(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Ponce issued Executive Order No. 1 on Jan. 4 exempting bikers from the use of face shields after the Municipal Council of Pateros passed Ordinance 2020-25 on the mandatory use of face shields while in public places as “protection against the Coronavirus disease.”
The ordinance was prompted by the study and recommendation from the health services and Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).
The mayor said, “With the suspension of mass transportation as part of precaution under different Quarantine Classifications the use of bicycle has become prevalent as an alternative mode of transportation in going to work and in doing errands.”