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Executive Order No. 15
Executive Order No. 15
WHEREAS, as of May 29, 2021, there are a total of Two Hundred Forty-One (241)
active COVID-19 cases in the Province of Sultan Kudarat, thus a need to revert to General
Community Quarantine for restrictions of movements to plug the floodgates of COVID-19
positive;
Under GCQ, temporary measures will be implemented limiting the movement of people
and transportation, regulation of operating industries, and deployment of uniformed personnel to
enforce community quarantine protocols.
SECTION 2. The following guidelines shall be strictly complied with at all times for the
duration of GCQ in the Province of Sultan Kudarat:
Essential goods and services cover health and social services to secure the safety and
well-being of persons, such as but not limited to, food, water, medicine, medical
devices, public utilities, energy, and others as may be determined by the IATF.
b. RESTRICTED MOVEMENT OF BELOW 18 Y.O., ABOVE 65 Y.O., HEALTH
RISKS INDIVIDUAL AND PREGNANT WOMEN. Any person below eighteen
(18) years old, those who are over sixty-five years (65) of age, those with
immunodeficiency, comorbidity, or other health risks, and pregnant women shall be
required to remain in their residences at all times, EXCEPT for obtaining essential
goods and services, or for work in industries and offices or such other activities
permitted in this Section.
c. RECOGNIZED IDs. Law enforcement agencies shall recognize any of the following
IDs:
(i) IATF IDs issued by the regulatory agencies with jurisdiction over permitted
establishments or persons,
(ii) valid IDs or other pertinent documentation issued by accrediting organizations
or establishments allowed under GCQ, and,
(iii) if required by the LGU, local IDs for availing of essential goods and services.
No other IDs or passes specifically exempting persons from community
quarantine shall be required of workers of permitted establishments and/or
offices without prejudice to requiring the presentation of other documents
establishing the nature of their work.
Interzonal movement refers to the movement of people, goods, and services between
provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities under different
community quarantine classifications. Movements to and from areas under granular
lockdowns within the province shall be considered as an interzonal movement.
Intrazonal movement refers to the movement of people, goods, and services between
provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities under the same
community quarantine classification, without transiting through an area under a
different classification.
In the case of patients entering the province for admission in hospitals, they shall be
allowed to enter the province and cross its border only when they have confirmed
admissions from the authorized personnel of this hospital.
In case the ROF will choose the hotel accommodation, such expenses shall be
shouldered by him/her. On the 7th day, these individuals shall be subjected to antigen
testing before they may be allowed to return to their respective homes. Should any of
these travelers be found to be positive in antigen tests, they shall be subjected to a
confirmatory RT-PCR Test and shall complete the 14 days mandatory quarantine
period.
The BHERTS shall document and monitor the daily health conditions of the returning
residents of their Barangays, as well as that of the members of their household, within
fourteen (14) days from such arrivals. The RHU concerned shall be informed of such
arrival and monitoring of said traveler residents. The RHU shall keep a daily record
of the monitoring of these arrivals.
Local Chief Executives within the Province of Sultan Kudarat shall designate their
own S-Pass Focal Person who must inform the public of the necessity of registering
their travel outside of the province and with a duty to monitor arriving residents and
inform concerned BHERTS of the said arrival for health monitoring purpose.
Upon the arrival of these passengers, the PDRRMO personnel assigned at the airport
shall immediately coordinate with concerned LGUs relative to the arrival of their
residents. Private vehicles who are fetching APORs must properly coordinate with the
PDRRM Office, for appropriate processes and the mandatory health protocols;
Public markets shall allow only one hundred (100) persons at a time to get
inside. To strictly regulate the number of entries, there shall be only one (1)
entrance and one (1) exit for every public market.
