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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12 Series of 2020 EXECUTIVE ORDER CONSOLIDATING ALL EARLIER MUNICIPAL ISSUANCES, ADOPTING POLICIES LAID DOWN BY THE NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, AND HARMONIZING GUIDELINES VIS-À-VIS NEIGHBORING KIDAPAWAN CITY AND OTHER COTABATO LGUS CONCERNING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHEREAS, Presidential Proclamation No. 922 issued by His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on March 8, 2020 placing the entire country under a State of Public Health Emergency, has mandated government agencies and local government units to implement urgent and critical measures to contain or prevent the spread of Covid-19, mitigate its impact to the community, and prevent serious disruption of the functioning of the government; WHEREAS, in a short span of time beginning March 8, 2020 up till March 23, 2020, various issuances from the national government down to the provincial and city/municipal LGU levels, were promulgated by the offices concerned, with varying degrees of AOR public safety-focused provisions, covering citizens that come across territories; WHEREAS, responding to the same urgent threat, this office has issued the following local declarations: a) Executive Order No. 07 s. 2020 dated March 17, 2020 Declaring the Municipality under State of Modified Community Quarantine, with posted Guidelines translated into parallel vernacular, issued pursuant thereto; b) Executive Order No. 08 of even date, Amending the Municipal Inter-Agency Task Force on Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19); c) Executive Order No. 10 s. 2020 dated March 23, 2020, Providing for Additional Specific Protocols Vis-à-vis the Application of General Community Quarantine and Security in Accordance With DOH and DILG and Provincial Guidelines; duly supplemented with a Quarantine ID Pass Guideline issued unto all agencies and Barangay LGUs; WHEREAS, the Provincial Government has issued Executive Order No. 21 dated March 17, 2020; Executive Order No. 24 dated March 19, 2020, Executive Order No. 26 dated 22 March 2020, and Executive Order No. 27 dated March 22, 2020, among others, for us to adopt; and whereas the neighbouring City of Kidapawan has also issued Executive Order No. 30 s. 2020 dated March 20, 2020 placing the entire LGU territory under enhanced community quarantine, and providing for enforcement mechanisms in furtherance thereof and for other related purposes; WHEREAS, the Municipality of Makilala is not only a provincial border but a regional border as well. And whereas such a situation under varying policies re the entry/non- entry of people during the quarantine period, has put Makilala in a bind given the Davao del Sur lockdown and Kidapawan’s no-entry policy, thereby absorbing the impact of arrivals of people supposedly fleeing to their Region XII home towns, but could not proceed and cannot re-enter Davao del Sur either; Page 2/12 WHEREAS, a clear-cut CONSOLIDATED POLICY GUIDELINES has to be adopted by the Municipality of Makilala, in order to address confusions and control the situation on the side of caution during the period of Quarantine ending April 14, 2019, or until such time the National Public Health Emergency is lifted, WHEREAS, there is a standing regional lockdown advise; and whereas the respective Inter-agency Task Force of the three LGUs of Makilala, President Roxas and Kidapawan City did hold a joint meeting on March 25, current year, with resulting harmonized agreements; NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR ARMANDO M. QUIBOD, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby issue the following CONSOLIDATED/AMENDED POLICY GUIDELINES, thus: Section 1. DECLARATION. The amended ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE in Makilala shall take effect at exactly 12:01 a.m. of April 01, 2020 and shall be in place for period of fourteen (14) days thereafter, or until 14 April 2020, subject to extension when obtaining situation thereat so warrants. Section 2. MAKILALA PROVINCIAL/REGIONAL BORDER CLOSURE POLICY WITH DAVAO DEL SUR PROVINCE/REGION XI. In the light of the spiking number of Covid -19 locally infected cases in Mindanao, the following shall be strictly enforced: 2.1 Residents and non-residents of Makilala shall not be allowed entry at the provincial/regional border with Davao del Sur, nor in any entry point to Makilala Municipality, during the April 1-14, 2020 enhanced quarantine period, subject to the following exceptions: a) Medical emergencies, but only limited to patient, one watcher, and medical personnel for non-Covid cases. Covid-related emergencies are subject to DOH referral/transport protocols. b) Elected and appointed officials, employees and personnel of the provincial and local governments, to include those working at the regional