REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

CITY OF ILOILO
OFFICE OF THE CITY MAYOR
7th Floor New City Hall Building, Plaza Libertad, Iloilo City 5000
Fax (033)335-0689, Email: iloilocmo2019@gmail.com

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 53

Series of 2021

AN ORDER PROVIDING FOR GUIDELINES ON THE EXTENDED

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODIFIED ENHANCED COMMUNITY
QUARANTINE IN ILOILO CITY EFFECTIVE 12:00 AM OF JUNE 16,
2021 UNTIL 11:59 PM OF JUNE 30, 2021, UNLESS OTHERWISE
MODIFIED OR EXTENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, Section 16 of the Republic Act 7160 provides that every local government unit shall
exercise the powers expressly granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as powers
necessary, appropriate, or incidental for its efficient and effective governance, and those which
are essential to the promotion of the general welfare. Every local government shall ensure and
promote health and safety of its inhabitants;

WHEREAS, this general welfare clause delegates in statutory form the police power to a local
government unit which must be responsive, in the interest of common welfare, to the changing
conditions and developing needs of growing communities, especially during this continuing health
crisis brought by COVID-19 pandemic;

WHEREAS, COVID-19 remains a deadly threat to the City of Iloilo albeit the aggressive
vaccination roll-out on the ground as the rate of confirmed positive cases has been moving an
upward trend with mortality being recorded. Its high risk of transmission continues to imperil
particularly those who have yet to be inoculated due to limited supply of vaccine doses;

WHEREAS, being the deadliest plague, which continues to ravage the entire country, the
President of the Republic of the Philippines issued Proclamation 1021 extending the State of
Calamity until September 12, 2021;

WHEREAS, the Iloilo City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit has recorded a sharp rise and
seemingly exponential upward trend in the confirmed positive cases during the first and second
week of May 2021 prompting the Iloilo City Local Government to make a fervent appeal to IATF,
National Task Force Against COVID-19 and Department of the Interior and Local Government to
escalate the community quarantine classification to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine
(MECQ);

WHEREAS, on May 22, 2021 the National IATF issued and published in the Official Gazette1 on
May 23, 2021 through Resolution No. 116-C that “Iloilo City shall be escalated to Modified
Enhanced Community Quarantine beginning May 23, 2021, until May 31, 2021 xxx without
prejudice to [its] further reclassification as may be warranted and the declaration of localized
Enhanced Community Quarantine in critical areas.” ;

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WHEREAS, the exigency of circumstances with the sustained high daily case count, exhaustive
massive testing and concomitant strict isolation, as well as the imposition of strictest additional
health intervention measures, rationally make it highly ill-considered to ease our quarantine
classification;

WHEREAS, according to DOH COVID 19 Regional Case Bulletin No. 443, Iloilo City logged a total
of 8,980 cases as of June 13, 2021 with total active cases of 2,663 and total mortality of 227
cases;

WHEREAS, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 14, 2021 announced that Iloilo City will
remain under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine;

WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the National IATF issued and published in the Official Gazette2
Resolution No. 121, s. 2021 extending the implementation of Modified Enhanced Community
Quarantine [in Iloilo City] until June 30, 2021 xxx without prejudice to [its] further reclassification
as may be warranted and the declaration of localized Enhanced Community Quarantine in critical
areas.”

WHEREAS, however, in view of resuscitating the economy of the city and addressing the fiscal
needs of the constituents, the Local Chief Executive together with the Iloilo City COVID Team
have concluded that it is best to open more establishments provided that minimum health
protocols are strictly followed at all times;

WHEREAS, to restore more jobs in labor-intensive industries, ease the economic burden of
displaced workers and address the growing number of joblessness, poverty, and hunger
incidence, without compromising the safety and fight against COVID-19, and upon consultation
with all stakeholders, IATF Resolution No. 113 dated 29 April 2021 allowed “[f]ood preparation
establishments such as commissaries, restaurants, and eateries [to] resume their indoor dine-in
services in areas under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine at an initial venue or seating
capacity of ten percent (10%),” while “[b]eauty salons, beauty parlors, barbershops, and nail
spas may resume operations at an initial venue or seating capacity of thirty percent (30%);” and
that said establishments may further operate beyond the limitation prescribed, provided that they
comply with the DOLE-DOH-DILG-DOT-DTI Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 21-01, Series
of 2021 or the Implementing Guidelines of the Safety Seal Certification Program;

