Iloilo under MECQ; travel ban hits shipping industry
Iloilo City is under a week-long modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) starting May 25 due to rising COVID-19 cases, leading to a travel ban between Iloilo and Negros Island.
The moratorium on passenger travel will affect the local shipping industry and livelihood of people working at ports such as vendors and transport drivers.
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Lacson urged residents to support Iloilo City in containing the virus, noting that cargo movement will remain unimpeded during this period.
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