COTABATO CITY – Local authorities have intensified its saturation drive against the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) violators, shutting down non-essential businesses here that were found operating on Sunday.
Rolen Balquin, city chief security officer and vice-chairperson of the ECQ enforcement team, warned local business owners of stiffer penalties if they continue to defy the city’s measures against the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Aided by the Cotabato City PNP personnel and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), Balquin led the closure of garment stores, second-hand clothing stalls, kitchenware stores and even variety stores selling non-essential items.
“Under the ECQ guidelines, the city government only allows pharmacies and drug stores to operate, food deliveries from restaurants, grocery stores, some hardware stores, money transfer centers, hospitals and clinics, and broadcast radio stations,” Balquin pointed out.
From April 5 to 15, Balquin noted the ECQ team treated violators only with light exercises routine. That is about to change, he said, warning that "starting Monday, charges will be filed against them”.
During the same period, he said a total of 23 persons were apprehended for violation of curfew hours, 268 traffic violators were reprimanded, 24 motor vehicles were impounded, four public transport impounded for violating public transport ban, and 17 persons were held for failure to present quarantine pass issued by the city government.
“There’s no time for complacency despite zero positive cases of Covid-19 in the city,” Balquin said. (PNA)
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