The city government of Davao began on Tuesday, April 7 the implementation of new curfew hours amid the enforcement of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) against the spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Under the Executive Order (EO) 23-A, which was issued on Monday, April 6, Davao residents with food and medicine (FM) passes can no longer go out after 6 p.m. after the government revised the curfew hours.
The new curfew hours will be from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The previous curfew in the city was from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Within the curfew hours, people cannot go out of their houses, except in cases of emergencies or if going to work in the exempted sectors or frontline offices.
People exempted from the curfew are those employed in government offices related to security, health, social services, sanitation, and disaster, 24-hour groceries/convenience stores, wet markets/palengkes, food commissaries, food processing or manufacturing, food delivery services, hospitals, medical laboratories, pharmacies, drugstores, other health services/personnel, doctor’s and dentist’s clinics, gas stations, funeral parlors, and mass media outlets.
Mayor Sara Duterte, in a recent Davao City Disaster Radio announcement, said that the adjusted curfew hours would mean the Food and Medicine Pass issued to residents can only be used before the new curfew hours start.
“You can only use the FM Pass from 6:01 pm to 5:59 am,” Duterte said.
She said individuals dealing with emergency cases will still be allowed to go outside their houses when the curfew starts.
“You don’t need a pass when there is an emergency,” she said.
She said that the 12-hour curfew will last until there is a state of public emergency.
The mayor also announced earlier that under the EO, a 24-hour liquor ban will be imposed. Under this measure, the selling, serving, and consumption of liquor or any alcoholic or intoxicating beverages in public areas are prohibited.
The city previously implements a 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. liquor ban.
Davao City is under enhanced community quarantine starting April 4.
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