Statement of CHR IV-A Regional Director, Atty. Rexford Guevarra, on LGUs requiring payment fees for travel passes during the Enhanced Community Quarantine due to the COVID-19 situation
The Commission on Human Rights (Commission) expresses its concern on a number of reports it monitored online regarding some local government units requiring their constituents to pay varying amounts of fees in exchange for a travel pass. This travel pass apparently serves as a permit for the holder thereof to temporarily leave their abodes and […]