(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Cebu provincial government did not consult the Department of Health (DOH) regarding its decision to ease the face mask policy in the province. “Gusto namin linawin, hindi kami nakonsulta (We want to clarify, we have not been consulted) regarding this move or...
Individuals violating the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isolation and quarantine regulations may be arrested for failure to comply with the health protocols set by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (Courteay of DILG)...
Hotels that serve as quarantine facilities for individuals who recently returned from abroad aren't completely absolved from legal action despite President Duterte's statements, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles clarified on Wednesday, Jan. 5. (Ralph Darabos/ Unsplash) Nograles, the acting...
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) will be filing criminal charges against Gwyneth Anne Chua, the controversial 'Poblacion Gril' who skipped the mandatory quarantine for returning Filipinos from abroad, and eight other people for violations of the government's health protocols....
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has provided three options that persons with close contact to people with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could do. First, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said they could submit themselves to swab tests. The problem, however, is that in most cases,...
Tying yellow ribbon on the houses of people with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in Pateros does not violate the law, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday, Sept. 21. “So yun ang sagot ni Mayor (Miguel Ponce) (That is the reply of the...
The 14-day quarantine lockdowns in the Metro Manila granular areas is just being enforced as a measure to contain the transmission of the dreaded coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) Delta variant, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año insisted on Monday,...
Individuals with symptoms or in close contact with COVID-positive patients who refused to be tested for the virus risk themselves of imprisonment or other appropriate penalties, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has warned. DILG Sec. Eduardo Año (Photo from DILG) DILG Sec....
