Pasig City to implement barangay coding system starting May 4

Pasig City will implement a city-wide 'barangay coding' system starting May 4 to limit residents visiting establishments and reduce congestion.

Residents from 10 barangays per day will be allowed to go out to purchase essentials like food from groceries and other stores, twice a week.

The clusters will be based on each barangay's population, patterned after the successful barangay coding at the Pasig Mega Market to promote physical distancing.

A dry run for this scheme will begin on Thursday, April 30.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Pasig will distribute household passes, which will replace the barangay-issued quarantine passes, before May 4.

This measure aims to address the issue of residents still going to stores despite mobile markets and using essential errands as an excuse to go out.