Despite allowing certain international travelers to enter amid the rising number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, the Philippines will remain closed to foreign tourists, the government's pandemic task force decided. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the announcement as...
The government's pandemic task force has placed 14 countries under its red list from Jan. 16 to 31, 2022, but unlike before, Filipinos from these territories will now be allowed to enter the Philippines subject to quarantine without the need for a "Bayanihan" flight. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN...
Swab testing (Photo from Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) said that priority should be given to healthcare workers, senior citizens, and individuals with comorbidities when conducting reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) COVID-19 testing. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
The decision on whether or not the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) alert level in Metro Manila would be raised is yet to be discussed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has so far nabbed 32 public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and operators in its crackdown against health protocol violators in public transport under the more stringent Alert Level 3. Enforcers of the LTFRB and I-ACT conduct an inspection along Taft Avenue on...
Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday reiterated her call for authorities to deploy quarantine marshals in light of the continued breaches in protocol among quarantine facilities. Rather than merely focusing on law enforcement, Binay said quarantine marshals would be tasked with ensuring that the public...
Some individuals who are supposed to be on a quarantine after arriving from abroad would bribe hotel personnel or even escape through the fire exits to breach the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) health protocols, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año...
The returning Filipina, who skipped the Makati hotel quarantine regulations to attend a party butwas later tested positive for the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), will surely face charges once she recovers from the disease, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday, Jan. 2 Año said that...
Amid the rise in coronavirus cases these past few days and as the Filipino nation observes New Year’s Eve Friday, Dec. 31, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Health Care Ministry vice chairman, Military Ordinariate of the Philippines Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio reminded the public...
A Returning Overseas Filipino (ROF) who skipped the mandatory health protocol in a Makati City hotel may have infected around 15 people with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed on Thursday night, Dec. 30. In an interview over...
President Duterte's apology to Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday, Dec. 30, during the signing of the 2022 national budget was apparently due to the palace's strict safety protocol implemented for visitors. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) As Duterte took the...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta The “Protocol of Agreement” signed by Spain and the USA in Washington in August 1898 brought about a lull. But, the USA kept sending troops to the Philippines. The USS Arizona arrived with four companies of the 18th Infantry, detachments of the 1st Nebraska, 1st...
