Zz Philippine Economic Zone (uthority PEZA@ 16 March 2020 GEN. ARCHIE GAMBOA Chief Philippine National Police (PNP) Camp Crame, Quezon City Dear Gen. Gamboa: In light of the recent directive of the President to implement general community quarantine to contain the spread of COVID-19, PEZA as of this writing is in the process of crafting guidelines for the movement of ecozone cargoes and workers, including ITIBPO personnel working on “night shift” (servicing realtime clients mainly in the United States and using platforms that cannot be accessed through work from home scheme). Because the directive allows people, whether employed or self-employed to go to work, PEZA locators are assured of business continuity with the unhampered movement of their workers and service/cargo providers provided they present proof of their employment or business with the ecozone to the authorities implementing the quarantine/curfew. However, we see possible congestion in the designated checkpoints as these become “chokepoints” given the expected long queue of vehicles and with limited PNP personnel manning the checkpoints. As such, we respectfully request that ecozone workers on-board company-provided shuttlebuses/vehicles and ecozone shipments/cargoes bearing PEZA stickers/certifications be allowed to breeze through the checkpoints to facilitate their timely arrival in the zones and at the same time speed up the flow of people/goods passing through the checkpoints but without compromising the Covid-19 virus prevention and quarantine measures. For this purpose, PEZA shall ensure that thermal scanning will be done on workers/visitors at the ecozone facility's premises. In addition, ecozone workers were advised to bring with them their company issued IDs and ecozone service/cargo providers their delivery receipts indicating their business with the ecozone for ready presentation at the checkpoints. PEZA shalll also provide caritruck stickers and placards for shuttle busses ferrying the workers that will be prominently displayed in the vehicles’ front windshields for easy identification. As we have written the DILG and concerned LGUs hosting the ecozones to request exemption of manufacturing and BPO “night shift’ workers from curfew to be implemented by LGUs, and where some LGUs have already approved our request - we wish to notify PNP of this arrangement so the same can be conveyed to the police personnel manning the checkpoints. Building 8, DOE-PNOC Complex Energy Centr, 34° Steet 180 9901:2016 Certied Organization ‘Bonifacio Global Cy, Taguig Gay, Mev Manisa wit Cerifcate Nos. AJAGR/13114 and ALAGS-co00 Telephones (632) 5513451 5513408 «Facsimile (632) 5513442 E-mail nto@peza.gowph - Website: ww: ez govIn keeping with the government directive on Covid 19, we have issued advisory to our PEZA locators and stakeholders to strictly comply with the various prevention measures Director General