JUNE 20 - JUNE 26, 2021


METROPOST 2 NEWS and UPDATES


Modified-ECQ Guidelines for Negros Oriental


From June 16 to June 30, 2021


The public is urged to report violations of the safety protocols. Please contact the Dumaguete Command Center at 0945-6612-978 or 0962-5247-296


1. Minimum public health standards 2. Movement of all persons limited to: accessing goods and services, working in approved establishments, and engaging in approved activities. 3. Stay home AT ALL TIMES: below 17 years old; those over 66 years old; those with immunodeficiencies, comorbidities; those pregnant. 4. Only hotels/accommodation establishments with DOT accreditation are allowed to operate.


MECQ Guidelines:


5. Gathering outside of residences is prohibited. Gathering at residences with any person from other households is prohibited.


Senior citizens patiently wait for their turn to get their Sinovac vaccinations from the Dumaguete City Health Office personnel at the Pulangtubig gym. (Photo by Alex Pal)


Religious gatherings are allowed upto 10 percent of the venue capacity. [For example, churches that normally sit 50 members can only have 5 persons inside the church.]


Dauin accident


6. Face-to-face/in-person classes are suspended. 7. Road, maritime, and aviation sectors of public transportation are allowed to continue to operate. Biking is encouraged.


Gatherings for necrological services, vigils, inurnments/funerals for non-COVID deaths are LIMITED TO IMMEDIATE FAMILY members. [Burial, preferably cremation, of COVID-related deaths shall be done within 12 hours after death...Public viewing of the deceased shall NOT be permitted. -- DILG]


8. Movement of cargo/delivery trucks and public utility companies shall be unhampered.


9. Private companies are encouraged to process payrolls online. 10. Individual outdoor exercises (walking, jogging, running, biking) are allowed within their respective barangay, as long as they continue to wear face masks and to maintain physical distancing. 11. The liquor ban is enforced during the MECQ, including the selling and serving of alcoholic beverages. Drinking liquor in public, sidewalks is strictly prohibited.


12. CURFEW from 10pm to 5am the next day. PROHIBITED/BANNED:


1. Entertainment venues with live performances (karaoke bars, bars/clubs, concert halls, theaters, cinemas)


2. Recreational venues (internet cafes, billiard halls, amusement arcades) 3. Amusement parks, fairs/perya (playgrounds, playrooms, kiddie rides) 4. Outdoor courts, venues for contact sports, games [like football, futsal, MMA, judo, baseball]


5. Indoor sporting venues, fitness studios, gyms, spas, swimming pools 6. Cockfighting/operation of cockpits, lottery and betting shops, gaming establishments


7. Indoor/outdoor tourist attractions, libraries, museums, galleries, cultural shows and exhibits


passengers thankful for Teves help


Driver,


Tirso Parso remembers what happened on that fateful 9th


of June. Parso was driving his multicab passenger jeepney going to Dauin at around 4:45 p.m. when they collided with a black SUV in Bulak, Dauin. The SUV, a Toyota Land Cruiser whom Police said was driven by a certain Jirah Bautista Golez, 20, was overtaking a Ceres bus when it hit the passenger jeepney. One jeepney passenger died and 11 other jeepney passengers were injured. Parso clarified that contrary


8. Venues for meetings, conferences, exhibitions 9. Personal care services (beauty salons/parlors, medical aesthetics, cosmetic/ dermatology, nail spas, reflexology, wellness centers, acupuncture/ electrocautery, massage/sports therapy, body piercing/tattooing). HOME SERVICE NOT ALLOWED. 10. Indoor dine-in in restaurants, eateries.


ALLOWED/AUTHORIZED: 1. Public and private hospitals


2. Health, emergency and frontline services (dialysis, chemotherapy, health insurance providers, DRRM, public safety)


3. Manufacturers of medicines, vitamins, medical supplies, devices and equipment (including packing and distribution)


4. Agriculture, forestry, fishery industries in the food value chain (farmers, fishers) 5. Logistics service providers (delivery and courier, cargo handling, warehousing, trucking, freight forwarding, shipping/port, terminal operators) 6. Priority construction projects by the DPWH


7. Manufacturing of essential goods (soaps/detergents, diapers, personal hygiene products, toilet paper, wet wipes, disinfectants)


8. Manufacturing and distribution of construction supplies (cement, steel, spare parts) 9. Retail trade (markets, supermarkets/groceries, convenience stores, pharmacies, hardware, office supply stores, bike shops, laundromats, water stations) 10. Food preparation establishments (kiosks, commissaries, restaurants, eateries) LIMITED FOR TAKE-OUT AND DELIVERY ONLY 11. Financial service providers


12. BPOs, export-oriented businesses (mining and quarrying) 13. Public transport providers and operators 14. Media establishments (reporters and other field staff) 15. Emergency dental services with full PPEs, rehabilitation, optometry, medical clinics. Home service for PWDs allowed.


