TABUK CITY, Kalinga – The city government recently issued the guidelines governing the operation of businesses in the city during the implementation of the general community quarantine (GCQ).
Mayor Darwin C. Estrañero issued Executive Order No. 37, series of 2020, that provided essential and other businesses allowed to open during ECQ will include agriculture and fisheries and the entire value chain including manufacturing of feeds, fertilizers and pesticides; manufacturing and processing plants of basic food products and the entire value chain, raw materials, inputs, including packaging, essential products, medicines, and medical supplies; hospitals and medical clinics; dental and EENT clinics with strict health standards; retail establishments, groceries, supermarkets, hypermarkets, convenient stores, public markets, pharmacies and drug stores; restaurants, fastfood and food preparation establishments to operate on take out and delivery services only; water refilling stations; logistic service providers, cargo handling, warehouse, trucking, freight forwarding, and shipping lines; delivery services, whether or not e-commerce platform, in-house or out-sourced, for products such as clothing and accessories and office supplies; bank and capital markets; power, energy, water, information technology and communication supplies and facilities, waste disposal services and technical services to above utilities; electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply; postal and courier activities; water collection, treatment and supply; waste collection, treatment, and disposal; except materials recovery junkshop; sewerage, except emptying of septic tanks; veterinary activities; repair and installation of machinery and equipment; repair of computers and personal household goods; services to buildings and landscape activities, except landscape care; employment activities, manpower services or essential activities; security and investigation activities; programming and broadcasting activities; rental and leasing activities, except for entertainment and mass gathering purposes; accommodation, use as quarantine facilities; extraction of natural resources; gasoline stations, laundry shops, including self-service; funeral services; export companies with temporary accommodation and shuttle services, work from home arrangements; business process out-sourcing companies with temporary accommodation and shuttle services and mining and quarrying.
The city chief executive pointed out that the operation of the allowed business establishments will be from 7am to 7pm from Mondays to Saturdays only, while office administrative, office and other business activities such as legal and accounting, insurance, re-insurance, and pension funding, except compulsory social security; architecture and engineering activities, technical testing and analysis; scientific and research development; other professional, scientific and technical activities and social work activities without accommodation.
He required that business establishments shall at all times practice social distancing and shall ensure that alcohol or disinfectants be made available at the entrances and exits while employees of business establishments shall present a valid company identification card or certificate of employment at checkpoints and a list of employees shall be furnished the local government and checkpoints.
However, all other business establishments not included in the order shall not be allowed to operate.
By HENT
