Mayor Sara Duterte said she signed the Executive Order (EO) No. 5 Series of 2022, also known as “An Order Providing For The Lifting Of The Modified Liquor Ban in Davao City,” Monday (February 14) as the number of active COVID-19 cases in the city continues to drop.
The Order providing for the liquor ban modified guidelines as reflected in Executive Order No. 59 Series of 2021 and amended through Executive Order No. 1 series of 2022 has been lifted.
“The prohibition on the serving of liquor in restaurants, bars, videokes, hotels, and all other establishments open to the public is hereby lifted,” EO 5 provides.
Duterte emphasizes the implementation of the City Ordinance No. 004-13 Series of 2013, or an Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 1627, Series of 2014, "An Ordinance Regulating the Operation of Business Establishments Selling Liquors, Coconut Wine and Other Nature Wine and Other Alcoholic Beverages in the City of Davao.”
While the liquor ban had been lifted, Sara said drinking in public places such as parks, roads, streets, alleys, pathways, and similar areas remains prohibited in the city.
“The selling, serving, or consuming of liquor and any other alcoholic or intoxicating drinks in public shall be prohibited from 1:00 in the morning (1:00 A.M.) to 8:00 in the morning (8:00 A.M.),” the EO read.
The said order shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on February 15, 2022.
Sara said there is a need to ease and loosen restrictions following the decrease in the number of cases reported, the active vaccination rollout within the city, and the availability of the anti-COVID-19 drug.
The city is currently at 85.14 percent for first dose, 83.31 percent for second dose, and 15.26 percent for booster shots of 80 percent of the city’s total population as reported by the city’s COVID-19 Task Force on Monday (Feb.14).
The city had earlier procured the Molnupiravir antiviral drug as treatment for mild and moderate COVID-19 cases for referral hospitals and Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities (TTMFs) in the city.
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