Charles Teves
Cagayan de Oro’s most well-known bar Somewhere Else (SWE) is taking heat for allegedly holding a secret party last Saturday amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Netizen Jekky Mendiola posted a video of people partying inside the bar with loud music playing. It seems they were having a great time.
Obviously social distancing was broken, which is a recommended measure expected to be observed by everyone in the midst of the enhanced community quarantine in the country.
A lot of netizens did not approve of this.
Mga bobo amputa
— KRISTINE #OUSTDUTERTE #MASSTESTINGNOW (@kaybocaya) April 28, 2020
Parang dahil sa Pandemic mga gantong uri ng gatherings are the new worst nightmares. #NewNormal
— C. Pascual (@carmee_pascual) April 28, 2020
Netizens were disappointed as frontliners across the country are risking their lives, and some even dying just to prevent the spread of the virus.
Hundreds of frontliners aren’t dying around the world just so you could ~party~. Bahala’g muingon ka joke ra ni and dili ka affected sa imong ~bashers~, it all just shows how tasteless and inconsiderate you are as a person.
— #FreeMylesAlbasin (@ena_jarales) April 28, 2020
https://twitter.com/karylledmlx_/status/1255129936672641027?s=20
Pag mag pa test ni sila if postive ba silas covid, ignon dayg "secret" mers jud
— patataaas (@yiecjj) April 28, 2020
Content creator Gigi Esguerra, who has created a strong following on social media due to her opinions on things, also did not like what she saw.
You dumbasses dont know how much HARM this can cause. Frontliners are risking their lives in case you asshats get the fucking virus. YOU’RE PUTTING INNOCENT LIVES IN DANGER. Putangina hindi niyo man lang pinagpaliban yan noh, tamod na tamod na ba kayo??? TIKOL NIYO NALANG YAN CHE https://t.co/EGzRgWLgqm
— Gigi on YouTube (@gigiesguerra) April 28, 2020
Somewhere Else CDO cleared things up saying that the video posted was from months ago.
Somewhere Else CDO remains closed during the duration of the Community Quarantine. We did not have a secret party last weekend, the video that circulated was a throwback to one of our weekend parties this year. Stay home, stay safe. We’ll be back soon.
— Somewhere Else CDO (@SweCdo) April 28, 2020
The supporters of the club said that the video was just posted for ‘clout’.
Hi, it was a post made for clout lang pohttps://t.co/sI5x7iQWFH https://t.co/xhB4goOUpx
— Jaida Finster Hall (@allvster) April 28, 2020
laban swe https://t.co/frQTcbgdr4
— ®️ (@julianfactx) April 28, 2020
People said SWE just lacks attention, and unfortunately got it with the posting of the video.
dumarami na talaga ang clout chasers sa mundo gapangdamay pag negosyo wahu https://t.co/ErIxedegxj
— 嘛俊灵 (do you hear the people sing?) (@tamelaaah) April 28, 2020
da mga pabida man https://t.co/s2kNqOXgy3
— jeth khem (@jethyyruh) April 28, 2020
grabe kaayo to ka insensitive nga tweet bay grrr lyk why would you tweet that when we’re in the middle of a pandemic?? and you’re ruining the reputation of the establishment too!!! https://t.co/qZ3Bbkn9bP
— jamie | nsfr (@caharianjamie) April 28, 2020
okay di pala totoo bakit papansin yung nagtweet non parang tanga https://t.co/liqqu6AEZ8
— Clayton (@DIolaClayton) April 28, 2020
SWE opened back in 2015, and famous DJs in the country would go there and party from time to time.
