Republic of the Philippines

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR

PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT
National Highway, Kalawag II, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat
Email: skpaoffice@gmail.com Office Tel: (064) 201-3027
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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 25

Series of 2020

AN ORDER DECLARING ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE IN

THE PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT TO PROTECT ITS PEOPLE
FROM THE CONTAMINATION OF CORONA VIRUS DISEASE -19
(COVID-19) BY CONTAINING ITS FURTHER SPREAD IN THE
PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT

WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the President of the Philippines signed Proclamation
No. 929 declaring a State of Calamity throughout the Philippines due to Corona Virus Disease
2019;

WHEREAS, the DOH recently raised the COVID-19 Alert System to Code Red
Sublevel II and on March 8, 2020 through Proclamation No. 922, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
has declared the entire country under State of Public Health Emergency;

WHEREAS, on March 25, 2019, the Department of Health (DOH) had confirmed the
first mortality of COVID-19 in the Province of Sultan Kudarat;

WHEREAS, there is a need to provide stricter measures to suppress and contain the
spread of COVID-19 so as to protect the people of Sultan Kudarat from contamination;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SUHARTO T. MANGUDADATU, Ph.D. Provincial

Governor of Sultan Kudarat, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby ORDER
the ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE in the Province of Sultan Kudarat with the
following strict guidelines:

1. People residing and sojourning in the province of Sultan Kudarat shall strictly observe
home quarantine where movement of people shall be limited only to accessing basic
necessities and health needs. Basic necessities include something necessary or
indispensable such as food, shelter, medicines and other necessities of life.
2. All mass gatherings of any kind (graduation exercises, congregational mass, sectarian
assemblage), except as to meetings of Sultan Kudarat Inter Agency Task Force on
COVID-19 (SKIATF COVID-19), Local Peace and Order Council (POC), Incident
Command System (ICS), shall be prohibited.
3. All establishments shall be closed, except: establishments providing food and water like
markets and grocery stores; establishments providing health needs like hospitals and drug
stores; establishments that engage in the processing and storage of food products; and
those who provide financial services like banks and pawnshops.
4. Mayors shall encourage lodging houses, hotels, inns and the like not to accommodate
new lodgers or customers. In the event of emergency cases, the proprietors of these
lodging houses, hotels, inns and the like shall secure clearance from LGU to allow
accommodations. Individuals stranded by virtue of the enhanced community quarantine
shall be allowed to check in in the aforementioned establishments.
5. The markets will remain open but will be accessed only by people with quarantine pass
issued by Barangay Chairman where they reside. One quarantine pass will be given per
household. This pass will allow the holder thereof to get out of their home for the purpose
of purchasing basic necessities.
6. In the purchase of goods, the purchaser/shopper shall be allowed to purchase one (1)
dozen per good only.

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7. All business establishments which are allowed to be opened during the enhanced
quarantine period shall be closed at 5:00 pm.
8. Stricter social distancing protocols of people going to public places must be observed, i.e.
one- meter distance apart from each other, to reduce the probability of contact between
persons carrying an infection, and others who are not infected, so as to minimize the
COVID-19 transmission, morbidity and ultimately, mortality.
9. Public transport (PUVs, PUBs, tricycles, habal habal, and others) shall be suspended.
10. Public utilities providing power, energy, water and telecommunications will continue to
operate.
11. The following shall be allowed to travel within the province, to wit:

- Medical services
a) DOH Officials and Staff
b) Health workers and other frontline services, and other hospital staff
c) All vehicles bearing the Red Cross logo
d) Medical professionals

- Emergency Responders
a) BFP
b) DRRMC
c) DSWD
d) BHERT
e) LGU officials including barangay tanods

- Security Services
a) PNP
b) AFP
c) PCG
d) BJMP
e) NBI
f) BOC
g) BI
h) Other law enforcement agencies as may be necessary
i) Company security officers and security guards

- Daily Essentials
a) Bank employees
b) Armored Vehicle Crew
c) Money Transfer Services Employees
d) Groceries/Convenience Stores Employees
e) Public Market Vendors
f) Pharmacies/Drug Stores Employees

- Utilities with Government ID

a) Employees of Electric Cooperatives and water Districts
b) Telecommunication, Energy and Water Companies
c) Sanitation (Garbage Collectors and Street Sweepers)

- Funeral Services
a) Immediate family
b) Imam/Pastor/Minister/Priest for the purpose of giving final rites to a deceased
c) Funeral workers

- Other Authorized Persons

Essential Government Workers with authorization or identification cards
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 Of these allowed individuals, the policy of “No ID, No Entry” will be applied and to
be observed.