WHEREAS, the Department of Trade and Industry, prescribed guidelines in Memorandum

Circular No. 21-15, s. 2021, to allow additional business establishments, persons or activities to
operate, work or be undertaken in areas placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine
(MECQ);

WHEREAS, the Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Revised Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines
with Amendments as of May 20, 2021, to prevent and/or minimize the local spread of emerging
infectious diseases in the country through the establishment or reinforcement of a system in
screening possible patients infected with emerging infectious diseases, contact tracing,
identification of the mode of exposure to the virus, and implementation of effective quarantine
and proper isolation procedures;

WHEREAS, while the local government of Iloilo City and the members of Iloilo City COVID team
are forced to make decisions protecting the right to life and provide for the right to health of the
citizens implementing health intervention measures adaptive to radical changes of COVID-19
transmission, it cannot be overemphasized that public awareness, vigilance, cooperation, and full
adherence to public health protocols remain vital in a community-wide responses to effectively
curb down the unprecedented surge in our cases;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JERRY P. TREÑAS, by virtue of the power vested in me by law

as City Mayor of lloilo City, do hereby order:

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SECTION 1. PERIOD OF THE EXTENDED IMPLEMENTATION OF MECQ IN ILOILO CITY.
The Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in Iloilo City shall be from 12:00 AM of
June 16, 2021, up to 11:59 PM of 30 June 2021, until the said period is extended or lifted, upon
the recommendation of the Iloilo City COVID Team, and approved by the Inter Agency Task Force
on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF).

SECTION 2. CURFEW. All persons shall observe the curfew in effect within Iloilo city which is
from 10:00PM up to 4:00AM for the period covered by the MECQ, until the same is lifted or
extended by the Iloilo City Government, upon the recommendation of the Iloilo City COVID-19
Team; except those whose work arrangements in BPOs / KPOs, warehouses and logistics (and
similar businesses), ports, arrastre, food manufacturing, storage and preservation, hospitals,
media, and other similar business or occupations that require employees to go to work after the
curfew hours.

SECTION 3. LIFTING OF BORDER CONTROL, QUARANTINE PASS REQUIREMENTS,

AND TRAVEL MORATORIUM. Beginning 12:01 A.M. of June 16, 2021, the border controls
along the city borders and requirement of quarantine passes for the ingress and egress to
barangays and establishments within Iloilo City shall be lifted. This is without prejudice to any
requirement which may be imposed by the neighboring provinces and cities within Western
Visayas upon individuals entering their jurisdiction and without prejudice to the adoption of this
measure to regulate movement of persons in areas declared under surgical lockdown. The travel
moratorium on the inbound and outbound travel of persons from Negros Island to Iloilo City and
vice versa is likewise lifted.

For this purpose, all prior issuances inconsistent with the herein provisions are likewise
repealed, without prejudice to the Iloilo City Government’s imposition of travel requirements and
implementation of the S-Pass Travel System for persons traveling from areas outside Western
Visayas.

SECTION 4. LIMITED MOVEMENT OF VULNERABLE SECTORS. The following persons shall

belong to the vulnerable sectors: (1) Persons more than (65) years of age; (2) Persons below 18
years of age; (3) Pregnant women; (4) Persons with comorbidities, immune-deficiencies and other
risk factors; and (5) Persons with disabilities.

(A) Those vulnerable sectors shall be required to remain in their residences at

all times, except when indispensable under the circumstances for obtaining
essential goods and services from permitted establishments or for work in
permitted industries and offices; other essentials; to seek medical or clinical care;
or go to the hospital; or to seek medical consultation.

(B) Persons who live with the persons mentioned herein shall be allowed
outside of their residence to buy food, medicines, other essentials, seeking medical
or clinical care, going to the hospital, seeking medical consultation and to work for
the offices, industries, and establishments mentioned in Section 7 hereof; except
if they are either confined in a COVID-19 isolation facility or quarantine facility;

(C) The individuals aged (18) years and below and (65) years and above may
not enter malls and shopping centers except when indispensable under the
circumstances for obtaining essential goods and services or for work in
establishments located therein until otherwise modified through subsequent
issuances of the IATF.

