Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, has intensified the implementation of its ordinance banning drivers from wearing bonnets or other face-covering garb, a government press release said.

Mayor Lawrence Teves directed the Philippine National Police and the Tanjay City Integrated Traffic Operations Management to ban motorists, as well as pedestrians, who conceal or cover their faces to deter crimes and other untoward incidents.

Ordinance 3 prohibits the use of bonnets, bandannas or other materials of similar nature that cover the face or hide the identity of a person within Tanjay. Violators will be fined P200 to P1,000 or imprisonment of not more than five days, the press release also said.

Teves said this will help keep the city peaceful and orderly, the press release added.*

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