The city government made this statement days after Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia announced that she plans to do away with penalties for failure to wear face masks.Malate said the regulation cannot be changed right away as it was based from the approved city ordinance. He said making changes would take further study.
Malate said whatever improvements and progress the city attained in their COVID-19 management is because of these policies which were in place for months.Malate explained the collection from these penalties goes to the city’s general fund. In the neighboring Cebu City, the EOC there also recommended to continue imposing penalties to individuals caught not wearing face masks in public.Cebu City currently imposes a fine of P500 as first offense for violators of existing health protocols which included the proper wearing of face masks in public areas.The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews.