By Marjaleen Ramos Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla on Tuesday said the province is formulating a new policy on the sale of alcoholic drinks within this week before lifting the liquor ban. Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla (JONVIC REMULLA / FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN) “What we're doing is formulating a liquor policy for the province that is sensible for everyone. Matigas kasi ulo ng tao dito,” Remulla said in an interview on ANC’s Headstart. “We will come up with a rational policy within this week in lifting liquor ban,” he added. Cavite was placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) last May 16 but decided to let the liquor ban imposed. “We have agreed on certain terms like a maximum of one liter of hard drinks can be bought and six cans of beers can be bought in one day. It can only be bought at a certain time and it can only be bought by Q-pass holders,” he said. Remulla added drinking in public, parties, and gatherings of more than five will still not be allowed should the ban is lifted. “It has to be done rationally, we can’t just rush to it… These are things that were going to enforce but it has to be done very rationally. It has to be explained to the people,” he said. The governor said the ban on liquor in the province has resulted in less public disturbance. Remulla, however, mentioned that an underground economy has been developed due to the ban, with people paying double or triple the price of alcohol drinks. “It is akin to the prohibition in the US in the 1920s when the underground economy became larger than the above ground economy. We will try to taper it off and allow liquor to be sold legally, but in a rational way,” he said. He cited that four people in his province died consuming fake lambanog from Quezon province. “They were drinking together. They drank fake lambanog sold to them by unscrupulous sellers and four of them died."