{"id":249633,"date":"2020-03-23T09:40:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249633"},"modified":"2020-03-23T09:40:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:40:19","slug":"quarantine-passes-should-be-free-nograles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/23\/quarantine-passes-should-be-free-nograles\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarantine passes should be free: Nograles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a televised Laging Handa public briefing, Nograles slammed reports that some local officials were asking some amount in exchange for the quarantine pass stressing that they should be given to each household for free. (File photo:<\/a> PTV\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Monday warned local officials against issuing quarantine identification passes for a fee, stressing that they may face maximum penalty for these abuses.<\/p>\n

In a televised Laging Handa public briefing, Nograles slammed reports that some local officials were asking some amount in exchange for the quarantine pass stressing that they should be given to each household for free.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi puwede gumawa ng ganiyang klaseng mga pangongotong at pangaabuso<\/em>\u00a0(That type of extortion or abuse is not allowed). On a state of calamity, any abuses\u2026baka yung<\/em>\u00a0maximum penalty\u00a0ang puwede maisampa sa inyo<\/em>\u00a0(the maximum penalty might be imposed against you),\u201d he said, addressing local officials.<\/p>\n

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be reprimanding and penalizing local officials who violate the issuance of free passes, he added.<\/p>\n

He also urged local government unit officials to coordinate with the DILG on concerns related to quarantine passes to ensure that they comply with their guidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay<\/em>\u00a0guidelines\u00a0pong pinalabas ang<\/em>\u00a0DILG.\u00a0Ang mga<\/em>\u00a0LGUs\u00a0natin, kung may gagawin kayong hakbang<\/em>\u00a0based\u00a0doon sa<\/em>\u00a0guidelines\u00a0ay lagi po makipag-ugnayan sa<\/em>\u00a0DILG. Always coordinate\u00a0para po tama ang ginagawa ninyo and lahat ng<\/em>\u00a0LGUs would be working on common ground (The DILG has released guidelines. If you are going to undertake measures based on the guidelines, always coordinate with the DILG to ensure that you\u2019re doing it properly and so all LGUs would be working on common ground),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In a phone patch interview during the program, Pasig City Mayor Vicco Sotto appealed to the Philippine National Police-National Capital Region Police Office (PNP-NCRPO) to allow him to eliminate the requirement of quarantine slips which defeats the person of social distancing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHumihingi ako ng<\/em>\u00a0clearance\u00a0sa ating<\/em>\u00a0PNP-NCRPO\u00a0pati po sa<\/em>\u00a0joint task force\u00a0natin na hindi po kailangan nung<\/em>\u00a0quarantine pass\u00a0kasi po ang nakita po namin<\/em>\u00a0based\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0setup,\u00a0sa hitsura ng mga barangay namin<\/em>\u00a0especially\u00a0yung malalaking barangay ho ay magiging<\/em>\u00a0additional person-to-person contact (We are requesting for clearance from the PNP-NCRPO and the joint task force that we no longer require quarantine passes because we noticed that based on our setup in our barangays, it would be additional person-to-person contact),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He stressed that what is important is the strict implementation of the home quarantine and only allowing one person per household to go outside and buy food and other necessities.<\/p>\n

Those caught leaving the house in pairs and groups will be penalized and arrested, he said.<\/p>\n

Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o, in a phone interview with the Philippine News Agency, said while it is \u201cmuch better\u201d to issue quarantine slips, it is not a requirement.<\/p>\n

He said local officials may not require special passes as long as their quarantine measures are proven effective.<\/p>\n

In a statement, DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya explained the quarantine pass is the policy of the local government units and barangays and not by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n

Malaya advised the barangays to be \u201cmore circumspect and reasonable\u201d in their implementation of their policies.<\/p>\n

Health workers exempted<\/strong><\/p>\n

Health workers, however, do not need to apply for quarantine passes or additional IDs to get exempted from the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, Nograles said.<\/p>\n

He said health workers can simply show their Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) license or identification card issued by their respective hospitals and other health facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cGusto ko lang po linawin na para sa ating mga<\/em>\u00a0health workers,\u00a0hindi po kayo kailangang kumuha ng mga<\/em>\u00a0accreditation IDs\u00a0mula sa<\/em>\u00a0Department of Health (I want to clarify that health workers are not required to apply for accreditation IDs from the Department of Health),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He thanked health workers for risking their lives fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur health workers, you are our real-life heroes. We thank you for your sacrifice and your service to the nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Since all mass transport has been suspended under the Luzon-wide quarantine, the government has provided health workers with free transport to get to their respective hospitals and health facilities.\u00a0(PNA with reports from Christopher Lloyd Caliwan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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