Authorized persons outside residence (APOR). We're willing to bet this is an acronym you've only recently become familiar with, on account of the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group's (PNP-HPG) newfound zeal for ticketing motorists violating the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
You may be familiar with it, but do you know what it means? Basically, APORs are people allowed to be out and about during the ECQ. These are healthcare workers, employees of essential services, frontliners, and the like.
It's a pretty straightforward concept to grasp, but one which many people don't seem to understand (or choose to ignore completely). Not sure if you're an APOR or not? Well, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has just released a list that'll settle the matter once and for all:
Authorized persons outside residence
1. Bank employees
2. Armored vehicle crew
3. Money transfer service employees
4. Grocery and convenience store employees
5. Public market vendors
6. Pharmacists and drug store employees
7. Restaurant staff and crew
8. Delivery personnel of cargo (two per vehicle)
9. Food and medical manufacturing establishment employees
10. Telecommunications key officials and employees
11. Cable and Internet provider employees
12. Water company key officials and employees
13. Water delivery and refilling station crew
14. Power plant maintenance employees
15. Petroleum tanker drivers
16. Gasoline attendants
17. Coal delivery services
18. Garbage collectors
19. Emergency responders (Bureau of Fire Protection, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Barangay Health Emergency Response Team, LGU officials
20. Philippine National Police personnel
21. Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel
22. Philippine Coast Guard personnel
23. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel
24. National Bureau of Investigation personnel
25. Office for Transportation Security personnel
26. Bureau of Customs personnel
27. Bureau of Immigration personnel
28. Philippine Ports Authority personnel
29. MMDA personnel
30. Company security officers and security guards
31. Force multipliers (Barangay officials and tanods)
32. All Department of Health officials and staff
33. LGU health facility personnel
34. Philippine Red Cross vehicles and staff bearing logo and IDs
35. World Health Organization country and regional offices core staff
36. Doctors and their drivers
37. Hospital staff and employees (including janitorial services)
38. Medical professionals and other employees
39. Private caregivers
40. Funeral service employees and immediate family of deceased
41. Senators and congressmen with their CoS
42. Department secretaries, undersecretaries, and assistant secretaries
43. Bureau directors
44. Ombudsman and deputy ombudsman
45. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, and Sandigan Bayan justices
46. Regional, Metropolitan, City and Municipal Trial Court judges and prosecutors
47. Governors
48. Media personalities including Presidential Communications Operations Office and attached agencies (with ID cards issued by PCOO)
There you have it. The MMDA's full list of APORs. As of April 17, 2020, the Philippines has a total of 5,878 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 387 deaths and 487 recoveries. For the latest COVID-19 cases, check out Reportr's COVID-19 case tracker. Stay home and stay safe, ladies.
