By Ali Macabalang
COTABATO CITY – All the streets and outdoor areas in this city have been rendered virtually deserted as the city government started enforcing “no movement day” to discourage the movement of people, and curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The junction road in front of Cotabato City Cathedral, one of the busiest streets in the city, completely empty of human movement last Sunday, the start of a weekly “no movement day” mandated under an executive order issued last week by lawyer Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi to prevent COVID-19 transmission once a week in the streets. (Photo via Ali Macabalang / MANILA BULLETIN)
Only vehicles transporting frontliners, police cars, and military trucks were seen in the streets as Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi’s executive order took effect, mandating “no movement” in the city’s 37 barangays every Sunday.
City police, as well as their counterparts from the Bangsamoro region and Marines, enforced the measure.
Barangay tanods were seen helping prevent villagers from going out into the streets last Sunday.