Village chief Ronaldo Sayang, in a phone interview with Palawan News on Friday morning, confirmed that modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) within the containment zone and general community quarantine (GCQ) surrounding the buffer zone of Sta. Monica will remain until July 15, pending the reassessment from the local Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for Emerging Infectious Disease (EID). The 14-day lockdown started on June 29 and was supposed to end on July 12.
Released on May 25, the Health and Safety Guidelines Governing the Operations of Accommodation Establishments covers the operations of AEs in the areas of guest handling, reception and concierge, rooms and housekeeping, food and beverage service, kitchen sanitation and disinfection, public areas, hotel, and transport service, engineering, and maintenance service, business practices and management, and suppliers of goods and services.
With the provincial government's announcement allowing stranded residents to travel within the mainland, Prado and his companions did not waste time to apply for travel passes.
Jeremias Alili, chief of Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), in a phone interview on Friday afternoon, affirmed the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) issuance allowing pre-arranged travel for the “local stranded individuals (LSI)”.
