The government's pandemic task force has "made a decision" on the mandatory wearing of face shields and it is now up to President Duterte to approve it. President Rodrigo Duterte tests out a face shield during a recent public briefing (Malacañang photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday, Nov. 10 criticized the conflicting statements of government officials over the policy mandating the use of face shields, urging them to harmonize their position on the issue. Pacquiao said he hopes the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) will...
Around 3.5 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have yet to receive their vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, Nov. 10. DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova (Screengrab from PTV4)...
The Muntinlupa City Council has enacted an ordinance scrapping the mandatory use of face shields in the city. Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro told Manila Bulletin that the City Council enacted the ordinance on Nov. 8. The ordinance, he said, lifted the mandatory use of face shields except in...
CAVITE - The provincial government has temporarily suspended the curfew hours, Vice Governor Jolo Revilla announced on Monday (Nov. 8). In a Facebook post, Revilla said the curfew suspension was directed by Governor Jonvic Remulla. Amid the less restrictive coronavirus-disease (COVID-19) guidelines...
If asked, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said he would be more inclined to follow Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary (DILG) Eduardo Año's stand to scrap the mandatory wearing of face shield policy even without approval from the...
Some senators on Monday, Nov. 8 welcomed the decision of some Metro Manila mayors to drop the mandatory face shield policy saying it is something that should have been done long ago. “Matagal na nating kinikwestyon yung practicality ng (We have long questioned the practicality of using)...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sees no problem with the decision of Manila Mayor and presidential candidate Isko Moreno to lift the strict use of face shield in Manila. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año explained that the use of face shields was strictly enforced at the time...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque thought that Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso's order to limit the areas that require the use of face shields is either not effective or null and void because of an existing order that required the use of the supposed anti-coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Malacañang has asked local chief executives to continue implementing the face shield policy until the government's pandemic task force has decided to no longer make the wearing of the supposed anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) equipment mandatory. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Presidential...
Bombarded by criticisms on its proposal to implement a "no vaccine, no subsidy" policy for the beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) pointed to the local...
PPA The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) started implementing the “No Permit, No Service” Policy on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 for all truckers in ports nationwide and warned against colorum operators. The “No Permit, No Service” Policy, under PPA Memorandum Circular (MC) 19-2021, states that...
