SAN JOSE, Antique – The Antique provincial government lifted its liquor ban and adjusted its curfew hours for arriving ferry passengers.
Gov. Rhodora Cadiao said lifting the liquor ban, which was imposed on March 17, 2020 during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown, and the adjustment of the curfew hours are part of easing the situation in the province for the sake of the economy.
In a meeting of the Antique Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Antique Chapter, Cadiao said they were yielding to requests for the lifting of the liquor ban.
Cadiao said they were also shortening the curfew hours from the previous 9 p.m. until 4 a.m. to midnight until 4 a.m.
“We have to consider that the arrival of the Starlite Ferries vessel from Batangas to Lipata Port in Culasi is past 9 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,” she said.
Considering that the passengers still have to travel to their respective municipalities from Lipata Port, it would only be proper to adjust the curfew hours, Cadiao explained.
The provincial IATF, during its meeting, also adopted Resolution 101, series of 2021 of the IATF for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approved on Feb. 26 making COVID-19 testing and quarantining no longer mandatory for travelers unless they exhibit symptoms.
“The local government units of Antique will only require a Letter of Acceptance and Letter of Coordination from locally stranded individuals and those coming into the province,” Cadiao said. (PNA/PN)
