COMMON VIOLATORS AND THEIR VIOLATIONS OF CURFEW HOURS AMIDST

PANDEMIC IN SELECTED BARANGAY OF TAGOLOAN MISAMIS ORIENTAL: A

DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH METHOD
signs R.A no. 11469 or the “BAYANIHAN TO HEAL AS ONE ACT” to
respond covid 19- Pandemic.

Furthermore, it is stipulated on the Executive Order No. 95

series of 2020 "Prescribing General Guidelines for the country

while it is under Modified General Community Quarantine",

whereas, a general curfew from 9 o’clock in the evening until 4

o’clock in the morning shall take effect in the entire country

except for those who work in the medical field and other people

who are authorized to go out in public. (International Journal of

Innovative Science and Research Technology)

633 suspected cases were reported as of March 1 (Trop Med

Health.), Due to its arising cases, the president of the Republic
of the Philippines Mr. Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared a wide
lockdowns, closure of schools, parks, public gathering places,
travelling except for those who have work or working in the
medical field and other people who are authorized to go out in
public, and curfew where all people prohibited to go outside
beyond the time frame or curfew time range.

The evaluation also concluded that previously documented

successes of the curfew for crime protection and child protection
had been achieved through displacement of young people to other
locations that neither reduced crime nor increase safety. After
the project was suddenly curtailed, analysis used moral panic
theory to examine the legacy of the Northbridge curfew in terms
of discourse about young people and legitimation of subsequent
practices in youth policing. The analysis found that the legacy
had been unhelpful because it reinforced the erroneous beliefs
that the curfew had been an effective and necessary component of
strategy.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease in
which led to a dramatic loss of human life. This unprecedented
virus challenge to public health, food systems and the world of
work. According to WHO (WORLD HEALT ORGANIZTION), the pandemic
has been affecting the entire economic and social disruption
caused by the pandemic is devastating: people are at risk of
falling into extreme poverty, and nearly half of the world’s
global workforce are at risk of losing their livelihoods.

According to the authorities, the use of a curfew as a measure to control the

pandemic is justified by medical knowledge that the virus is transmitted via
human hosts in close proximity in time and space. A curfew thus aligns with
the apparently endless list of infection control measures provided for in the
Norwegian Communicable Diseases Control Act, aiming at preventing
infection transmission by ensuring distance between potential carriers of the
virus and new hosts – until the latter group have gained immunity through
vaccination. However, in its consultation submission, the Norwegian Medical
Association points out that it is primarily physical contact among humans that
paves the way for infection, not simply being outdoors (10). Hence, the
Norwegian Medical Association refutes the assertion that a curfew is an
appropriate measure. The same conclusion is emphasised by several
consultative bodies such as the Faculty of Law at UiT The Arctic University,
Fredrikstad Municipality, Oslo Municipality, the Legal Policy Association, and
the University of South-Eastern Norway (1). If relevant, medical advice
advocating the use of a curfew must focus on the anticipated added benefits of
this measure in comparison with less intrusive measures – and weigh these
against negative side effects. High infection rates, and the fact that other
measures are regarded as inadequate, are based on medical knowledge, but
knowledge of the infection situation provides no professional, empirical, or
scientific evidence that can justify the introduction of curfews.
As being pointed out by (Madsen, 2021), Curfews are frequently

claimed to have proven effective in reducing infection rates in

countries where they have been used, and aiming at preventing

infection transmission by ensuring distance between potential

carriers of the virus and new hosts.