PUNONG BARANGAYS - QUIRINO HILL OPERATORS AND DRIVERS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS MEETING

MARCH 18, 2020. Because of the suspension of mass / public transportation during the Enhanced Community Quarantine, the city allowed only 2 Jitneys / Jeepneys to operate per barangay with special permit signed by City Mayor Benjamin Magalong. Because of the suspension, the punong barangays of 5 barangays (Middle Quirino Hill, West Quirino Hill, East Quirino Hill, Lower Quirino Hill, and Camdas Subdivision) covered by Quirino Hill Operators and Drivers Association (QODA) operation conducted meeting with the latter. The results of the meeting were:

- 2 PUJ's per barangay, except Camdas which shall have only PUJ to operate.

- No mask, no ride.

- Passengers must sit 1 seat apart inside the Jeepney.

- Drivers would only allow commuters to ride who are in their lists (barangay residents lists) which shall be provided by the barangay.

- PUJ's shall prioritize those who would buy basic needs from the city market.

- PUJ's operation shall be from 5:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.

- Staging areas shall be depend on the barangay. Normally, it is in front of the Barangay Hall and at Lakandula Street in the Central Business District (CBD).

- For taxi, it shall be for on-call basis only, and available for those who will work and for medical emergency. Residents may call their barangay hall to ask those who have acquired permit for on-call basis from their barangay hall.

- Those who would walk going to the CBD must wear their valid I.D. cards.

PHOTOS: Barangay Captains of Middle Quirino Hill, West Quirino Hill, East Quirino Hill, Lower Quirino Hill, Cambdas Subd., and the drivers/operators of the QODA and taxi based in the said barangays.

MARCH 17, 2020: START OF IMPLEMENTING ECQ IN THE BARANGAY LEVEL

The BPOC-Tanods went out to the community to inform the residents through the megaphone and the social media regarding the "Enhanced Community Quarantine" being implemented by the city to every barangay and its residents:

"Sa lahat po ng lalabas ng barangay na pupunta sa ibang lugar inside or outside Baguio City o papasok sa barangay galing sa ibang lugar within or outside the city, maaari lang pong magsadya sa ating Barangay Hall para pumirma ng Baguio City Health Declaration Form. Ito po ay mandatory as precautionary measure by the City of Baguio against the transmission of COVID-19, pursuant to Proclamation No. 922, March 8, 2020, and Section 16 of the Local government Code."

Ipinaa-alala lang po na iwasan na rin pong lumabas ng Barangay kung hindi naman po importante ang sasadyahin sa labas ng ating lugar. Meron pong pinakamalapit na sattelite market or talipapa sa ating lugar or kalapit-lugar na puwedeng puntahan para sa basic na pangangailangan o food supplies. Meron na din pong ginagawang hakbang ang Gobyerno upang mabigyan solusyon ang mga iba pang isyu o problemang naidulot ng enhanced community quarantine katulad ng kabuhayan, atbp.

Pinagbabawal na din po ang paglalabas-labas ng mga bata at paglalaro sa mga public places, wala pong silbi ang pag suspende ng klase ng mga bata kung hinahayaan din naman po nating pakalat-kalat sila sa mga hindi safe or secured na lugar dahil declared na pong under calamity status na ang siyudad ng Baguio.

Sa mga drivers ng public transportation, mga workers ng mga nag-close na establishments, at iba pang displaced workers dahil sa quarantine, makipag-ugnayan lang po sa mga barangay officials, volunteers and functionalities upang mailista po ang inyong mga pangalan.

Para po sa mga magta-trabaho pa rin, meron pong dalawang dyip lang na mago-operate kada araw per barangay na pwedeng masakyan, kinakailangan lang po na magsuot ng facemask kung lalabas na ng bahay. Kailangan din pong pumunta muna sa Barangay Hall upang ilista ang pangalan at kung saan pupunta para ma-monitor ang movement ng labas-pasok ng barangay.

Thanks and keep COVID-19 free always po."

