Municipal administrator Dionyseus Santos told Palawan News his investigation showed that Vice Mayor Lumba had planned to corner a bulk supply of facemasks for the town's disaster risk management office, in the process easing out local suppliers.
Market hours will be from 6 AM to 5 PM in compliance with the municipal enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) executive order. There will also be a strict implementation of a "no entry" policy for those who are not wearing facemasks, no inter-barangay border pass, and no tourist pass.
Danao told Palawan News the facemasks that had been acquired by the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) will not be used until an investigation he ordered on its purchase is completed. Meanwhile, he also ordered the direct manufacturing by the municipality of the facemasks that they will be distributing to locals.
In a statement sent Thursday, the mall management said it started "putting disinfectant alcohol dispensers at entrances, comfort rooms, and offices as part of its health safety measures against the spread of the nCoV, a new strain of coronavirus whose epicenter is in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China.
