Provincial LGUs of Region XII are set to implement the unified curfew hours from 9:00 in the evening until 5:00 in the morning starting today, March 23, 2020, to help prevent the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

This was outlined in the approved Joint Resolution No. 2020-04 enjoining all local government units in the region to impose a uniform curfew hours to help curb and contain the disease. Members of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) and Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) gathered in a meeting held at Sultan Kudarat Provincial Capitol in Isulan last March 18, 2020.

With the reports about the frequent occurrences of accidents along national highways involving motorcycles with sidecar locally known as “tricycles” and pedicabs (also called a cycle rickshaw, bikecab, cyclo, trishaw or rickshaw- a pedal-powered means of transportation), DILG Secretary Eduardo Año stressed that the Memorandum Circular no. 2020- 036 only seeks to ensure the safety of the riding public and the drivers themselves.