Malacañang said that while it wanted the National Capital Region (NCR) to shift to less strict quarantine classification soon, the government cannot endanger the people's lives if the country cannot take care of those who might get sick because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Manila...
More areas have shifted community quarantine classifications for the first half of the month following the recent surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. File photo (Maria Tan/AFP) In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque announced that Cebu Province was now placed under general community...
President Duterte has approved moving more areas to stricter community quarantine classifications for the month of August due to the recent surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and to prevent the spread of the dreaded Delta variant. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) In a statement,...
President Duterte has approved bringing back the National Capital Region (NCR) to general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions and changed the quarantine classifications of other areas, Malacañang revealed. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque explained that the National Capital Region (NCR) was placed under the normal general community quarantine (GCQ) because of the local government units' (LGUs') improvement in responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Manila Bulletin File Photo Roque made the...
President Duterte has approved placing the National Capital Region (NCR) back to the normal general community quarantine (GCQ) until the end of the month, along with 29 other areas in the country as their existing coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine classification expired on July 15. In a video...
Malacañang said the recommendation of the government's pandemic task force was ready and that they were only waiting for the appeal of the metropolis's local chief executives. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement days before the existing general community...
Malacañang has announced the final community quarantine classifications for the month of July, placing 20 areas under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) and 30 others under the general community quarantine (GCQ). Commuters in Philcoa, Quezon City are forced to wait in line after...
The government's pandemic task force has recommended keeping the National Capital Region (NCR) under the general community quarantine (GCQ) with some restrictions until July 15, 2021. Manila Bulletin File Photo Based on the presentation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III during President...
Malacañang said it was possible for the National Capital Region (NCR) to downgrade to the ordinary general community quarantine (GCQ) but not to the modified GCQ (MGCQ) or the least strict risk classification. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement days...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Monday, June 22, that removal of quarantine classifications will be possibly enforced if herd immunity from the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is achieved in the country. In an interview over ABS-CBN’s...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday, June 15, that the government will “recalibrate” and prioritize the distribution of more COVID-19 vaccines to areas under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the Philippines’ second strictest lockdown level. Cabinet Secretary...
