PUERTO PRINCESA (PPS) Travel Guidelines

 Travel Permission

BASIC TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• MUST READ! Quarantine/Testing Protocol for Inbound Travelers 

• Basic Travel Requirements:

1. Valid ID
2. S-PASS Travel Coordination Permit
3. StaySafe QR Code
4. Negative RT-PCR Test (swabbed within 48 hours before arrival)
5. Travel Order / Travel Itinerary (for APORS)
6. Vaccination Card or ID (for travelers staying for 3 days only)
7. Returning Ticket (for travelers staying for 3 days only)

NOTE:

• For item 6 & 7 basic travel requirements, only fully vaccinated APORs are eligible for the short-term stay and free to go upon arrival, subject to rapid antigen test within 24 hours upon arrival.
• Regardless of fully vaccinated or not, passengers still need to comply item 4 (test prior travel).

APORS (as defined by the local IATF)

• Health and Emergency Front liners
• Uniformed Personnel
• Government Officials and Employees on Official Travel
• Duly Authorized Humanitarian Assistance Actors
• Persons traveling for medical or humanitarian reasons
• Persons going to and from the airport
• Persons crossing zones for work or business permitted in the zone of destination or for activities authorized by the National IATF, and going back home
• Public Utility Vehicle Operators
• Refer to BASIC TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• MUST READ! Quarantine/Testing Protocol for Inbound Travelers

• http://puertoprincesa.ph/
• https://www.facebook.com/icsppc 

Province of PALAWAN

 Travel Permission

• MGCQ: July 01 – 31, 2021
• The Municipality of Cuyo to temporarily suspend the inbound travel of Returning Residents and non-APORs in the municipality beginning July 19 to August 01, 2021.
• The Municipality of Taytay will temporarily suspend the inbound travel of non-APORs from outside Palawan beginning July 12-26, 2021.
• Only those who are categorized as APOR, ROF, and essential travels from MECQ and GCQ will be allowed by the Provincial EOC to enter its area of jurisdiction (Municipalities of Palawan) 

• Approved S-Pass application
• Travel Order / Mission Order / Office Order
• Negative RT-PCR (DOH Accredited only) / Saliva (from Red Cross only) Result extracted within 72 hours before departure (optional for National Agencies)
• Valid ID / Company ID

• Travel Order
• Travel Itinerary
• Negative RT-PCR (DOH Accredited only) / Saliva (from Red Cross only) Result extracted within 72 hours before departure (optional for National Agencies)
• Government ID
• Endorsement from Palawan EOC

LSI (Locally Stranded Individuals) / Returning Resident / ROF (Returning Overseas Filipinos) 

• Negative RT-PCR (DOH Accredited only) / Saliva (from Red Cross only) Result (extracted within 72 hours before departure)
• Approved S-PaSS application
• Acceptance Letter from MLGU of Destination
• Valid Identification Card

 ROFs (Returning Overseas Filipinos)
 OWWA Flights

• Bureau of Quarantine Certification 
• Negative RT-PCR Test Result

• Approved S-PaSS application
• Return Ticket
• Hotel Booking (DOT accredited only)
• Negative RT-PCR (DOH Accredited only) / Saliva (from Red Cross only) Result extracted within 72 hours before departure
• Travel Itinerary

Reminders

• Passengers with Acceptance Letter from municipality of destination but will still be coming the identified high-risk areas shall be denied for acceptance.
• Passengers may call Sagip Palaweño (for Returning Residents only) at +63951-982-8755 should they need more information.
• RT-PCR Test shall be mandatory for all inbound travelers (including infants and children) going to Palawan and any of its municipalities except those APORs.
• Quarantine shall be mandatory for inbound travelers who show symptoms of COVID-19 upon arrival at the LGU of destination.
• For cancelled flights, passengers must undergo re-testing and secure a negative RT-PCR test result. Expired/Lapsed test results will not be honored.
• Implementation of S-PaSS generated QR-codes (marked APPROVED) in the documentary requirements for all inbound travelers instead of Letter of Acceptance or LOA from municipality
• The StaySafe.ph System shall be utilized as the primary contact tracing system. Traze App for airports and such other existing contact tracing applications must be integrated with the StaySafe.ph System.

• http://www.palawan.gov.ph/ 

Per PAL’s Conditions of Carriage, the passenger is solely responsible for verifying and complying with all applicable government laws/regulations of all destinations/countries to be flown from, to or through. PAL shall not be liable for the passenger’s failure to comply with said laws/regulations, or for any aid or information given here or by a PAL agent or employee in connection with said laws/regulations.

This page contains the travel rules and requirements for each province, city, or municipality in the Philippines. Please note that there may be multiple travel requirements for each destination on national and provincial levels. We would also like to remind passengers that these rules are subject to change by the issuing local government authority and are issued for passengers’ and the public’s safety. As these requirements may change at short notice, the advisories below are meant only as a guide. Please make sure that you have the correct and have completed the required documents before you travel.

*CAAP list of airports with LGU Clearance to resume commercial flights.  Some airports, while allowing the resumption of commercial flights, are subject to different documentary and passenger LGU restrictions.