By Daisy CL Mandap
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| Police raided hundreds of bars over the past three nights, issuing penalty tickets and making arrests |
One of hundreds of people caught by the police last Saturday in their city-wide campaign against violators of pandemic restrictions was a Filipina who was found to have overstayed her visa.
Ellyn C. Pinana, 28, was due to appear in
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However, the prosecution said Pinana was in quarantine, likely due to somebody being held in detention along with her testing positive for Covid-19. With the defense counsel’s consent, Magistrate Ada Yim set down the next hearing of the case to Sept 6.
In the first charge, Pinana is said to have taken part in a
prohibited gathering at Port LKF Bar on the third floor of Ho Lee Commercial
Building on
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At the same time, she was found to have overstayed her visa,
but the charge did not specify how long she had been staying in
A police statement issued last night said that during a three-day anti-pandemic operation they conducted jointly with various government departments, a total of 123 fixed penalty tickets were issued to customers of bars and restaurants found to have violated the anti-gathering restrictions.
Five other people were arrested for using false documents to gain entry to the specified premises.
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Earlier in the same court, another Filipina appeared on a
charge of stealing chocolates and other goods from Fusion Supermarket on
G.S. Flores, 34, is accused of stealing the following items on Jul 1 this year from the grocery store: two shopping bags, 21 packs of chocolate, one bottle of shampoo, three bottles of conditioner, two packs of pain relieving patch and two tubes of pain relieving spray.
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She was not asked to enter a plea as the duty lawyer requested for the case to be adjourned to Oct. 11 for further legal advice.
The prosecution did not object to the postponement, so
Magistrate Yim allowed the motion and extended
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| PADALA NA! |
