Executive Order No. 112 (2020)

Section 1. — Imposition of ECQ and GCQ. —An ECQ shall be in effect in the entirety of the following geographic areas, including all provinces, highly-urbanized cities (HUCs), independent component cities (ICCs), component cities (CCs), and municipalities situated therein, from 12:01 a.m. of 01 May 2020 to 11:59 p.m. of 15 May 2020:

a. National Capital Region;

b. Region III (Central Luzon), except Aurora Province;

c. Region IV-A (CALABARZON);

d. Benguet Province;

e. Pangasinan Province;

f. Iloilo Province;

g. Cebu Province;

h. Bacolod City; and

i. Davao City.

For the same period, a GCQ is hereby imposed in all other areas of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, provided that, as a precondition, minimum health standards are achieved and continuously observed in these areas.

Any existing community quarantine imposed by an—LGU, regardless of nomenclature, shall cease to take effect on 12:01 a.m. of 01 May 2020, and shall be superseded by the ECQ or GCQ herein set forth.

The IATF may lift the GCQ in low-risk areas after 15 May 2020, provided that no deterioration in their risk level occurs.

Authority of LGUs to Impose, Lift or Extend a Community—Quarantine

Section 2.

Authority of LGUs to Impose, Lift or Extend a Community—Quarantine. Beginning 16 May 2020, all decisions to impose, lift or extend a community quarantine in provinces, HUCs and ICCs shall rest with the IATF.

This notwithstanding, upon effectivity of this Order, provincial governors shall be authorized to impose, lift or extend ECQ in CCs and municipalities upon the concurrence of the relevant regional counterpart body of the IATF. The mayors of cities and municipalities are likewise authorized to impose, lift or extend ECQ in barangays, upon the concurrence of the relevant regional counterpart body of the IATF. This is without prejudice to the authority of the IATF to directly impose, lift or extend ECQ in these areas should circumstances call for it.

No LGU shall declare its own community quarantine, regardless of nomenclature, without observing the foregoing procedure. ℒαwρhi৷

Section—3.

Guidelines on the Implementation of an ECQ and GCQ. —The—Omnibus Guidelines on the implementation of Community Quarantine in the— Philippines :—as approved and recommended under IATF Resolution No. 30 is hereby confirmed and adopted. Any amendment or modification of such—Omnibus Guidelines—may be approved by the IATF without need of further approval of the President.

Section—4.

Assistance and Cooperation of Agencies and LGUs. —All departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the government, including state colleges and universities, government-owned or -controlled corporations, government financial institutions, and LGUs are directed to render full assistance to and cooperation with each other and mobilize the necessary resources for the implementation of the ECQ and GCQ pursuant to this Order.

Section 5. — Separability. —If any part of this Order is held unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.

Repeal

Section 6.

Repeal. —All orders, rules, regulations and issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 7. — Effectivity. —This Order shall take effect immediately upon publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.

DONE, —in the City of Manila, this 30 day of April in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty.

(SGD.)— RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

By the President:

(SGD.)— SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Secretary