“Erring” Baguio Village On Lockdown

March 26, 2020 JUST IN

BAGUIO CITY (March 26, 2022) — Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Wednesday afternoon placed Pinget barangay here on “lockdown” after barangay officials failed to correct their haphazard implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine measures.
“We found out that some residents continue to loiter around and do not adhere to the prescribed physical distancing,” the mayor said.
“I thought that after getting a warning they learned their lesson because they showed improvement when I visited them last weekend however they did not sustain it.”
City Police Director Allen Ray Co said they implemented the lockout starting 6:30 PM Wednesday. “We established checkpoints in all the entry and exit points of the barangay and no one will be allowed to leave or get in except the critical establishment workers,” Co said.
Magalong has ordered barangay officials in Loakan Proper, Loakan Liwanag, Loakan Apugan, Fort Del Pilar, Kias and Atok Trail barangays here to escalate the enforcement of Enhanced Community Quaratine in the next 14 days
amidst report that two of those that turned positive with COVID-19 are from Loakan and Fort Del Pilar.
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