BACOLOD City – The moratorium on inbound and outbound travel of persons from Negros Island to Iloilo City and vice versa is lifted effective today, June 16.
This is stipulated in Section 3 of Executive Order No. 53 issued by Iloilo City’s Mayor Jerry Treñas yesterday, despite the city being under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until the end of June.
The Section 3 of the order read: “Beginning 12:01 a.m. of June 16, 2021, the border controls along the city borders and requirement of quarantine passes for the ingress and egress to barangays and establishments within Iloilo City shall be lifted.”
“This is without prejudice to any requirement which may be imposed by the neighboring provinces and cities within Western Visayas upon individuals entering their jurisdiction and without prejudice to the adoption of this measure to regulate movement of persons in areas declared under surgical lockdown,” it added.
“The travel moratorium on the inbound and outbound travel of persons from Negros Island to Iloilo City and vice versa is likewise lifted,” it furthered.
The travel moratorium between Negros Island and Iloilo City was imposed supposedly from May 25 until May 31 but was extended until June 15 due to the rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019./PN
