CITY HALL BEAT
Aileen P. Refuerzo
BAGUIO CITY has beefed
up its triage system to cater to returning residents and workers starting
Friday.
The city
opened its doors to stranded residents and workers residing in other areas
under a set of strict health and safety rules which include the triage
requirements to ensure immediate detection and management of potential
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-infected persons.
In a report
to the City Management Committee on May 19, City Health Service Office Asst.
Health Officer Dr. Celia Flor Brillantes said that to better manage the RBRS, a
central triage had been set up at the St. Vincent gym along Naguilian Road
composed of 11 sub-triages delineated based on the medical conditions of the
entrants.
This is apart
from the triages set up at the checkpoints or the various entrances to the city
and those set up at the various hospitals.
City
Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) Head Dr. Donnabel Panes said these
are part of the city's two-triage system adopted for RBRs.
Under the
system, RBRs undergo initial triage at the checkpoints set up at the various
entry points to the city and those with symptoms are escorted to the triages of
hospitals of their choice while those without symptoms are directed to the St.
Vincent central triage.
At the St.
Vincent triage, the RBRs are managed according to their requirements. Those who
require health certificates to return to work are asked to undergo x-ray for a
P180 fee and those with lung problems are tested for Coronavirus disease.
Those who are
not returning workers are managed based on decision matrices which include the
status of their places of origin. If for instance they came from an area that
is under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) status or with numerous cases,
they will be required to undergo a 14-day home quarantine.
Brillantes
said a pilot district triage was also put up at the Lucban health district to
cater to residents in said area.
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Mayor
Magalong said Friday Ordinance No. 5 series of 2017 or the Truck Ban Ordinance
is in full force and effect in the city.
The ordinance
entitled “Regulating the Use of Streets in the City of Baguio by Heavy
Equipment Vehicles, Trailers, Dump Trucks and other Freight Trucks
(Six-Wheelers and Above) with Gross Weigh Capacity of 4,500 kilograms or
more)...” will continue to be implemented even under the General Community
Quarantine setting.
Under the
measure, heavy equipment vehicles, trailers, dump trucks and other freight
trucks with gross weight capacity of 4,500 kilograms or more are not allowed to
enter, traverse, park, load, unload or pass through the streets or roads in the
city from 6 to 9 a.m. and from 4 to 9 p.m. beginning from and within the
following points:
Baguio City
Police Office - Station 10 along Palispis-Aspiras Highway (formerly Marcos
Highway); along Kennon Road - Junction of Loakan Road and Camp 7 Bridge; BCPO
Community Precinct at Scout Barrio Barangay, Loakan Road; BCPO - Station 3
along Ambuclao Road, Pacdal Circle; City Limit, Bell Church, Km. 3, Halsema
Highway; BCPO - Station 9 along Quirino Highway (formerly Naguilan Road); Asin
Road beginning at the intersection of the circumferential road going to Sta.
Lucia and Suello Village; and perimeter roads/line of the central business
district as defined in Section 5 of Ordinance Numbered 01, Series of 2003 or
the “Baguio City Number Coding Ordinance.”
These
vehicles however are not allowed to traverse roads within the main central
business district from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Cargo
delivery trucks are only allowed to unload or load dry and wet goods at the
central business district area after 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. starting from the
following:
BCPO Station
10 at Palispis-Aspiras Highway going towards the central business district and
vice-versa; Camp 7 going up to the central business district and vice-versa,
except when passing to Military Cut-Off going towards South Drive to Pacdal
Circle and or to Loakan Road Section; Pacdal Circle going towards the central
business district and vice-versa; main thoroughfares of Harrison Road, Session
Road, Governor Pack Road to SM City Baguio and vice-versa; Bonifacio Street to
Post Office and vice-versa; Harrison Road to Bonifacio Street intersection;
Harrison Road to Magsaysay Road until city limit and vice-versa; Buhagan Road
(formerly Bokawkan Road) - Harrison Road intersection to Abanao Street, Quirino
Highway up via Buhagan Road – Magsaysay Avenue intersection and vice-versa; and
from Quirino Highway towards Irisan intersection and vice-versa.
Heavy
equipment vehicles, trailers, dump trucks, and other freight trucks covered
will be allowed to traverse the following roads beyond 9 a.m. until 3:59 p.m.
(window time) and will be allowed to use and traverse the following roads only
after 9:01 p.m. until 6 a.m.:
Via Kennon
Road
Those coming
from or going to Halsema Highway will take Magsaysay Avenue, Buhagan Road,
Kayang Extension, Legarda Road, Gregorio Del Pilar Road, Kisad Road, or
vice-versa while those coming from or going to Ambuclao Road shall take Pacdal
Circle Park Road, South Drive, Military Cut-Off or vice-versa; or Pacdal Circle
Park Road, South Drive, Loakan Road, or vice-versa.
Those coming
from and or going to Itogon, Benguet, shall take Outlook Drive (behind The
Mansion), South Drive, Military Cut-Off, or vice-versa or Outlook Drive (behind
The Mansion), South Drive, Loakan Road or vice-versa and those coming from or
going to Balatoc Mines and Philex Mines shall take Loakan Road.
Those
coming from or going to Halsema Highway shall take Magsaysay Avenue, Buhagan
Road or vice-versa;
Those
coming from or going to Ambuclao Road shall take Pacdal Circle Park Road, South
Drive, Military Cut-Off, Kayang Extension, Legarda Road, Gregorio Del Pilar
Road, Kisad Road, or vice-versa;
Those coming
from and or going to Itogon, Benguet, shall take Outlook Drive (behind The Mansion),
South Drive, Military Cut-Off, Kayang Extension, Legarda Road, Gregorio Del
Pilar Road, Kisad Road, or vice-versa; and those coming from or going to
Balatoc Mines and Philex Mines shall take Loakan Road, Military Cut-Off, Kayang
Extension, Legarda, Gregorio Del Pilar Road, Kisad Road, or vice-versa.
Vehicles
coming from Benguet Exploration and Black Mountain Mines shall:
In going to
Quirino Highway (formerly Naguilian Road), take Kennon Road, Kisad Road,
Gregorio Del Pilar Road, Legarda Road, Kayang Extension;
In going to
Halsema Highway, take Kennon Road, Kisad Road, Gregorio Del Pilar Road, Legarda
Road, Kayang Extension, Buhagan Road, Magsaysay Avenue (La Trinidad Road);
In going to
Itogon, Benguet, take Loakan Road, South Drive, Outlook Drive (behind The
Mansion); and
In going to
Ambuclao Road, take Loakan Road, South Drive, Pacdal Circle Park Road:
Cargoes
deliverable to particular places and or persons outside the streets or roads
specified but situated within the city limits as evidenced by accompanying
waybills and or invoices will be exempted from the provision of this Ordinance
provided that the delivery will not be done within the prohibited time.
The ordinance
provides exemptions to water delivery trucks actually used in assisting fire-fighting,
fire trucks, company vehicles of public utilities actually doing repair works,
government registered trucks, heavy equipment already at worksite and trucks
used during emergency or calamities.
Penalties for
violators include fines ranging from P2,000 to P5,000.
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