It began with individuals sending direct messages to me via my FB page at the start of the pandemic.
Students forced to do online classes and employees forced to do work-from-home sent the messages.
The complaint was essentially the same: noise made things harder.
It took a while because we needed to balance interests. For a lot of Filipinos, particularly us music-loving Cebuanos, plugging in the karaoke or videoke and belting out our favorite is an effective stress-buster.
This was our measured response and I think we found a good balance in our amendment of the ordinance.
What’s more, we’ve inserted a provision saying the heightened penalties — a fine of P5,000.00 or imprisonment of up to six months, or both, all at the discretion of our courts — will only be as long as there is a declared public emergency.
When a better normal is attained and face-to-face learning and working conditions will be restored, we can go back to singing to our heart’s delight.
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