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Traffic situation on the border of Minglanilla and Talisay City. The line of vehicles attempting to pass through the Minglanilla checkpoints has reached the end of Barangay Lawaan, Talisay City as of 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2020
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has ordered police and local officials to closely inspect and ask drivers and passengers of all vehicles trying to access parts of the province to present the necessary documents .
This after García revealed that he received reports from people, who are not part of Cebu’s list of exemptions on border restrictions, were allegedly smuggled into the province.
García said that all drivers and passengers of vehicles that pass through the checkpoints must present their identification cards to determine if they were part of the list of people exempt from cross-border travel between the city of Cebu and the territorial jurisdiction of the province. .
“Those persons who are not determined to be exempt will be required to disembark from the vehicle and prohibited from crossing the checkpoint,” he added.
At a press conference on Saturday, April 18, 2020, Garcia also said that several people produced false passes issued by the Capitol to avoid inspection.
It showed a printed copy of a forged Capitol Hill pass that is reportedly being used to allow a commercial processing subcontracting employee (BPO), who works in Cebu City, to enter Daanbantayan, a first-class municipality located more than 140 kilometers north of the capital of the province.
“I am warning all those who will invent fake passes, I will have the police track them down and formal cases against you will surely be filed,” Garcia said in Cebuano.
The governor reiterated that BPO workers are not part of the exemptions to Cebu’s border restrictions.
Passes for transit vehicles
Garcia also announced that the Capitol would revoke the validity of Passes for transit vehicles that had indefinite periods.
“Only transit vehicle passes with a defined period issued by the province will be valid,” said Garcia.
“For those who wish to acquire again, they will have to resubmit an application in which we will see if the need to issue said pass has merits,” he added.
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