January 26, 2021 A CONFIRMED Covid-19 positive air passenger is now under the custody of authorities shortly after the Davao City Government announced that he is wanted for tampering with his swab test result.
The City Government posted around 8 p.m. Monday evening, January 25, that a certain Frederick Panol Grande was wanted after he was found to have presented a tampered reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result upon arrival at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport, also known as Davao International Airport. It was discovered that he tampered with his RT-PCR test result to indicate that he is negative of Covid-19. An email from the testing center proved that he faked the result, the City Government said in a Facebook post.
Published January 22, 2021, 6:57 PM
Four alleged “fixers” at the satellite office of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Marikina City were arrested by police on Friday.
Police identified the suspects as Eduardo Distor, 54; Pablo Cernechez, 58; Jomar Atanante, 27; and Reynaldo Distor, 59.
They were apprehended near the LTO-Marikina satellite office located on Ming Ramos Lane in Barangay Sto. Niño at around 11 a.m.
According to a police report, the suspects were seen roaming the vicinity of the LTO satellite office offering faster transaction to LTO clients and acting as members of the agency’s help desk.
“The personnel verified and validated their authority to transact as LTO agents but the suspects failed to present proof of identity,” police said.
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January 19, 2021 THE 19th Davao City Council strengthened the law penalizing a person using or producing falsified or tampered Covid-19 medical test results or other health verification documents in the city through an ordinance passed under third and final reading on Tuesday, January 19.
Acosta, proponent of the measure, said the ordinance was crafted following the recent apprehension of 22 air passengers at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport, also known as the Davao International Airport.
The persons were caught by the Airport Health Monitoring Team for submitting a fake RT-PCR test results upon verification.
The figures were based on the latest data from the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) as of January 5, 2020.