The new curfew hours in Davao City has been adjusted and will now be from 6 pm to 6 am effective April 7.
The implementation of the new curfew hours is in line with the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) that will take effect on the same day. Before this, the curfew hours in the city had been set from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Mayor Inday Sara Duterte said over Davao City Disaster Radio that this would mean the Food and Medicine Pass issued to residents can only be used before the new curfew hours start.
“You can only use the FM Pass from 6:01 pm to 5:59 pm,” Mayor Inday said.
She said individuals dealing with emergency cases will still be allowed to go outside their houses when the curfew starts.
“You don’t need a pass when there is an emergency,” Mayor Inday said.
Others exempted from the new curfew hours are those in government offices related to security, health, social services, sanitation, and disaster; 24-hour groceries/convenience stores, wet markets/palengkes, food commissaries, food processing or manufacturing, and food delivery services; hospitals, medical laboratories, pharmacies, drugstores, other health services/personnel, doctor’s and dentist’s clinics; gas stations; funeral parlors; and mass media outlets.
She said that the 12-hour curfew will last until there is a state of public emergency. CIO
