Pasig City to impose 8 to 5 curfew
Published Mar 15, 2020 12:00 am
By Jhon Aldrin Casinas
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto is set to sign the ordinance for the implementation of the curfew in the city.
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto
(KEVIN TRISTAN ESPIRITU / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I’m in the field now but on the way to the City Hall to sign,” Sotto told the Manila Bulletin in a text message. Details on when the curfew will take effect are yet to be determined as of writing. Sotto said the local government of Pasig City will implement the curfew which was earlier agreed upon at the emergency meeting of the Metro Manila Council on over the weekend. “Yes. It was a consensus. Part of the social distancing. The goal is to minimize physical contact between people,” Sotto said in reply to a tweet. The mayor said they will be “more strict” in encouraging people to stay inside their homes during the curfew hours of 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. “Kung papunta o galing trabaho, exempted naman (If they are heading to or coming from work, they are exempted),” Sotto noted. Amid the public’s confusion on the guidelines of the quarantine implemented in Metro Manila, the mayor said all of the rules regarding it can be summarized in two sentences. “If you have a valid reason, you can travel. But if you can stay home, stay home,” he said. President Duterte last week placed the National Capital Region (NCR) under a “community quarantine” to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the metropolis and its nearby provinces. The quarantine starts at midnight on Sunday (March 15) with personnel from the Philippines National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines setting up checkpoints at entry and exit points of Metro Manila. People passing through the checkpoints are asked to present their identification cards and are obliged to have their temperature checked. On Sunday, Sotto inspected the checkpoints set up by authorities along road boundaries of Pasig city and Rizal province.
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto(KEVIN TRISTAN ESPIRITU / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “I’m in the field now but on the way to the City Hall to sign,” Sotto told the Manila Bulletin in a text message. Details on when the curfew will take effect are yet to be determined as of writing. Sotto said the local government of Pasig City will implement the curfew which was earlier agreed upon at the emergency meeting of the Metro Manila Council on over the weekend. “Yes. It was a consensus. Part of the social distancing. The goal is to minimize physical contact between people,” Sotto said in reply to a tweet. The mayor said they will be “more strict” in encouraging people to stay inside their homes during the curfew hours of 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. “Kung papunta o galing trabaho, exempted naman (If they are heading to or coming from work, they are exempted),” Sotto noted. Amid the public’s confusion on the guidelines of the quarantine implemented in Metro Manila, the mayor said all of the rules regarding it can be summarized in two sentences. “If you have a valid reason, you can travel. But if you can stay home, stay home,” he said. President Duterte last week placed the National Capital Region (NCR) under a “community quarantine” to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the metropolis and its nearby provinces. The quarantine starts at midnight on Sunday (March 15) with personnel from the Philippines National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines setting up checkpoints at entry and exit points of Metro Manila. People passing through the checkpoints are asked to present their identification cards and are obliged to have their temperature checked. On Sunday, Sotto inspected the checkpoints set up by authorities along road boundaries of Pasig city and Rizal province.