Cebu City imposes liquor ban, adjusts curfew hours

“The consumption of intoxicating beverages in public places in Cebu City has been banned for a month after Acting Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama signed Executive Order No. 136,” Cebu City Public Information Office posted on its Facebook.

“It shall be prohibited for any person, including owners and managers of hotels, resorts, restaurants, convenience stores, sari-sari stores, and other establishments, to serve and/or drink intoxicating liquor in any public place within the City of Cebu,” the EO read.

However, hotels, resorts, and other accommodation establishments that will serve liquor to in-house guests are exempted from the ban.

Also, under the same EO, the implementation of CURFEW was again ordered from 10:00 pm to 4:00 am following the rise in COVID-19 positives in the city.

The EO said exempted from the curfew are:

Cebu City imposes liquor ban, adjusts curfew hours

• authorized persons outside of residence (APORs);
• workers in business process outsourcing firms;
• workers in other industries such as food and essential deliveries allowed to operate during curfew;
• health workers; and
• workers in government agencies providing frontline and emergency services.

On July 24, Cebu City reported a total of 308 new COVID-19 cases making the total number of infections to 2,009.

The city is under modified general community quarantine until July 31.

Meanwhile, the Department of Health insisted that there is no COVID-19 surge in Metro Manila despite the increase in COVID-19 cases in the past days.

“‘Wag na muna natin gamitin ang surge. Kasi meron ‘yang definition sa epidemiology which is not yet happening right now. Tumataas ang kaso. That we can verify,” said Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire.

The OCTA Research Group first noted that there were “early signs” of a COVID-19 surge again, particularly in Metro Manila.

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