Some Filipinos came under fire on Mother’s Day after images and clips of people violating the social distancing rules amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon in order to buy cake trended.
In a story released by Esquire Philippines, some residents from Metro Manila broke quarantine and flocked Conti’s stores in many areas in order to buy cake for the celebration.
Here are some of the clips and videos of netizens, released by Esquire, showing Filipinos lining up to buy baked goods for Mother’s Day:
People lining up outside Conti’s Nuvali:
tindeh. Conti's Nuvali.
Yes to Patience
Yes to Mango Bravo
No to Social Distancing
Super Yes to Covid pic.twitter.com/8pkMOVvjCm— raph (@yesiamraph) May 9, 2020
Residents outside Conti’s Paranaque:
People lining up outside Conti’s in SM Southmall
Photo credit: Lehnny Ragudo
Joey Garcia, CEO of Conti’s, said that they are enforcing safety measures and social distancing in all of their stores.
In a statement, he said: “Rest assured that we have been implementing precautionary measures, such as wearing of masks and physical distancing to name a few, including more stringent sanitation procedures since the beginning of ECQ. We plead to everyone who intend to visit our store to continue helping us in ensuring the safety of everyone. Please know that we are working every day to improve our process, to adjust to this “new normal”.
