intentions to keep clarity.  

[scott h]

5 minutes ago, manofthecoldland said:

If not, where (India ?).

Yep, This vid has been floating around for about 10 days 

[Freebie]

I committed the " crime" of being in the wrong barangay. I had crossed the road and up comes a Barangay Police doing checks.

Showed my barangay pass and the guy said my barangay was on the other side of the road. Could I please return there. I said yes and dutifully complied. Wasnt comfortable that his buddy in the car took my photo but whatever.

Police set up here is different to some countries... there are Barangay Police , City Police ie Makati , NCR Police then another police that covers the country. Plus at present a huge number of security vehicles all with sirens and lights that arent police but made to look as if they are.

[OHNO]

You guys desperately need a sense of humor. This is the last time you will see me here. lol