DAYS after the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in Cagayan de Oro on July 16 some barangays here have started placing checkpoints in key places to enforce stricter quarantine measures.
For its part, Barangay Macasandig in cooperation with members of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo), Police Station 9 in Nazareth has placed two checkpoints to check privately owned vehicles, PUVs, PUJs, motorelas, and pedestrians coming in and out of the said barangay for their credentials (Barangay Exit Pass, APOR ID/Company ID, and Higala QR code) among others. The said checkpoints are located in a junction of Tambo near the Bell Church and another at Macasandig Elementary School.
According to its barangay’s Kagawad Mario Bacarro Bolanio, residents and motorists who pass through the checkpoint must present their credentials that indicate he or she is allowed to be outside such as Authorized Person Outside Residence (Apor) ID or Barangay Exit Pass with ID.
“If wala silay mai-present nga company ID o BEP, issuehan sila ug violation receipt,” he added.
Members of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) along with Barangay Macasandig tanods manned a checkpoint near the Macasandig Elementary School inspecting pedestrians for their barangay exit pass (BEP). Photo by Dave Achondo
A Barangay Health Emergency Response Team worker (BHERTS) checks commuters’ temperatures one by one and are encouraged to step on make-shift decontamination floor mats. From far left sitting is barangay Macasandig Kagawad, Mario Bacarro Bolanio oversees the operation and instructs commuters waiting for their turn to take out their credentials before proceeding. Photo by Dave Achondo
A teenager (minor) is given a violation receipt for failing to provide his barangay exit pass and was told to go back home. Photo by Dave Achondo
A cyclist is flagged down by authorities at a checkpoint near the Filipino-Chinese Bell Church in Tambo conducted by Barangay Macasandig with personnel from Police Station 9 shows his BEP to an enforcer and was quickly given a thumbs up. In cities placed under MECQ and ECQ, the use of bicycles is allowed however strictly for commute purposes only, and not for recreational purposes.
A driver who failed to present his credential signs his ordinance violation receipt. Photo by Dave Achondo
One of the commuters who were asked by enforcers to come down from a PUJ and show their credential pleads to an enforcer to allow him back on the jeep as he shows his employment certificate. However, the said certificate was expired, and he had no other company ID aside from his driver's license. He was later allowed to return and was advised to get a recent copy of his employment certificate. Photo by Dave Achondo.