12. Drivers of the aforementioned who are allowed to travel shall show trip tickets. They are
allowed to have one (1) or two (2) helpers only.
13. Agricultural supply stores, gasoline stations and media establishments will be allowed.
14. There will be liquor ban during the lockdown period.
15. Those who are vulnerable to the virus, such as the elderly, pregnant women and those
with existing ailments and medical problems shall be put on reverse isolation procedure.
These vulnerable persons shall be given priority in the reduction of personnel,
rationalization of work hours and implementation of work-from-home arrangements in
open establishment and government offices.
16. The curfew hour in the province shall be from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am.
17. The Provincial Director of Sultan Kudarat Provincial Police Office and his Chief of
Police in the municipality and the City of Tacurong together with AFP with jurisdiction
over the Province of Sultan Kudarat shall ensure the heightened presence of uniformed
personnel to enforce quarantine procedures, and assist the LCEs in enforcing the
prohibition of mass gatherings, and in other LGU actions related to the management of
the COVID-19 crisis.
18. The LGUs, PNP and AFP shall designate special lanes in all check points established by
them for emergency vehicles, and others transporting essential goods and personnel in
coordination with concerned authorities.
19. LGUs must use their Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund, including
the Quick Response Fund (QRF), following the President’s declaration of a State of
Calamity throughout the Philippines due to the Corona Virus Disease 2019, to procure
and provide adequate supplies of family food packs and other basic needs for their
indigent residents.
20. The Mayors are encouraged, subject to availability of their funds, to start providing food
packs starting on April 15, 2020. In the event that the QRF will not be sufficient to cover
the needs of the LGUs for this purpose, they may request for augmentation from the
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Nevertheless, the provincial
government shall start augmenting the same on May 1, 2020.
21. LGUs shall provide transportation services for their constituents and residents whose
work are vital to the government’s overall efforts in managing the COVID-19 situation
(such as health workers, hospital workers, emergency response personnel, among others)
and in the delivery of basic services within the LGU and the community.
22. Using all possible means, LGUs must conduct extensive information dissemination in
order to inform their constituents of the Enhanced Community Quarantine procedures,
proper social distancing, including proper hand hygiene, and discourage them from
leaving their respective homes unless absolutely necessary.
23. LGUs shall encourage the private sector, especially those providing basic necessities and
such activities related to food and medical services, i.e., public markets, supermarkets,
groceries, convenience stores, hospitals, medical clinics, pharmacies and drug stores,
food preparation and delivery services, water refilling stations, manufacturing and
processing plants of basic food products and medicines, banks, money transfer services,
power, energy, water and telecommunications supplies and facilities, to remain open to
serve the public.
24. All Mayors are encouraged to coordinate with business sectors to establish or provide
rolling stores in their locality and also to provide schedule for their constituents in
accessing the same. They shall also provide security in coordination with PNP and AFP
for the smooth availment by their constituents of the goods sold thereat.
25. Should the barangay be deficient on transportation which hinders the fulfilment of its
above-mentioned objective and such fact could not be well provided by the former, the
LGU concerned shall provide the same so as not to hamper the said delivery of public
service.
26. All Mayors shall bury their dead on the following schedules, i.e. identified PUIs or
PUMs within 12 hrs. from time of death and natural death within 48 hrs. from the time of
death.
27. All Mayors shall ensure that all garbage within their locality shall be disposed, as soon as
possible, in the identified sanitary landfills to avoid spread of contamination.
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28. Those found resisting and seriously disobeying any person while engaged in the
performance of his duty in enforcing this Order will be penalized in accordance with
Article 151 of the Revised Penal Code.
29. Any person who attacks, employs force or seriously intimidates or seriously resists any
person in authority or his agent while engaged in the performance of his duty in enforcing
this Order, knowing them to such, shall be liable for direct assault under Article 148 of
the Revised Penal Code.
30. This Order shall take effect on 12:01 a.m. of March 28, 2020 and shall remain effective
until sooner revoked, modified or repealed accordingly.
31. All Orders and issuances inconsistent herewith, including that of the Mayor of
component City of Tacurong and Mayors of different municipalities within the Province
of Sultan Kudarat, are hereby revoked, repealed, revised or modified accordingly.
32. Any related queries and information shall be coursed through the following COVID-19
hotline nos.:
1. 09273620970 Globe
2. 09269230331 TM
3. 09215674423 Smart
4. 09513327041 TNT

For information, reference and immediate compliance.

SO ORDERED

Issued this 26th day of March, 2020 at Provincial Governor’s Office, Kalawag II, Isulan,
Sultan Kudarat.

SUHARTO T. MANGUDADATU, Ph.D.

Governor