Karaoke has been banned in Manila during the day as the noise distracts children who are being home-schooled
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Daytime karaoke has been banned in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, to avoid disturbing schoolchildren who are learning from home.
Restrictions went into effect on Thursday banning would-be crooners from picking up the microphone between 7am and 5pm on Mondays to Saturdays.
Singers who belt out their greatest hits using karaoke machines or other loud devices during those times will face fines of up to £50, reported CNN Philippines.
Francisco Domagoso, the city’s mayor said he had enacted the rule after receiving complaints from parents that karaoke sessions were disrupting their children’s home-schooled classes.
Distance learning through online and television platforms and printed materials began on Monday.
The Philippines is one of the worst hit countries in Southeast Asia by the coronavirus pandemic. To date it has 334, 770 cases and 6,152 deaths, even after extended lockdowns that have restricted millions to their homes.
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In May, Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine President said he would not allow students to go back to school until a coronavirus vaccine is available. Without a vaccine, sending children to school “spells disaster”, he said.
Bouts of boredom due to a lack of work has led to a karaoke boom and the Manila ban is not the first.
In September, Jonvic Remulla, the governor of Cavite province, urged the public to report noisy singers so that people would not have a weakened immune system due to a lack of sleep.
In a Facebook post which began by quoting lyrics from “My Way” by the late American singer Frank Sinatra, Mr Remulla told his constituents that he wanted them to strengthen their bodies through “a good and sound sleep.”
He said he had received frequent complaints about the “tireless abuse” from people singing karaoke.
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