Good news came late last week to businesses in Luzon in terms of making a recovery for those manufacturing, distributing and selling “non-essential goods” in retail.

Transportation of goods, whether they are classified under the allowed cargo — food, medicine and essentials — or not, were approved by Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez. In a brief statement, Lopez said he would allow the movement of all cargo, so that there would be no “discretion and decision-making” at checkpoints that would result in “different treatments.” This memo ensuring movement of all types of cargo to go unhampered has given businesses a silver lining amid these trying times brought by the coronavirus diseases 2018 (Covid-19) pandemic.

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