Malls shall limit the entry of shoppers and implement mandatory temperature
checks and mandatory use of face masks and alcohol. They are required to
keep the centralized temperature at 26 degrees Celsius and stop offering free
WIFI to discourage people to "linger" inside the malls.
i. 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 dental procedures
shall be limited to emergency cases only and 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;
ii. Veterinary clinics;
iii. 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;
iv. Water supply and janitorial/sanitation services and facilities, including waste
disposal services, as well as property management and building utility
services;
v. The 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 by-products (gasoline, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, jet oil, kerosene,
lubricants), including gasoline stations, refineries, and depots or any kind of
fuel used to produce electricity;
vi. 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;
vii. Funeral and embalming services;
viii. Security personnel licensed by the PNP - Supervisory Office for Security and
Investigation Agencies;
ix. Printing establishments authorized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue and
other government agencies to print accountable forms and other security
documents;
x. Establishments engaged in repair and maintenance of machinery and
equipment, for households and essential permitted establishments;
xi. Establishments engaged in repair and maintenance of motorized and non-
motorized vehicles, including the sale of spare parts;
xii. Leasing of real and personal properties;
xiii. Employment activities that involve the recruitment and placement for
permitted sectors;
xiv. 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;
xv. Lawyers who will provide legal representation necessary to protect rights of
persons as well as legal services for permitted establishments; and
xvi. All other establishments, to the extent necessary for the buying and selling of
consumer goods or services via the internet.
All establishments are encouraged to observe work-from-home and other flexible work
arrangements, where applicable.
r. LIQUOR BAN. To ensure healthy well-being and not compromise the immune
system of people to mitigate the risk of being infected by COVID-19, all kinds of
intoxicating liquor are banned for the duration of General Community Quarantine.
Anybody found selling or consuming alcohol will be penalized.
Alcoholic drinks and beverages are taken inside the residence shall be allowed. This
consumption shall be limited only to the dwellers of the said residence.
t. LIMITED F2F FOR HEI. Limited face-to-face or in-person classes for higher
education and technical vocational education and training may be allowed, subject to
the guidelines of CHED and TESDA, respectively.
u. CURFEW HOUR. Everybody is enjoined to observe curfew hours from 9:00 p.m. to
4:00 a.m.
All establishments within the Province of Sultan Kudarat may be closed from 5:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
i. Tricycle – two (2) passengers: one (1) in front and one (1) at the back. The
passengers shall be isolated and/or separated from each other and the driver by
a covering or thick transparent plastic.
ii. Multi-cab – seven (7) passengers: one (1) in front, besides the driver, and six
(6) at the back – three (3) fronting each other. If possible, passengers fronting
each other shall be isolated and/or separated from each other and the driver by
a covering or thick transparent plastic
vi. Pick up (double cab) – three (3) passengers: one (1) in front beside the driver;
two (2) at the back
vii. Cargo Truck – maximum of five (5) personnel, with or without load, one (1)
in front beside the driver and four (4) personnel at the back
viii. Motorcycle - one (1) passenger, provided they are wearing face masks and
helmets.
All passengers boarding public transport must have their CCTS scanned and S-Pass
scrutinized.
Passengers who are not wearing face masks, face shields, and who do not have CCTS
ID shall not be allowed to board PUBs, PUVs, or tricycles.
Tricycles with municipal or city franchise/permit shall not be allowed re-entry the
moment it goes out of its route. This is to restrict its operation to assigned routes only.
To observe courtesy among LGUs, tricycles shall ply within their respective routes
only and shall not be allowed to ply outside of their required routes. Violators shall be
dealt with accordingly.
This does not cover private tricycles (see section 2 of E.O. No. 30 issued on April 17,
2020, by the Provincial Governor of Sultan Kudarat in the context of public transport)
as the owners thereof have the right to travel recognized by law.
Public transport coming from outside of the province of Sultan Kudarat may be
allowed entry provided it is from point to point, i.e., terminal to terminal, thus, no
picking-up or dropping-off of passengers along the highway. Listing of passengers
with their addresses and destinations shall be done at the terminal before their
boarding on public transport. Said list shall be furnished to the PESU for future
contact tracing.