level and line agencies of government in exercise of their functions that have something to do the Covid-19 pandemic control, or mitigating its impact upon government service; c) Medical/Health personnel working within the municipality and who happens to be residents of other LGUs. d) Employees of crucial service/supply establishments in Makilala ,cited hereof in particular as follows: public market, groceries, convenience stores, hospitals, medical clinics, agricultural supply stores, veterinary service establishments, hardware, food preparation delivery services (take-out only), water refilling stations, bank ATM support work, money transfer services, power, energy and telecommunication facilities within Makilala. e) Philippine Red Cross. Page 3/12 f) Law Enforcement authorities and Bureau of Fire vehicles and personnel responding to call of duty.. 2.2 The above personnel considered as exception, to entry restriction, shall however be allowed entry subject to the mandatory Covid-19 Health Protocol: a) Thermal Scanning b) Decontamination c) Isolation d) Referral. 2.3 The Quarantine/Pre-emptive Lockdown Checkpoint of the municipal/ provincial/regional border with Davao del Sur and Region XII at Barangay Old Bulatukan shall put in place an Advance Team right at the Darapuay Bridge natural border, whereof the Makilala LGU/Cotabato Province territory starts, or at the safer boundary Welcome Arc , for purposes of ensuring that no unauthorized traveller from Davao del Sur side gets stranded within Makilala AOR, due to Davao del Sur contingent lockdown/no re-entry policy. 2.4 Concomitantly, the Provincial Government and the City of Kidapawan and all other LGUs concerned, are hereby to be advised to fetch, closely monitor, and escort unto their respective AOR, under the automatic status of Person Under Monitoring (PUM), any and all stranded passengers caught unawares of the herein lockdown policy on days 1, 2 and 3 - in so far as the stranded bonafide residents of their respective LGUs is concerned. 2.5 The Quarantine Checkpoints shall be manned by PNP/AFP personnel, RHU Staff, LGU personnel, BPAT Volunteers, equipped by the LGU with the following: personal protective equipment (PPE), thermal scanner, decontamination gears, contingent PUI isolation facility and personnel, light and water, food, barrier ropes, signage, tents and others deemed needed. 2.6 Section 1 No. 4 of Municipal Executive Order No. 10 which earlier stated the non-entry exception of “Those who will just pass through the municipality, provided they must show proof of residency that they are resident of other municipalities and/or other provinces and they shall leave the municipality immediately after passing through.” is hereby cancelled 2.7 Other logistics/support necessary for the efficient and effective anti-Covid- 19 operation on 24/7 basis, such as allowances for volunteers shall be worked out by the LGU Local Finance Committee 2.8 The neighboring LGUs of Davao del Sur province shall be notified in writing of the herein Enhanced Quarantine Policy as soon as possible. Section 3. KIDAPAWAN CITY AND TULUNAN AND MLANG BORDERS Concomitant to the policies laid down in Section 2 hereof, the following shall be adoptive: 3.1 There shall be established one highway Quarantine Checkpoint each at Makilala’s border with Mlang Municipality (Bgy Sinkatulan) and Kidapawan City (Bgy Saguing), with the same capabilities and support as that of the Davao del Sur border Quarantine Checkpoint . Page 4/12 Section 4. ENTRY POINTS WITHOUT CHECKPOINTS For areas such as but not limited to: 4.1 The western backdoor entry points to Makilala at Barangays Villaflores, Guangan, Dagupan, Malungon bordering Tulunan Municipality, and Barangays Katipunan II bordering Mlang Municipality – all of Cotabato Province; 4.2 The northern border side entry points of Barangays Indangan, Buhay and Saguing bordering Kidapawan City; 4.3 The southern border side entry points Barangays Cabilao, Malungon, bordering Magsaysay Municipality, Davao del Sur Province., and Sitio Kamandag, Bgy Old Bulatukan bordering Sitio Mibanog, Bgy Darapuay, of Bansalan, Davao del Sur. Their respective barangay officials and barangay peacekeepers (BPAT) shall ensure that travellers/hikers passing through the above stated areas are denied entry in the incumbency of the quarantine period, unless otherwise they bear tangible/written medical proof that they are free of the Covid-19 symptoms. Section 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF ROAD BLOCKS In order to preclude/prevent circumvention of the Quarantine Checkpoints, public and private roads at any point in Makilala Municipality may be ordered closed by the Municipal Mayor, upon recommendation by the traffic management unit, and the passage of an enabling ordinance. The barangay LGU having territorial jurisdiction over the closed road shall be responsible for the operation of