Republic of the Philippines ss: Province of Ilocos Sur MUNICIPALITY OF TAGUDIN 08 Office of The N(ayor & EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 25 Series of 2021 AN ORDER TEMPORARILY CLOSING THE JUSTICE HALL, RIZAL, TAGUDIN, ILOCOS SUR WHEREAS, Section 15, Article Il of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that ‘The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them’; WHEREAS, Section 16 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 provides that, "Every local government unit shall exercise the powers expressly granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as the powers necessary, appropriate, or incidental for is efficient and effective goveriance, and those which are essential to the promotion of the general welfare. Within their respective jurisdictions, local government units shall ensure support, aiong other things, the preservation and enrichment of culture, promote health and safety, enhance the right of the people to a balanced ecology, encourage and support the development of appropriate and self reliant scientific and technological capabilities, improve public morals, enhance economic prosperity and social justice, promote full employment among their residents, maintain peace and order, and preserve the comfort and convenience of the inhabitants WHEREAS, President Rodrigo Duterte has issued proclamation no. 922 series of 2020 declaring a State of Public Health Emergency in the Philippines mandating all local goverment units to render full assistance and cooperation and mobilize the necessary resources to undertake urgent and appropriate response and measures in a timely manner to curb and eradicate Covid-19 threat; WHEREAS, by virtue of the above — cited provisions, LGUs are empowered to immediately act to meet the health crisis and to prevent, among others, the further transmission and loss of lives, and to utilize resources to implement urgent and critical measures to contain, manage, and prevent the spread of COVID- 19; WHEREAS, on 01 May 2021, the Department of Health reported one (1) COVID 19 patient who works at the Provincial Prosecutor's Office Tagudin Sub - Office located at the Justice Hall WHEREAS, LGU contact tracers where able to identify primary and secondary contacts of the COVID-19 patient, all of whom are working within the premises of the Justice Hall, WHEREAS, the Justice Hall is constructed within the LGUs property; WHEREAS, in the light of the possible local transmission of COVID-19, stringent health measures and protocols must be effected and undertaken by this municipality to control and contain the spread of the virus; WHEREAS, upon consultation with the LGUs local Inter - Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, it was recommended that an Order must be issued for the isolation of all primary and secondary contacts as well as the temporary closure of the Justice Hall in which the Regional Trial Court Brach 25, 12h Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Provincial Prosecutor's Office Tagudin Sub - Office, and the Public Attomey’s Office are co — located until further notice; NOW, THEREFORE |, ROQUE S. VERZOSA, JR., Municipal Mayor of the Municipality of Tagudin, llocos Sur, by virtue of the power vested in me by law do hereby order as follows: ee ‘Website: www tagudin govph Fan Page-www facebook, com/tagudin27 14ilocossur Tel. No. 077-852-1740 Fax No.: 077-652-1167 IN GOD WE TRUST FeeuainiansSECTION 1. This Executive Order shall take account the entirety of Justice Hall located at Bray. Rizal, Tagudin, locos Sur; SECTION 2. Temporary closure of the offices (Regional Trial Court Brach 25, 12% Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Provincial Prosecutor's Office Tagudin Sub — Office, and the Public Attomey's Office) located therein until further notice; ‘SECTION 3. All primary and secondary contacts identified by the contact tracers shall undergo home isolation/quarantine unti further notice; ‘SECTION 4. The Philippine National Police (PNP), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) and the Barangay Officials of Barangay Rizal, this municipality, in coordination with each other, shall strictly monitor the compliance of the institutions. ‘SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect from May 3 until the identified contacts yielded negative RT-PCR test unless sooner withdrawn or extended; IN WITNESS HEREOF, | have hereunto set my hand and caused my seal to be affixed in ‘Tagudin, llocos Sur, this 2 day of May in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand Twenty One. SO ORDERED. a norte VERZOSA, JRy unicipal Mayor Copy Furi Acting Presiding Judge — Regional Til Court Branch 25 Presing Judge 12" Munieipal Creu Tl Court Provnell Prosecutor's Oe - Teudin Sub-Ofce Public Atomays Offs PNP Taguain BFP Tagudin -MDRRIO Tagua Punong Barangey, Rial, Tgudin, locos Sur