Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio clarified there is no lockdown in Davao Region.
The mayor issued the statement to enlighten the public on uniformed border control in Davao Region.
“We are not aware of any lockdown in Davao Region. I understand there is a talk going around regarding a lockdown in Davao Region. Davao Region is not Davao City. Region 11 is provinces of Davao Occidental, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao de Oro, and Davao Oriental plus the highly urbanized Davao City,” the mayor said in a live broadcast interview with Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Monday.
The report on the planned uniform border control in Davao Region has caused chaos and confusion among the public and travelers.
“Ang gina-istoryahan po nato and ginahuna hunaan sa atoang RIATF is regional border control, buot pasabot ana is ang tumoy sa Davao del Norte, tumoy sa Davao Oriental, ug tumoy sa Davao de Oro, tumoy sa Davao Occidental and tumoy sa Davao del Sur ug Davao City,” the mayor said.
The mayor advised the public to wait for the resolution and guidelines to be released by the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) and Regional Task Force (RTF).
“The region is under RIATF and RTF mao na sila ang in-charge sa Covid-19 response regionwide. We should listen and wait and follow the RIAT and RTF as implementing arm. Kung wala’y ginasulti ang RIATF and RTF dili ta dapat mag-speculate ug magpagawas ug bit of pieces ug incomplete information para dili ma-confuse ang mga tao,” Mayor Sara said.
It can be recalled that Department of Interior and Local Government 11 (DILG 11) Regional Director Alex Roldan announced that the RIATF has approved the appeal of the city government of Davao for the partial closure of the borders of Davao Region to ensure that only essential travels can enter the region.
Roldan clarified that the resolution and guidelines are still subject for comments for the local government units (LGUs).
“I am sure ipahibalo na nila sa mga tao kung unsa ang guide sa ingon ana. Ang last nako na nahibal-an is ginapa-comment ang mga local chief executives and kita sa Davao City, ang nagcomment ug nag-adopt is Davao City Covid-19 Task Force,” the mayor said.
