In Negros Island and Cebu
BACOLOD CITY — The Vallacar Transit Inc., operator of Ceres buses, has ensured strict compliance with minimum public health standards as it resumed trips between Negros Occidental, Cebu, and Negros Oriental over the weekend.
Jesideth Marquez-Seballos, legal and media relations officer of Vallacar Transit, said on Monday that after receiving approval from the Negros Occidental provincial government, they reopened these routes that were previously suspended due to travel restrictions amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
“We are happy. After a long period of time, we are back to serve the riding public with the utmost care,” Marquez-Seballos told the media.
She said Vallacar Transit is fully adhering to the travel guidelines set by both the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.
“We will continue to enforce social distancing, and use of face masks in all the trips,” Marquez-Seballos added.
In Negros Occidental, the provincial government has approved the Ceres operation, at a maximum of 70 percent capacity, of four bus units between Bacolod to Dumaguete City via Mabinay town in Negros Oriental; two bus units between Bacolod to Cebu Province, also via Mabinay; and four bus units from Bacolod to Cebu Province via the town of Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental.
All these buses take off from the Ceres South Terminal here in Bacolod.
The provincial government of Negros Occidental has also required Vallacar Transit to submit a copy of the passenger manifest for the purpose of the local government units’ monitoring and contact tracing.
Fully-vaccinated individuals are required to present an electronic or printed copy of their travel coordination permit issued through the Safe, Swift, and Smart Passage (S-PaSS) travel management system that will be approved upon submission of the vaccination card or a vaccination certificate.
Passengers who are not vaccinated will be required to submit an S-PaSS permit, as well as a negative RT-PCPR test result. (Nanette Guadalquiver)