SECTION 5. OPERATION OF HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENTS. Only

hotels or accommodation establishments with valid DOT Accreditation shall be allowed to
accommodate guests and clients for legitimate purposes under a state of a public health
emergency.

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 The operations of such hotels and accommodation establishments, as well as ancillary
establishments within their premises such as restaurants, cafés, gyms, spas, function halls, and
the like, shall be subject to latest guidelines issued by the Department of Tourism and the IATF.

Swimming pools and other similar swimming amenities of resorts, hotels, accommodation
establishments and condominiums shall remain closed to the public. (Category II, DTI
Memorandum Circular No. 21-15, s. 2021: Additional Business Establishments, Persons or
Activities Allowed to Operate in Areas Placed Under MECQ in relation to the IATF Omnibus
Guidelines as of May 20, 2021)

SECTION 6. PROHIBITION IN THE PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR. The

consumption in public of any form of liquor or alcoholic beverages, or any alcoholic drink
containing a specific percentage of alcohol by volume or weight which may be in the form of
whisky, brandy, gin, rum, cordial, liquor, cocktail, wine, champagne, vermouth, basi, tuba, saki,
beer, ale, stout, and the like shall be ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED, beginning 12:00 A.M. of
June 16, 2021 unless otherwise extended or lifted earlier.

However, the sale of liquor or alcoholic beverages shall be allowable from 8:00 A.M.to
6:00 P.M. only, while the private consumption thereof will only be permitted for individuals
within their households and without forming congregations or inviting outside guests.

Establishments, convenience stores, groceries, sari-sari stores, and other similar

businesses who shall violate the prohibition on the sale of liquor, whether directly or indirectly
shall entitle the City Government to mete out the appropriate penalties provided under the Iloilo
City Tax Code.

All persons who are found to have violated the protocols and endanger the lives of the
residents of Iloilo City shall face the appropriate administrative and / or criminal charges.

In cases of barangay lockdowns, the sale and consumption of liquor shall be prohibited
absolutely in areas covered by any barangay lockdown order.

SECTION 7. REOPENING OF ILOILO ESPLANADES; PLAYGROUNDS AND COURTS IN

ALL PUBLIC PLAZAS. The Iloilo Esplanades shall be open to the public beginning 12:01 A.M.
of June 16, 2021. Playgrounds and courts located in public plazas shall likewise be open except
for activities that entail the premises as venue for direct and indirect contact sports. Individual
outdoor exercises such as outdoor walks, jogging, running or biking, are allowed. Provided that
the minimum public health standards and precautions such as the wearing of face masks, and
the maintenance of social distancing protocols are observed.

SECTION 8. MASS GATHERINGS. Gatherings outside of residences and undertaken for non-
essential purposes, shall be prohibited for the duration of the MECQ implementation in Iloilo City.
Gatherings at residences with any person outside of one’s immediate household shall likewise be
prohibited. However, gatherings that are essential for the provision of health services,
government services, or humanitarian activities authorized by the appropriate government agency
or instrumentality shall be allowed.

Religious denominations may conduct face-to-face mass/worship services and activities

with a maximum attendance of a thirty percent (30%) seating capacity but are still strongly
encouraged to adopt virtual means to pursue the same. Provided, the congregation shall be
strictly limited within the church building/religious venue, discouraging churchgoers/attendees to
stay or loiter outside the building/venue for the duration of the mass/worship service or religious
activity. Weddings and baptisms, which cover only the conduct of ceremonies and/or rites, are
hereby allowed provided that attendees thereto are confined to relatives up to the second degree
of consanguinity and affinity and do not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the venue capacity or 50
pax, whichever is lower.

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 Across all settings, religious denominations must strictly observe the public health
standards and protocols being implemented by the Iloilo City Government and local health
authorities while a lower number of attendees than being allowed hereof is highly encouraged.