LGUs are advised to establish a tricycle terminal at the border, but not along the
national highway, to drop off their passengers. Neighboring LGUs shall coordinate
with each other as to the establishment of the terminal at the border for this purpose.
Only the following motor vehicles, motorcycles, and tricycles shall be allowed to use
public roads, streets, and other thoroughfares within the territorial jurisdiction of the
Province of Sultan Kudarat on the following days:
Exempted from this transport coding are vehicles of Task Force Covid-19,
government vehicles, rolling stores, PNP & AFP vehicles, ambulances, rescue
vehicles, fire trucks, and funeral cars/vehicles to fetch cadaver(s) for embalming.
Moreover, private vehicles being used in going to and from work by government
officials, employees, media, or APOR are also exempted in this transport coding from
Monday to Saturday, provided the user shall present his office ID to the enforcers.
Intervention in the form of food packs, but not limited thereto, shall be provided to
constituents by LGU declaring granular lockdown. Three (3) days thereafter, the
Provincial Government of Sultan Kudarat shall provide its intervention to assist the
LGU and the constituents in the lockdown area.
Within twenty-four (24) hours from the declaration of granular lockdown, the
concerned LGU shall submit its Executive Order to the Provincial Governor for his
information and review.
To give way for disinfection, all government offices shall suspend work every Friday
at 3:00 p.m.
The PIATF shall see to it that all LGUS have their Monitoring Team and to check if
the latter is conducting monitoring at their level.
The isolation facilities managed by LGUs shall have 24/7 security personnel to man
the said facilities.
SECTION 3. PENAL CLAUSE. Those found resisting and seriously disobeying any
person while engaged in the performance of his duty in enforcing this Order will be penalized in
accordance with Article 151 of the Revised Penal Code.
Any person who attacks employs force or seriously intimidates or seriously resists any
person in authority or his agent while engaged in the performance of his duty in enforcing this
Order, knowing them to such, shall be liable for direct assault under Article 148 of the Revised
Penal Code.
Any person found violating any provision of this Order shall be fined not exceeding Five
Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not more than six (6) months in accordance
with Provincial Ordinance No. 36 dated August 10, 2020. Nevertheless, the business permit of
establishment or business transport of any form found violating any provision of this Order shall
be revoked by the issuing LGUs.
Any public officer or employee who violates any of the provisions of this Executive
Order may be meted administrative disciplinary action, without prejudice to the filing of the
appropriate civil or criminal action.
Other penalties for violation of the provision of this Executive Order may be imposed in
accordance with Ordinances passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Sultan Kudarat,
Sangguniang Panlungsod of Tacurong, or Sangguniang Bayan within the Province of Sultan
Kudarat.
For this purpose, the Provincial Prosecution Office is requested to assist Legal Officers of
Municipalities and the City of Tacurong to initiate appropriate charge(s), as may be warranted.
SECTION 4. LOCAL ISSUANCES. To provide consistency, clarity, and uniformity of
action to the general public, all local chief executives and local sanggunian in the province are
enjoined to immediately issue/modify and pass local orders or ordinances to adopt and
implement the guidelines in the Order. None, whatsoever, shall be passed or issued which will or
might in any way conflict with any provisions of this Executive Order or which will or might in
any way interfere with or impede its achievement.
Copies of Executive Orders issued by the Local Chief Executive within the province of
Sultan Kudarat shall be forwarded to the Provincial Governor within three (3) days from their
issuance to ensure that such Executive Orders are within the powers granted by law and in
conformity with provincial issuances. This is in consonance with Section 30 of RA 7160,
otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, which empowers the Provincial
Governor to review executive orders promulgated by the component city or municipal mayor
within his jurisdiction.
SECTION 10. EFFECTIVITY. This Order shall take effect on the 1st day of June and
shall remain effective until midnight of June 15, 2021, unless sooner revoked, modified, or
repealed accordingly.
Done on the 30th day of May 2021 at Provincial Governor's Office, Kalawag II, Isulan,
Sultan Kudarat.
SUHARTO T. MANGUDADATU,
Ph.D.
Provincial Governor