Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez has issued an executive order adjusting the curfew hours in the city to 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. effective March 10.
Olivarez said the curfew is being imposed on or for every person not engaged in legitimate official private or public business between 10 p.m. up to 4 a.m. the next day during state of calamities or emergencies as declared by national or local authorities brought by public order and safety or health concerns affecting the country, region or city.
He also said that within that period of time, it also prohibits individuals to congregate, loiter, wander, travel or be in the streets, plazas, roads and other similar public places, areas including uninhabited places within the city.
The mayor added that under the EO, persons below 15 years old or those 65 years old and above, those with immunodeficiency, comorbidity, other health risks, pregnant are required to remain in their residences except when obtaining essential goods and services for work in industries.
Exempted from the EO are those who are engaged in legitimate official private activity limited to medical or hospital related endeavors , filing of complaint or report at the barangay or police authorities, purchase of food or perishable goods and such other basic necessities from stores or groceries, business, occupation, livelihood or labor and those who are employed in industries which require the rendering of work under shifting hours, such as night shift or graveyard shift supported by company identification cards with certificate of employment stating shifting hours.
According to the EO, also exempted are those engaged on legitimate official public duties; with emergency cases; on work-related trips; with scheduled flights and who came from travel, local or international and are on their way to their respective residences; and those who are engaged in the profession of their religious or sector practices, masses, and prayer meetings.