CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Pampanga Gov. Dennis Pineda has extended by 11 days the effectivity of his Executive Order No. 5 that directed village leaders and the local police to strictly enforce modified general community quarantine rules in a bid to bring down COVID-19 cases that surged to 1,500 in just 15 days.
In a public address streamed live on Facebook, Pineda announced he was extending the effectivity of EO No. 5 from April 5 to 15. It went into effect since March 20.
Among others, the order bars households from accepting visitors, including relatives from other households.
It also reactivated checkpoints at villages, banned movement from one vil…
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