Should Metro Manila lift its face mask mandate amid the Covid-19 pandemic? A health expert said no. (Jansen Romero / Manila Bulletin) Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon, on Friday, June 10, urged the...
CEBU CITY – “I do not draft policy out of capricious whim.” Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said this Friday, June 10, as she defended her Executive Order (EO) that eased the wearing of face masks as a protocol to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Garcia also shrugged off the statement of Interior...
The wearing of face masks remain mandatory except in specific instances like eating and during well-ventilated sports and similar activities as ordered by President Duterte, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Friday, June 10. DILG-Logo With the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated on Thursday, June 9, that the wearing of face masks is still mandatory in accordance with rules of the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). "Current IATF protocols allow only for specific instances when...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has eased the protocol on wearing of face masks, one of the primary measures that the government has set to stem the spread of Covid-19. Under Executive Order (EO) No. 16 titled “Rationalizing the wearing of face masks within Cebu” that Garcia issued on...
As the pandemic continues to ease, Centro Escolar University starts conducting limited face-to-face classes for other programs this second semester School Year 2021 to 2022. This applies to Block 4 students taking up the following programs, Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, Bachelor of Special...
As outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo’s team arrived in Sorsogon after the phreatic eruption of the Bulusan Volcano, they wasted no time in distributing bottled water and dust masks to affected residents there. (Photo from Vice President Leni Robredo via Facebook) In a Facebook post, the Vice...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo will send a relief team to Bulusan, Sorsogon, in her home region of Bicol amid the phreatic eruption of the Bulusan Volcano on Sunday, June 5. Phreatic eruption at Bulusan Volcano on Sunday, June 5.(Photo by Connie Calipay/Arvie Gernandizo) “We are currently...
To help ensure the safe 100 percent reopening of schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to immediately resolve “old normal” problems which have been haunting public schools even before the Covid-19 pandemic. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “How are we going to achieve a better...
K-pop boy band Seventeen sold two million copies of their new album in one week to claim the status as a “double million seller.” Seventeen released the studio album “Face the Sun” on May 27 containing the nine songs including “Hot.” Topping Hanteo Chart's monthly album chart for May...
DAVAO CITY – Public and private schools in Davao Region will not be forced to implement a full-blown face-to-face classes starting next school year as the threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) remains, Department of Education (DepEd)-Davao region spokesperson Jenielito Atillo said on Monday,...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Thursday, June 2 said he concurs with suggestions that alert levels be lifted and wearing of face masks outdoors is optional but mandatory indoors. Sotto said he concurs with the suggestion of Joey Concepcion for government to lift the current state of...
