CEBU CITY, Philippines— Troops from the Philippine National Police's (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) will still be present in Cebu City even if the city downgrades to general community
Major General Melquiades Feliciano, the Deputy Chief Implementor of IATF in Cebu, speaks during an online presser on Wednesday, July 8,2020. | Screenshot of the live video from PRO-7 will still be present in Cebu City even if the city downgrades to general community quarantine on July 16, 2020.
This was what retired Major General Melquiades Feliciano, the Deputy Chief Implementor of IATF in Cebu, said during an online presser hosted by the Police Regional Office-7 on Wednesday afternoon, July 8, 2020. The possibility of downgrading the quarantine status of Cebu City from enhanced community quarantine to GCQ was mentioned by Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the IATF overseer in Cebu, during a press conference on Tuesday, July 7.But even of that happens, Feliciano said the SAF troops will still remain in the city to be deployed in barangays or areas that will be under lockdown even when the city is under GCQ.
“Kung mag GCQ man yan, maron din siyang mga granular or zoning or lockdown. And hopefully kung mag-GCQ man ‘yan, we can specifially determine kung asaan talaga yung presence ng virus, para ma ayos specific yung lockdown at tsaka magkakaroon tayo ng specific surgical approach,” he said.According to Feliciano, the SAF will help them in containing the virus in a barangay by controlling the movement of its residents.
“Doon sila mag fofocus. We concentrate kung nasaan yung mga efforts natin, yung implementation nung lockdown na yan. Although ma o-open siya, but there are specific areas na talagang istristriktohan natin,” he added.The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
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