16. Veterinary clinics


17. Banks, money transfer services (pawnshops), microfinancing, credit coops, including armored vehicle drivers 18. Capital markets (like BSP, SEC, PSE, etc.)


19. Water supply and janitorial/sanitation services (waste disposal, property management, building utility services)


20. Energy sector (oil, gas, power; electric transmission/distribution); exploration, operations, trading/delivery of coal, crude, petroleum; gas stations, refineries, depots


21. Telecommunications, Internet service providers, cable TV 22. Airline and aircraft maintenance, airline pilots and crew; ship captains and crew, shipyard operations and repair 23. Funeral and embalming services


24. Security personnel licensed by the PNP Security & Investigation Agencies 25. Printing presses authorized by BIR 26. Repair and maintenance of machinery/equipment, vehicles (sale of spare parts) 28. Leasing of real/personal properties; Recruitment and placement of employees 30. Teachers and staff for online classes; Lawyers 31. Internet buy & sell of consumer goods/services


to social media posts that spread after the incident, Board Member Kurt Teves was not the driver of the black SUV. “When I got out of my vehicle, I saw a lady driver at the wheel,” he told reporters who interviewed him last week.


NegOr highest drug-affected in Central Visayas


The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency here said the province remains the most drug-affected in Central Visayas with 83.30 percent of the barangays tagged as drug affected as of the first quarter of this year.


According to PDEA Provincial Officer Intelligence Agent Elmer Ebona, of the 557 barangays in the province, only 51 barangays are drug-free or certified unaffected, while 84 are drug-cleared and the rest are considered drug- affected.


Teves’ name was mentioned in the social media posts as he was at the accident scene. Teves, in a social media post a few days after the incident, admitted that he was in Dauin after the accident. He said he was at the beach nearby and went to the site after he was informed of the accident.


He said the Land Cruiser does not belong to him and he was neither the driver or a passenger of the vehicle. Teves said as a public


official, he was duty bound to check on the incident and help the injured.


included, were brought to the medical Center. He said Board Member Kurt Teves was there and he paid for everything. Another passenger, Leticia


Parso said the victims, him


240 are classified as slightly affected, 171 barangays are moderately affected, nine of these seriously affected, and two remains to be unaffected,” Ebona reported during the Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting on June 10.


“Out of these barangays,


oversight committee on the barangay drug-clearing program led by PDEA. “ B eing the mo s t affected province in the region, there is a need to further strengthen the tie ups between the law enforcement units,” said Ebona.


local anti-drug abuse councils in each government unit to strictly implement the barangay drug-clearing program to address the drug affectation in their locality.


PDEA also urged the


A barangay is considered drug-affected when there is a reported presence in the area of drug users, pushers, marijuana cultivators or other drug personalities, drug dens, marijuana plantations, clandestine drug laboratories, and facilities related to the manufacture of illegal drugs. Ebona said the drug- cleared barangays were issued certifications by the


Pancho, said she passed out at the time of impact. When she came to, she said she saw her friends were hurt and that someone died.


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Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes, in a letter to the clergy and consecrated persons dated June 15, announced the prohibition of choir singing in daily, Sunday, and funeral masses and other liturgical celebrations.


weddings may be allowed only in some parts of the mass, to shorten the exposure of people to the risk of coronavirus, Cortes said. In the meantime , flights to and from the Sibulan-Dumaguete


Singing in fiestas and On the other hand,


airport continue, with no announcements as yet of cancellations, said Mark Diamaoden, airport manager and chief of the local Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. Miraf lor


prohibitions and requirements already being undertaken during the MGCQ will continue, such as border control, unless otherwise stipulated in a new executive order. In an earlier press


said other


It was raised during the PPOC meeting that to address the moderately affected barangay, there is a need for local government units to establish a Balay Silangan facility where interventions will be done for drug offenders who want to be reformed. PDEA also reported that anti-illegal drug operations from January to May 2021 resulted in the arrest of 27 drug personalities and the seizure of about P7,767 million worth of illegal drugs. There were 29 cases of


violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of the Philippines and other related cases filed in court. (jct/PIA NegOr)


conference, Governor Degamo said the request of the Dumaguete City Council for a higher quarantine status through a resolution coursed through the provincial and regional Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases last week, will have to be forwarded to the national government which has the authority to approve it or not.


not believe an ECQ implementation would solve the problem of CoViD-19 spike in the Province. Negros Oriental could not afford to place the Province in total lockdown or ECQ because the economy and many people would be affected, especially the daily wage earners, he continued. Meanwhile, the Silliman University Medical Center Foundation Inc. assured that despite its shortage in beds for CoViD-19 cases and other illnesses, it has home referral services where doctors may visit patients at their residences. Dr. Rowena Samares, chairperson of the SUMC CoViD Occupational Safety &Health, said the services were offered even before the current surge of cases in Negros Oriental these past several weeks. (Judy F. Partlow/PNA)


He said he does


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