ALLINGAG, LOVELY JHANE M.

JANUARY 7, 2021
BSISM 3-3

Narrative

On January 1, 2021, at about 10:39 pm, the mayor in Panama has been caught refusing to
follow the security measures at Ninoy Aquino International Airport- Terminal 1 that has been
implemented, since March 16, 2020, after President Rodrigo Duterte imposed an enhanced
community quarantine in the Philippines. The said mayor was identified through the closed-
circuit television (CCTV) camera entering the airport without wearing a facemask as part of the
security measures to protect and for the safety of the travelers, and employees in the airport.
One of the security guards known as Mr. Sucre in the airport approached Mayor Lincoln
Burrows to ask and to say that he needs to put on a facemask. But the mayor still refused to put
on a facemask and he just continues his walk for entering the airport together with his six
personal bodyguards. Mr. Sucre calls for a backup and blocked the mayor and his bodyguards
once again. Mayor Burrows immediately grabbed the collar of the security guard and made an
eye to eye contact and told him to stay away and let them pass. While his bodyguards didn’t
hesitate to box in the security guard. Mr. Sucre tried to remove and get away from the mayor’s
hand from holding his collar but the mayor kicks his stomach instead. The security guard also
punched the mayor’s face and distance himself from the mayor but then the mayor’s
bodyguards hold him and stop him from making another move towards the mayor. Those
people who watched the whole thing did not try to intervene but some of them were filming the
whole incident. Mr. Burrows punched again the security guard and cursed him. Mr. Sucre is no
longer able to fight at that time because he was held by both hands by the six personal
bodyguards of the mayor.

My team immediately approached them after arriving at the scene. Mr. Sucre was already
weakening due to the blows he received from the mayor. His eyes were closed and I saw that
he has a black eye. Mayor Burrows together with his bodyguards, Mr. Sucre, and some
volunteered person who has been watching and filming the whole incident from the very
beginning was brought to the office of the security officers. While interrogating the mayor, he
admitted that he was drunk and exhausted so that he was a bit aggressive. He suggests that he
will just pay for all the things he has done and also for the treatment and other casualties. His
offer was rejected and Mr. Sucre strongly wants justice for the mayor’s inhumane act.
Therefore, we call the police for further investigation of the incident and to file a case against the
mayor and his bodyguards. Mr. Sucre on the other hand brought to the hospital for treatment
and to check if he got other injuries.