SECTION 9. GUIDELINES ON THE CONDUCT OF WAKES, BURIAL AND OTHER

NECROLOGICAL SERVICES. Gatherings for wakes, inurnment, funerals for those who died of
causes other than COVID-19 may be allowed, provided that the same shall be limited to
immediate family members (first-degree relatives) only if being conducted at the residences. If
the wakes, inurnment, and funerals shall be conducted at the funeral homes, funeral parlors or
mortuaries, satisfactory proof of the relationship with the deceased and the attendees shall be
inspected by the management. In all cases, full compliance with the prescribed minimum public
health standards for the duration of the activity must be strictly observed.

In all cases, the maximum number of days for the conduct of wakes shall be three (3)
days from the time the remains of the deceased are first displayed no matter whether the family
or significant others of the deceased choose more than one venue for the same.

SECTION 10. HOME QUARANTINE FOR COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS. Confirmed

COVID-19 positive individuals may be allowed to observe isolation or quarantine at home,
provided that home arrangements allow isolation from other family members, subject to the
approval of the District Medical Officers, taking into consideration the inspection and
recommendation of BHERTs and/or Barangay Officials.

SECTION 11. MANAGEMENT OF CLOSE CONTACT INDIVIDUALS. All individuals who have
been tagged as close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 positive persons are mandated to undergo
a strict fourteen (14)- day quarantine.

If during said period, said individual experiences any sign or symptom related to COVID-19,
he/she must immediately contact representatives of the local health authorities such as District
Medical Health Officers, Barangay Health Emergency Response Team workers (BHERTs),
Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and/or officers and staff of the Iloilo City Health Office; and
submit themselves for RT-PCR testing.

Otherwise, he/she will be given clearance from quarantine after completing the required 14-day
quarantine. This is without prejudice to an asymptomatic individual subjecting himself to RT-PCR
testing of his own accord as supervised by the Iloilo City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit.

SECTION 12. FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES; SUSPENDED. Face-to-face or in-person classes shall

remain suspended. The education sector shall operate in accordance with the guidelines of the
CHED for higher education, TESDA for technical vocational education and training, DepEd for
basic education.

Review centers may be allowed to operate under the capacities prescribed under Section
13 (B), while enjoining virtual lectures among attendees.

SECTION 13. ALLOWED INDUSTRIES AND ACTIVITIES. During the period of the MECQ,
unless modified by the IATF, the following shall be allowed pursuant to DTI Memorandum Circular
No. 21-15, s. 20213 in relation to IATF Revised Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of
Community Quarantine in the Philippines, to subject to compliance with the health standards and
response measures:

Subject to compliance with the minimum public health and safety standards and protocols
and the relevant issuances and other pertinent issuances, only the following business private
establishments, persons, or activities shall be allowed to operate on-site with the following
prescribed capacities:

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DTI Memorandum Circular No. 21-15, s. 2021: Additional Business Establishments, Persons or
Activities Allowed to Operate in Areas Placed Under MECQ

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A. With full on-site capacity:

1. Public and private hospitals Health, emergency and frontline services, including
those provided by dialysis centers, chemotherapy centers, HMOs, health insurance
providers, disaster risk reduction management officers, and public safety officers
and the like;
2. Manufacturers of medicines and vitamins, medical supplies, devices and
equipment, including suppliers of input, packaging, and distribution
3. Industries involved in agriculture (crops, fruits, vegetables, livestock and poultry),
forestry, fishery, and such other components of the food value chain and their
workers, including farmers and fisher folks;
4. Logistics service providers (delivery and courier services; cargo handling;
warehousing; trucking; freight forwarding; shipping, port and terminal operators);
5. Essential and priority construction projects, whether public or private, and small-
scale construction projects such as those for housing or residential, in accordance
with the guidelines issued by the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH);
6. Manufacturing related to food and other essential goods such as but not limited to
soap and detergents, diapers, personal hygiene products, toilet paper and wet
wipes, and disinfectants;
7. Companies that manufacture, distribute and/or supply equipment or products
necessary to perform construction or maintenance works, such as cement and
steel, or spare parts;
8. Essential retail trade and service establishments such as public markets,
supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies or drug stores,
hardware, office supplies, bicycle shops, laundry shops, and water-refilling
stations;
9. Food preparation establishments such as kiosks, commissaries, restaurants, and
eateries, subject to the strict observance of the following capacities:

a. Take-out and delivery- full capacity;

b. Outdoor dine-in services (al fresco) - may be increased to a maximum of
(30%) seating capacity;
c. Indoor dine-in services at an initial venue or seating capacity of (10%);

