Iloilo City Government To Implement 12-Hour Detention On Violators

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Iloilo City Government To Implement 12-Hour Detention On Violators

ILOILO CITY -Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas said that those who violate quarantine curfew would be detained for 12 hours.

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A report from Panay News states that the quarantine curfew violators will be detained in basketball courts since detention cells are not big enough to commply with social distancing protocol.

Treñas added that the said violators will be charged once the outbreak eased, further asking the public to cooperate.

The implemented curfew starts fromm 8 Pm up to 5 AM and covers all residents in the capital city. Exempted from the curfew are in cases of emergency and if the purpose of going out is to buy necessities.

People who are exempted from the curfew are the following;

  • workers from industries and businesses with a work schedule within the curfew hours
  • persons on their way home from work
  • authorized government officials
  • people travelling for medical and humanitarian purposes
  • providers of basic services and public utilities
  • persons delivering food and medicines
  • essential skeletal workforce of the city and provincial government of Iloilo

As per the report, the village council and tanods are tasked to implement the curfew. the City Social Welfare and Development Office, police, Task Force on Good Morals, Iloilo City Peace and Order Council and other deputized staff are also considered implementers.

There are about 817 violators arrested as of April 1. Among them, according to the data from the Iloilo City Police Office were 288 from Molo, 189 from Jaro, and 145 from La Paz.

As for minors who violate the curfew, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Western Visayas division issued protocol too deal with them.

If the child is a resident of the barangay, the following should be observed:

  • The barangay shall take custody of the minor
  • They will consider the child as “child at risk” (CAR) in its logbook.
  • Information needed from the minor must be taken using the intake sheet of the barangay.
  • The parents or guardians must be duly informed.
  • The minor is then turned over to the parents or guardians.

Should the minor be considered as high risk, as per the guidelines from the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) and as assessed by the Local Social Welfare and Development Office (LSWDO), the latter will perform an assessment and intervention conference and make and intervention, if proper.

However, if the minor is a non-resident of the barangay, then these would be observed:

  • The barangay where the minor is found shall take custody of the minor.
  • They will consider the child as “child at risk” (CAR) in its logbook.
  • Information needed from the minor must be taken using the intake sheet of the barangay.
  • The child will be turned over to his/her barangay of residence.

He will be turned over to the local social welfare office if parents or guardians cannot be located.

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