Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is considering to require the use of air purifiers in workplaces to help lessen the transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city.
The government pandemic task force is inclined to simplify the do's and don'ts in community quarantine classifications amid complaints of the confusing revised rules.
Guidelines set by the national government have prevented local chief executives from implementing policies necessary in their localities to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the current surge of cases in Metro Manila.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday, March 10, said the local government is considering imposing stricter restrictions on various establishments amid the alarming rise in the city’s new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte (FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
“Through this, we hope to strengthen the city government’s various efforts to combat trafficking in persons, which victimizes mostly women, and to provide needed assistance to the victims,” Belmonte said in signing the measure, in time for the celebration of the National Women’s Month.
Under Ordinance No. 2999 S-2020 or the Quezon City Anti-Trafficking in Persons Ordinance Act, the local government will seek to address the problem of human trafficking, especially of women and children, through policies and programs to protect, prevent, and rehabilitate the victims.
The ordinance was introduced by councilors Lena Marie Juico, Shaira Liban, Peachy de Leon, Marra Suntay, Diorella Maria Sotto-Antonio, Eden Delilah Medina, Donato Matias, and Freddy Roxas.