10. Public and private financial service providers involved in the distribution of
government grants and amelioration subsidies;
11. Public transport providers and operators subject to the Department of
Transportation (DOTr) guidelines;
12. Water supply and janitorial/sanitation services and facilities, including waste
disposal services, as well as property management and building utility services;
13. Energy sector (oil, gas, and power companies), their third-party contractors and
service providers, including employees involved in electric transmission and
distribution, electric power plant and line maintenance, electricity market and retail
suppliers, as well as those involved in the exploration, operations, trading and
delivery of coal, oil, crude or petroleum and byproducts (gasoline, diesel, liquefied
petroleum gas, jet oil, kerosene, lubricants), including gasoline stations, refineries
and depots or any kind of fuel used to produce electricity;
14. Telecommunications companies, Internet service providers, cable television
providers, including those who perform indirect services such as the technical,
sales, and other support personnel, as well as the employees of their third-party
contractors doing sales, installation, maintenance and repair works;
15. Airline and aircraft maintenance, pilots and crew, and employees of aviation
schools for purposes of the pilot's recurrent training for flight proficiency and type
rating using simulator facilities; and ship captains and crew, including shipyard
operations and repair Funeral and embalming services;
16. Security personnel licensed by the PNP - Supervisory Office for Security and
Investigation Agencies;

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 17. Printing establishments authorized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue and other
government agencies to print accountable forms and other security documents;
18. Establishments engaged in repair and maintenance of machinery and equipment,
for households and essential permitted establishments;
19. Establishments engaged in repair and maintenance of motorized and non-
motorized vehicles, including the sale of spare parts;
20. Leasing of real and personal properties;
21. Employment activities that involve the recruitment and placement for permitted
sectors;
22. Teachers, professors and other staff for purposes of conducting online/offline, and
flexible classes, completion of grades, and processing of student credentials,
requirements and documents;
23. Lawyers who will provide legal representation necessary to protect rights of
persons as well as legal services for permitted establishments, and law firms;
24. All other establishments, to the extent necessary for the buying and selling of
consumer goods or services via the internet;
25. Payroll managers, and such other employees required for the processing of payroll,
and accounting firms. Private corporations are encouraged to process payrolls
online.

B. Maximum of fifty percent (50%) on-site capacity

Media establishments and their total permanent staff complement, inclusive of reporters
and other field employees.

C. Maximum of thirty percent (30%) on-site capacity:

All other private establishments and offices operating within in Iloilo City shall be allowed
to operate at a 30% venue or seating capacity, with consideration to the following
qualifications on certain entities hereunder:

1. Business process outsourcing establishments (BPOs). It is however strongly

advised that the same may adopt alternative work arrangements such as work-
from-home set up to allow as little on-site workforce as practicable;
2. Dental, rehabilitation, optometry and other medical clinics for the treatment of
illness or injuries. Provided that there is strict observance of infection prevention
and control protocols. Provided, further, that the wearing of full Personal Protective
Equipment (PPEs) by dentists and attendants shall be mandatory. Provided, finally,
that home service therapy for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) shall be allowed;
3. Veterinary clinics;
4. Banks, money transfer services, including pawnshops only insofar as performing
money transfer functions, microfinance institutions, and credit cooperatives,
including their armored vehicle services, if any Capital markets, including but not
limited to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Securities and Exchange Commission,
Philippine Stock Exchange, Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation,
Philippine Securities Settlement Corporation, and Philippine Depository and Trust
Corporation. Banks operating within Iloilo City are strongly encouraged to adopt
shorter working hours and alternative working arrangements, without prejudice to
the guidelines set by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas;
5. Beauty salons, beauty parlors, barbershops, and nail spas, at an initial venue or
seating capacity of (30%), provided that they shall only provide services that can
accommodate the wearing of face masks at all times by the patrons/clients and
service providers. (DTI Memorandum Circular No. 21-15, s. 2021: Additional
Business Establishments, Persons or Activities Allowed to Operate in Areas Placed
Under MECQ)

