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Davao City lifts curfew, liquor consumption in public areas still banned

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo courtesy of Davao City LGU" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/25/20211025-davao.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo courtesy of Davao City LGU</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>DAVAO CITY - The city government of Davao will lift its curfew hours and ease its liquor ban beginning Tuesday midnight, Oct. 26.</p><p>Based on Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio&#x27;s executive order No. 59 series of 2021, imposition of curfew will end on 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday. </p><p>The 24-hour liquor ban will also be shortened and implemented only from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m.</p><p>Consumption in public places and serving of liquor in bars, restaurants, sari-sari stores, wet market, and other business establishments however remain prohibited.</p><p>Alcoholic beverages can only be served and consumed inside private properties.</p><p>The executive order is scheduled to be implemented until 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 15, 2022.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/davaocitygov/posts/4763904430327708" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Duterte-Carpio initially said the 24-hour liquor ban and the 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew may be extended until Dec. 31, 2021.</p><p>But due to reported decline in daily COVID-19 cases in Davao, authorities have eased the restrictions. The mayor said her local administration is ready to modify the city&#x27;s curfew hours and liquor ban if there is a significant increase in infections.</p><p>&quot;If at anytime we can experience massive surge, we will again modify our liquor ban and curfew. But for now, and hopefully until Jan. 15, &#x27;yan ang ating guide sa curfew and liquor ban sa Davao City,&quot; Duterte-Carpio said in a radio interview Monday.</p><p>Active cases in Davao City dropped to 2,802 as of Oct. 24, with only 49 new COVID-19 cases.</p><p>As of Oct. 20, fully vaccinated residents in Davao have reached nearly 728,000. The city aims to fully vaccinate 1.2 million residents to achieve herd immunity.</p><div><strong>— Report from Hernel Tocmo</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1744077" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

The city government of Davao will end lift its curfew hours and ease its liquor ban beginning Tuesday midnight, Oct. 26.