PNP to keep strict checkpoint operations on cars and trucks

MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) will continue the inspection of vehicles and trucks at checkpoints even as quarantine measures are lowered in order for the economy to recover.

According to PNP chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan, the IATF-EID (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases) sustained their authority to conduct inspections at checkpoints to determine authorized persons outside residence (APORs), including drivers and helpers of cargo trucks so the government can prevent or at least slow down the spread of COVID-19.

"On our call to serve the people in this perilous era, we will continue to sustain our checkpoint operations and inspections including all types of cargoes which supply essential goods for all, and those persons who are authorized outside for essential activities," said Cascolan in a statement.

Executive Order 112, series 2020, states that only “workers in the logistics sector, such as cargo, trucking, courier delivery and port operations shall likewise be allowed to transit across areas placed under any form of community quarantine." Plus, only a maximum of five personnel may operate cargo and delivery vehicles.

Essential or frontline workers are also allowed to pass through any community quarantine checkpoints with their passes or pertinent documents.

"We are always ready to take to greater heights our services that we can offer to the public and in harmony with the national government to win this battle against the unseen enemy, which is the Covid-19," Cascolan added.

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