SECTION 14. PROHIBITED ESTABLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES. The following

establishments, persons, or activities shall not be permitted to operate, work, or be undertaken
during MECQ:

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 1. Entertainment venues with live performers such as karaoke bars, bars,
clubs, concert halls, theaters, and cinemas;
2. Recreational venues such as internet cafes (except in so far as catering to
students for their online classes and requirements ), billiard halls,
amusement arcades, bowling alleys, and similar venues;
3. Amusement parks or theme parks, fairs/peryas, kid amusement industries
such as playgrounds, playroom, and kiddie rides;
4. Outdoor sports courts or venues for direct and indirect contact sports,
scrimmages, games, or activities;
5. Indoor sports courts or venues, fitness studios, gyms, spas or other indoor
leisure centers or facilities, and swimming pools;
6. Casinos, horse racing, cockfighting and operation of cockpits (including the
conduct of e-sabong by licensed and regulated by the Philippine
Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), per IATF Omnibus
Guidelines with Amendments as of 20 May 2021), lottery and betting shops,
and other gaming establishments except for the draws conducted by the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office;
7. Indoor visitor or tourist attractions, libraries, archives, museums, galleries,
and cultural shows and exhibits;
8. Outdoor tourist attractions;
9. Venues for face-to-face meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions;
10. Other personal care services which include make-up salons, medical
aesthetic clinics, cosmetic or derma clinics, reflexology, aesthetics, wellness
and holistic centers, and other similar establishments; acupuncture and
electrocautery establishments, and massage therapy including sports
therapy establishments. It also includes establishments providing tanning
services, body piercings, tattooing and similar services. Home service for
these activities are likewise not permitted. ( DTI Memorandum Circular No.
21-15, s. 2021, Category III and IATF Omnibus Guidelines on Community
Quarantine with Amendments as of May 20, 2021)

Section 15. WORK IN THE ILOILO CITY GOVERNMENT. For the duration of the
MECQ, the following guidelines shall be observed by all personnel of the Iloilo City Government:

a. All Department Heads/Heads of Offices of the Iloilo City Government are directed to
adopt work arrangements that entail only thirty-percent (30%) on-site capacity,
insofar as practicable. However, the Iloilo City Bids and Awards Committee, Iloilo City
Business Permit and Licensing Office, Iloilo City Accountant’s Office, Iloilo City
Treasurer’s Office, Iloilo City Budget Office, City Engineer’s Office and the Iloilo City
General Services Office may be allowed to operate at a maximum of (75%) on-site
capacity, and the Iloilo City Health Office, (CHO) Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Office (CDRRMO) and the Iloilo City Public Safety and Transportation
Management (PSTMO) at full operational capacity, to ensure that public service
delivery is not prejudiced during the implementation of the Modified Enhanced
Community Quarantine in Iloilo City.

b. Across all settings, work-from-home and other flexible work arrangements entailing
lower numbers of employees working on site are still highly encouraged.

c. Those persons (whether plantilla or job-hires or contracts of service) belonging to the

vulnerable sectors mentioned herein shall be advised to work from home or any other
alternative work arrangement, subject to measurable output requirements submitted,
pursuant to relevant issuances of the Civil Service Commission;

d. Random weekly RT-PCR testing for all city hall personnel (whether plantilla or job-
hires or contracts of service);

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 e. The work from home or any other alternative work arrangement under this rule shall
not apply to department heads, assistant department heads, and executive assistants.

f. Except for the payment of taxes, submission of forms or those processes where
personal appearance of the applicant or respondent is indispensable, all face-to-face
transactions with all offices of the Iloilo City Government shall be limited. Offices are
advised to use alternative modes of submission of documents and alternative forms
of payment to government accounts;

g. Persons without face shields and face masks shall not be allowed to enter the premises
of the Iloilo City Hall.

SECTION 16. WORK IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OFFICES IN ILOILO CITY.

Agencies and instrumentalities of the government shall remain fully operational with a skeleton
workforce on-site, enjoining to operate at thirty-percent (30%) capacity, as determined by the
head of agency, and the remainder under alternative work arrangements or work-from-home, as
may be approved by the head of agency, unless a greater on-site capacity is required in agencies
providing health and emergency frontline services, laboratory and testing services, border control,
or other critical services, in accordance with the relevant rules and regulations issued by the Civil
Service Commission (CSC).

