Just one day after it announced that President Duterte was under quarantine for his exposure to a positive case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang said Friday, Feb. 4 that his quarantine period was already finished. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (left) and President Rodrigo...
The government's pandemic task force has released an updated memorandum detailing the conditions and requisites for Filipinos abroad who want to return to the Philippines starting February 10, 2022. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Based on Resolution No. 160-A of the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered on Saturday, Jan. 29, all local government units (LGUs) to ensure that traditional cockfighting in the cockpit arenas in areas under Alert Level 2 or lower are compliant with the existing health protocols. DILG Secretary Eduardo M....
Questions were raised after the national government announced that fully vaccinated international travelers and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) will no longer be required to undergo a facility-based quarantine but shall self-monitor for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) symptoms beginning Feb. 1....
Fully-vaccinated arriving Filipinos and eligible foreigners are required to present a negative RT-PCR test taken within 48 hours prior to departure from the country of origin, the Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced as part of the new protocols for travelers entering the country starting Tuesday,...
Forget about the color-based risk classification of countries as far as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is concerned. The government's pandemic task force has temporarily suspended the classification of countries or territories as "green", "yellow", and "red", after it set new arrival protocols...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion has made an aggressive pitch for the government to return to "pre-Omicron" protocols, especially when it comes to arriving international travelers. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “We should revert back to...
The government's pandemic task force is now allowing the entry to the country of Filipinos going home from abroad who have recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) but still tested positive for it, subject to protocols. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said the Philippines should reexamine its quarantine protocols for international travel , saying other countries have recently started easing their international arrival restrictions in light of recent developments in the coronavirus...
The Pasay City police arrested a total of 2,532 individuals for violating the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) health protocols from Jan. 3 to 16. Pasay City police chief Col. Cesar Paday-os said police mobility was intensified around the city after the number of COVID-19 cased increased after the...
Malacañang said that the new testing and quarantine protocols that the government's pandemic task force has set for travelers coming from "green" and "yellow" countries will apply retroactively to travelers who may have arrived in the Philippines before the policy took effect. PIXABAY / MANILA...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the implementation of quarantine protocols for workers in the aviation sector. (Kylle Pangan/ Unsplash) The quarantine rules for the particular set of workers are spelled out in IATF Resolution No....
