Guevarra: Cebu cannot ignore IATF rules on face masks

A man smokes on the street with his face mask pulled down before getting on a jeepney in Cebu City on June 8, 2022.

Philstar.com / Jonathan de Santos

MANILA, Philippines — Pandemic guidelines issued by local governments cannot overturn those set by the government’s national pandemic task force, Justice Secretary Menardo Gueverra said Monday.

This was after Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia made face masks optional outdoors and in open spaces in Cebu province through an executive order issued last week. 

However, Guevarra emphasized that Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases resolutions may be incorporated or enabled by executive orders issued by President Rodrigo Duterte.

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