SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – With the Covid-19 positive cases in Olongapo, Zambales, and Bataan, there is a pressing need to implement stricter measures to protect the stakeholders of the freeport from the risk of transmission.
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority chair and administrator Wilma Eisma said the SBMA shall be implementing stricter border control measures effective April 1.
Freeport residents and workers residing in the freeport who shall exit the Subic Bay Freeport Zone shall be required to surrender their SBMA ID and Quarantine Pass, thereby preventing their re-entry into the SBFZ.
Exceptions to this rule are:
1. Government officials/employees going to and from their official work stations or on official business.
2. Residents who own/are employees of establishments outside the SBFZ that are allowed to continue to operate based on the DTI MC No. 20-04, Series of 2020, prescribing the implementing guidelines for business operations pursuant to IATF Resolution No. 12. Provided, that they present a document from the concerned local government unit that the establishment they will travel to is authorized to continue to operate.
3. Residents and workers who are temporarily residing in the freeport who are seeking medical treatment, medicines or medical supplies that are not available inside the SBFZ. Provided, that they first obtain a Medical Travel Pass from the Office of the Deputy Administrator for Public Health and Safety.
In applying for a Medical Travel Pass, submit photocopies of your pertinent medical documents, Doctor’s Appointment, Prescription, etc. QP must be surrendered to the SBMA Public Health and Safety Department upon application, the same shall be returned to you upon your subsequent presentation of a receipt or doctor’s certification.
4. Residents seeking emergency medical treatment. Provided that, upon re-entry, they present a medical certificate from the hospital that they obtained treatment from. Failure to present the medical certificate means they shall not be allowed to enter the zone.
5. Residents involved in relief distribution and other humanitarian efforts, provided they present a Travel Authority or Travel Pass from the PNP or from a local government unit. Residents who are medical professionals such as doctors and nurses, but only for their medically-related travel outside the SBFZ.
Other than the above–mentioned exceptions, residents as well as workers temporarily living in the Freeport will no longer be allowed to go in and out of the freeport in order to protect the Freeport’s local population from COVID 19 transmission.
