Davao City will be spending the Christmas holidays under general community quarantine (GCQ) but Catholic faithfuls will not be missing the traditional Misa de Gallo (dawn mass service).
The city government announced it is allowing the conduct of Misa de Gallo.
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio emphasized there will be no adjustments on the curfew hours coinciding with Misa de Gallo.
“Dili nata mag-adjust sa curfew because according to the Catholic church ang ilaha is December 16 to 24 ang Misa de Gallo is 5:30 a.m.,” the mayor said.
On December 16 to 24, masses will be celebrated at 5:30 a.m. while the traditional Christmas and New Year midnight masses on Dec. 24 and 31 will start at 7:30 pm.
“As of October 15, 2020 mao ni ang discussion nato with the Catholic church. Basin kaning 5:50 a.m. mapasayo pa ni because we are already in the 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew hours. I-check na lang ilahang mga simbahan kung unsa ang oras ang ilahang Christmas masses,” Mayor Sara said.
It can be recalled that the city government of Davao has re-imposed curfew from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. from October 15, 2020 until December 31, 2020, however, the curfew was adjusted to 9 p.m. until 4 a.m. starting November 20, 2020 when the city was reverted to general community quarantine (GCQ) classification.
Under GCQ attendance at masses is only allowed up to 30 percent of the seating capacity of the churches following the two meter distance between individuals as stated on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) Omnibus Guidelines of October 22, 2020.
