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Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella reads the prayers of the faithful during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral on April 11, 2020. | Gerard Vincent Francisco
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella reminded residents of the city to stay home during the celebration of Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020.
The mayor said it might be customary for families to go out and reunite with relatives during the Lord’s Resurrection, but with the threat of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), it would be safer to stay. at home
“Remember lang ko nga naa gihapon ang atong (I remind our constituents that we are still under the) enhanced community quarantine, so stay home as much as possible and observe proper hygiene,” said the mayor.
Earlier on Saturday, police had to control people at South Road Properties (SRP), who were trying to swim in the seas near the coastal communities in Barangay Mambaling.
Councilman Philip Zafra said three people were arrested while the rest were dispersed from the area.
Read more: Swimming on the beaches of Cebu, bodies of water prohibited during the ECQ
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn García, on the other hand, also warned people not to go to beaches or bodies of water to celebrate Easter or they would be arrested.
Garcia gave the warning when he signed an executive order banning these activities on Easter Sunday and the duration of the ECQ.
LOOK: The governor of Cebu, Gwendolyn García, issued another executive order that prohibits the entry to beaches and bodies of water in the province of Cebu.
He also asked the police to enforce these orders and to monitor the province’s beaches.
Read more: Government orders the police to monitor beaches at Easter
Meanwhile, the mayor of Cebu City, Labella, reminded the public that this could not be done (going out, swimming on the beaches) and that instead they should celebrate Easter at home, where they could be safe with their families.
However, it also reminded the public to continue to pray for the COVID-19 pandemic to end and restore normal operations in the city.
He said this Easter Sunday would be more special with the threat of the virus because it would give people hope that the crisis would finally end, the way that Jesus Christ had risen after death.
He said that Easter would also be a reminder that death was not the ultimate end and that there was an eternity to prepare.
Through faith and solidarity, Labella prayed that the constituents of Cebu City could overcome the pandemic.
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