(File photo) LAOAG CITY - The provincial government of Ilocos Sur has suspended the rule requiring the use of the Safe, Swift, and Smart Passage (S-PaSS), a travel management system for easier contact tracing purposes, for travelers. Dr. Trina Tabboga-Talaga, medical chief of the Ilocos Sur Provincial Hospital-Gabriela Silang, confirmed this on Monday as part of simplifying and easing travel protocols for fully vaccinated individuals. "Effective today, wala po munang S-PaSS and Ilocos Sur. Kailangan lang po vax card and ID. Dapat po fully vaxxed tayo. Salamat (Effective today, there shall be no S-PaSS in Ilocos Sur. Vaccination and identification cards are the only things needed for the fully vaccinated," Tabboga-Talaga said in an advisory. With a steady decline in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the province, the provincial government has started to relax its travel protocols while encouraging the eligible population to get their full shot of vaccine against Cov