UPDATED: October 1, 2021 Follow the author on Twitter: @argyllcyrus_MB The government's pandemic task force has finally issued the guidelines on the pilot implementation of the Alert Levels System for coronavirus (COVID-19) response in Metro Manila in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus and...
Former Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay slammed the national government's “granular lockdown experiment in Metro Manila,” describing the policy as “counter-intuitive.” Former Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay Binay underscored that in other countries, granular lockdowns are...
The power to implement granular lockdowns on the streets and small communities hit with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) under the "critical zones" parameters will be delegated to the local government units (LGUs), Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Monday, Sept. 13. Manila police used a...
An official from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) called on the national government to implement a more targeted contact tracing during the implementation of granular lockdowns in Metro Manila. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "More mobility means higher chance of people getting the virus, higher...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion underscored on Monday, Sept. 13 the high stakes in finding a way to "live with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)", which would in turn allow the resumption of economic activity. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship...
The implementation of the new alert system for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should be taken by the public as simplified restrictions aimed at preventing confusion on the health and safety protocols. In an interview over GMA News, DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said that the...
Granular lockdowns and alert level restrictions should not be confused with each other as they are totally different systems aimed at slowing down the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) transmission, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Epimaco Densing III said on...
President Duterte explained that the initially planned pilot implementation of the new granular lockdowns system in the National Capital Region (NCR) was deferred because it lacked specific guidelines that would cover possible contingencies. File photos Duterte made the statement after the...
A policy shift that uses "alert level" restrictions is expected to be enforced in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting Sept. 16 to 30, according to an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing (File photo via Densing's Facebook...
Only ECQ and GCQ. After admitting that the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was not working as intended anymore , Malacañang has recently announced a new way the country will deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: Alert Levels . LOCKDOWN. Barangay tanods in Pasay City barricade a...
Malacañang believes that the new coronavirus (COVID-19) alert levels systems scheme to be implemented in Metro Manila will work but its success will depend on the local government units (LGUs) that will implement the granular lockdowns. file photo: Ali Vicoy Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
With the rising number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, the government's pandemic task force has "provisionally" approved the guidelines on the pilot implementation of the new alert levels system in the National Capital Region (NCR) that is targeted to be implemented from September 16 to 30, 2021....