SECTION 17. NECESSARY IMPOSITION OF LOCALIZED CONTAINMENT IN

BARANGAYS OR AFFECTED ESTABLISHMENTS. Pursuant to IATF Resolution No. 118-A, s.
2021, Highly Urbanized Cities are allowed to impose a barangay-wide quarantine. Further, the
imposition of selective localized containment intervention measures shall be done pursuant to the
Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) National
Task Force COVID 19 (NTF) issued Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 2, s. 2020 providing for the
“Operational Guidelines on the Application of the Zoning Containment Strategy in the Localization
of the National Action Plan Against COVID-19 Response”. In such an event, the Iloilo City
Government shall enforce intervention measures, such as but not limited to:

a. A Stay-at-Home Order, or temporary cessation of operations in cases where the

contaminated area is a workplace;

b. Impose a Mandatory Random COVID-19 Testing and contact tracing;

c. Limit the access of persons to the contained barangay, or any portion thereof; and

d. Impose other necessary directives to control and contain the spread and
transmission of COVID-19.

SECTION 18. ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW. The Iloilo City COVID-19 Team, and City Health
Office shall conduct a review and appraisal of the situation in Iloilo City regarding the possibility
of local transmission, through COVID-19 testing, and collating the results to evaluate its extent
and scope, the measures taken to arrest the possible spread of the contagion, and other important
factors affecting the health of the residents of Iloilo City. The report shall be submitted to the
Local Chief Executive and the Sangguniang Panlungsod as frequently as may be necessary.

SECTION 19. OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. The road, maritime

(except those with the approved travel moratorium from and to specified destinations), and
aviation sectors of public transportation shall be allowed to operate at such capacity and protocols
in accordance with guidelines issued by the DOTr. The use of active transportation such as biking
is highly encouraged.

The movement of cargo/delivery vehicles, as well as vehicles used by public utility

companies, shall be unhampered. Shuttle services of permitted establishments shall not be
subject to an ID system but shall maintain compliance with minimum public health standards with
the drivers wearing face masks all the time and with transparent anti-COVID-19 dividers from the
passengers. Passengers shall maintain one (1) seat apart from each other and must sanitize prior

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to taking in. Companies with shuttle services must maintain a log book to easily track the
passengers/employees.

SECTION 20. VACCINATION ROLL-OUT. Vaccination roll-out at the identified vaccination

sites shall remain unhampered. No walk-ins for pre-registration at the sites will be imposed. Only
the confirmed residents on the priority list and with vaccination tickets shall be accommodated.
Provided that, strict observance of minimum public health standards must be maintained at the
vaccination sites.

SECTION 21. ENFORCEMENT. This Executive Order shall be enforced by the Iloilo City Public
Safety and Traffic Management Office, City Health Office, Iloilo City Compliance Officers,
Philippine National Police, Barangay Officials, including Sangguniang Kabataan Officials above 21
years of age, Philippine Army, Philippine Coast Guard, volunteer force multipliers.

Section 22. PENALTIES IMPOSABLE. For all persons, who knowingly break any of the
provisions stated herein as well as established health and safety protocols issued by the
Department of Health, IATF, and other agencies; and in the process endanger the lives of the
residents of Iloilo city, will face the appropriate administrative and / or criminal charges.

SECTION 23. AMENDMENTS. This executive order may be amended from time to time, in
recognition of the fast-developing status of the COVID-19 situation, as the need arises, or if there
is a change in the situation as reported by the City Health Office, Department of Health or the
World Health Organization.

SECTION 24. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. If any provision of this Executive Order is declared
invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and
subsisting.

SECTION 25. INCORPORATION CLAUSE. All other executive orders, rules and regulations
and other issuances or parts thereof which are not inconsistent with this Order continue to remain
in force and effect.

SECTION 26. REPEALING CLAUSE. All orders or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the
provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 27. EFFECTIVITY. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE this 15th day of June 2021, in the City of lloilo, Philippines.

SO ORDERED.

HON. JERRY P. TREÑAS

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