MINI-RALLY / PARADE AGAINST COVID-19 OUTBREAK BY MIDDLE QUIRINO HILL BPOC-TANODS

ON MARCH 15, 2020, just before Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared Luzon ender "General Community Quarantine", the BPOC-Tanods and some few school children performed mini rally / parade at Tapaw, Middle Qurino Hill against the proliferation of COVID-19, that they wanted everyone to be aware how dangerous is COVID-19 and how to at least slowdown or even prevent the outbreak.

During their parade, they distributed flyers and played infomercials through the megaphone regarding on how to prevent or fight the COVID-19 by personal hygiene, physical distancing, and by always wearing facemask.

CODE RED SUBLEVEL 2 for the PHILIPPINES on March 16, 2020

MARCH 16, 2020. Philippine President Duterte declared the entire Luzon under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) which effects a total lockdown, restricting the movement of the population but with exceptions, in response to the growing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country.

Alternatively, the whole country has a code red sublevel 2 which is the level of alarm where LGU's, especially in Luzon which is under ECQ. This means the LGU's would initiate their moves to help contain the spread of disease in their jurisdictions like using their Quick Response Funds (QRF's), conducting checkpoints, etc. 

The declaration created snowball effects on the different political places in Luzon area, locking down their borders with exceptions to those who want to pass with travel permits. In Baguio, City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong signed Executive Order 65 s, 2020 declaring Baguio under citywide community quarantine to prevent the possible entry of  COVID-19 which sought the help of the PNP and AFP to enforce ECQ guidelines and to conduct checkpoints at the borders and within the city. Middle Quirino Hill Barangay officials, volunteers and functionaries conducted their regular meeting in the late noon of March 16,2020 and discussed the ECQ declaration and its guidelines that affected the daily normal activities of the people, the community, and the whole City of Baguio. During the meeting, Kagawad on Peace and Order Pedro Dasing proposed their committee resolution for the approval of the closure of View Deck, whereas, the council has approved it at once.

MIDDLE QUIRINO HILL BPOC TARPS 2020

TARPS 2020:

VISUALS. Visuals can help overcome language barriers because images often convey universal messages that written words cannot.

U.B. NSTP 2020 PAINTED "INABEL" DESIGNS ON THE VIEW DECK'S POSTS

Through the approval of Middle Quirino Hill Punong Barangay Dr. Ignacio Gallente and the Barangay Council, the U.B. NSTP Engineering and Architecture Students 2020, led by Ma'am Jullien to painted "inabel" designs and green colors on the view deck structures. The activity was coordinated by the school with the Barangay through SK Mimi while the "inabel" designs were suggested by by Kag. Pedro Dasing. The whole painting activity was finished on March 7, 2020

In this regard, in behalf of the Middle Quirino Hill officialdom, Bantay-Viewdeck members and the residents near the facility, thank you very, very much to the U.B. NSTP 2020.

Bantay-Viewdeck / MQHEAL Ass'n:

Petal by petal a rose is formed,
Stone by stone a wall is created..
Step by step a thing is made

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020 | Evolution of Covid-19 Virus

Certainly, the name has mutated from 2019-nCoV to SARS-CoV-2. 

SARS-CoV-2 is the cause of the disease which is now called Covid-19 or Coronavirus Disease 2019, the name was chosen to avoid the stigmatization of its origin, and true to its name it does now seem to be of scattered origin, there's no specific one origin but of a ubiquitous origin when experts told us that cases of infection in other countries were caused by local Covid-19 virus variations..huh! 

What probably triggered, or what awakened all these viruses located at different places to attack animal and human species in this particular period of time remains in the dark..what we can only remember is something from the Bible which tells the earth dwellers that the seven trumpets have been sounded to start the apocalyptic events of which fragments spark through times 😲..regardless, with localized origin of the disease, we can still help stop the outbreak at the local level by localizing the international framework and implementing appropriate grassroots PPA's to control the disease if ever there's a case that occurred locally 😥😓😑