In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces uses a megaphone to remind shoppers to practice social distancing during a government imposed enhanced quarantine as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Manila....
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the quarantine classifications for the month of June will be announced on Monday, May 31, the last day of the existing coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown levels in the country. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an interview...
The government may ease restrictions now that the number of daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases has been decreasing, but this should be done gradually, a member of the OCTA Research group said Friday, May 28. OCTA Research fellow Prof. Guido David said the number of cases in the National...
The government is moving to increase the availability of quarantine hotels and other facilities in Cebu once its airport would temporarily stop accepting international flights starting this Saturday, May 29. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2. (Photo by Juan Carlo de Vela/ MANILA...
SURVIVOR’S TALE (John Carlo Perez is a registered social worker by profession. He is also a college professor in various academic institutions in NCR and in Luzon. At present he is also a full-time staff of the San Pedro Calungsod Chapel, SM Aura Premier, under the Catholic Diocese of Pasig.)...
The government is set to temporarily divert all international flights bound for Mactan-Cebu International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) starting this Saturday. OWWA personnel inspect travel documents of passengers arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1...
President Duterte has approved the additional P5-billion allocation for the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), half of the amount requested by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Despite the downward trend in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, Malacañang said that there are still a lot of factors that should be considered before restrictions in the National Capital Region (NCR) bubble area can be further relaxed. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Wednesday that he is in favor of the gradual reopening of the economy as the number of daily COVID-19 cases in the city continues to decline. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook) "It's working for us (General...
Agents from the Bureau of Customs - Port of NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) have seized a total of 2,032 pieces of live ornamental plants for not having the required plant quarantine permit prior to the items' importation. (Photo from the BOC) A statement from BOC-NAIA on Monday, May 24...
More than a hundred households have been placed under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) due to the clustering of COVID-19 cases in a barangay in Baras, Rizal. The Baras Municipal Government, in a Facebook post, said that having five confirmed...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, May 24, appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to imposes measures to control the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in northern Mindanao. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri...
