PEZA calls for unified rules, ECQ enforcement
Published Apr 21, 2020 12:00 am
By BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT
As the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) is down to its final week, government agencies are yet to unify and synchronize its plan, rules and enforcements.
PEZA Director-General Charito B. Plaza
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Charito “Ching” Plaza made this appeal for a unified and synchronized plan, rules, policies, and enforcements by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), national agencies, and LGUs during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Plaza said she made this appeal after reports suggest martial law-type implementation of ECQ guidelines as Luzon enters week seven of the said quarantine.
Plaza calls for all agencies to put their heads together and come up with one that will further be implemented in the whole nation. “Everything must be strategized and harmonized together, not ‘kanya-kanya,’ (to each his own).
“LGUs should not separately address the pandemic and create invisible walls. Lockdown policies per island or per region greatly affect or hamper the flow of goods and mobility of workers because of the different EOs imposed by the LGUs,” underscored Plaza.
Plaza likewise emphasized that “Cooperation is key for government agencies to facilitate and balance our focus on public health and the continued production es¬pecially of essential products during this pandemic.”
For its part, the PEZA Chief and her team are doing their best to assist export-oriented companies for their business continuity during this time.
In cooperation with the IATF-EID and other government agencies, PEZA continues its balancing act of facilitating the operations of companies in ecozones during the ECQ without compromising the health and safety of its workers.
“As we know that this is a unique time that we are all doing our best to cope with, PEZA is doing its best to coordinate continually with various agencies and LGUs nationwide to ensure unhampered movement of goods, strict implementation of national directives, and address other concerns as well so that the supply the chain continues to run smoothly,” said Plaza.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Finance (DOF) have pushed for greater support in the manufacture and importation of essential products during the ECQ by granting incentives through the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 20-02, series of 2020 issued on 1 April 2020. The JMC allows manufacturing companies to sell 80 percent of in demand PPEs, medical supplies, etc. to the domestic market during this period.
PEZA Director-General Charito B. Plaza
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Director General Charito “Ching” Plaza made this appeal for a unified and synchronized plan, rules, policies, and enforcements by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), national agencies, and LGUs during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Plaza said she made this appeal after reports suggest martial law-type implementation of ECQ guidelines as Luzon enters week seven of the said quarantine.
Plaza calls for all agencies to put their heads together and come up with one that will further be implemented in the whole nation. “Everything must be strategized and harmonized together, not ‘kanya-kanya,’ (to each his own).
“LGUs should not separately address the pandemic and create invisible walls. Lockdown policies per island or per region greatly affect or hamper the flow of goods and mobility of workers because of the different EOs imposed by the LGUs,” underscored Plaza.
Plaza likewise emphasized that “Cooperation is key for government agencies to facilitate and balance our focus on public health and the continued production es¬pecially of essential products during this pandemic.”
For its part, the PEZA Chief and her team are doing their best to assist export-oriented companies for their business continuity during this time.
In cooperation with the IATF-EID and other government agencies, PEZA continues its balancing act of facilitating the operations of companies in ecozones during the ECQ without compromising the health and safety of its workers.
“As we know that this is a unique time that we are all doing our best to cope with, PEZA is doing its best to coordinate continually with various agencies and LGUs nationwide to ensure unhampered movement of goods, strict implementation of national directives, and address other concerns as well so that the supply the chain continues to run smoothly,” said Plaza.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Finance (DOF) have pushed for greater support in the manufacture and importation of essential products during the ECQ by granting incentives through the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 20-02, series of 2020 issued on 1 April 2020. The JMC allows manufacturing companies to sell 80 percent of in demand PPEs, medical supplies, etc. to the domestic market during this period.