The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday night, Jan. 7, that it has filed criminal cases against another returning overseas Filipino (ROF) who allegedly skipped mandatory hotel quarantine. Philippine National Police Chief, General Dionardo Carlos (File photo / PNP / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Hotels that serve as quarantine facilities for individuals who recently returned from abroad aren't completely absolved from legal action despite President Duterte's statements, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles clarified on Wednesday, Jan. 5. (Ralph Darabos/ Unsplash) Nograles, the acting...
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has started the investigation on a new incident involving a returning Filipina traveler who breached the quarantine of a Makati hotel. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary...
John Arcilla is urging Twitter followers to take the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, seriously. "OMICRON ALERT. WALA NAMAN BUMABAWAL SATIN NA MAGSAYA. Pero may mga KASAYAHAN na pwedeng ikamatay ng iyong pamilya o kapitbahay. Importante ang MENTAL HEALTH pero anong saysay nito kung MAMAMATAY KA SA...
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...
The Pasay City police have deployed additional personnel to the 18 hotels in the city being used as quarantine facilities following a surprise inspection to ensure their compliance with quarantine protocols. The surprise inspections were conducted to ensure that a repeat of the incident in Makati...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) suspended on Wednesday, Jan. 5, the accreditation of Berjaya Makati Hotel after one of its guests, who later tested positive for COVID-19, skipped quarantine and went to a party where those who came in close contact with her have also been infected. Berjaya Makati...
President Duterte prefers to assign policemen at quarantine hotels in the country in order to prevent cases of quarantine "jumping", or skipping the required quarantine period for individuals who just arrived from abroad. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, as Duterte acknowledged...
The second overseas Filipina who was reported to have skipped her mandatory quarantine did not actually appear at a Makati hotel where she was supposed to stay, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Tuesday, Jan 4. In an interview over ABS-CBN,...
It was a reunion of some sort for Vice President Leni Robredo and her three daughters as they posed for their first family photo to celebrate the new year after they were placed under quarantine. COVID-FREE—Vice President Leni Robredo and her three daughters have reunited after completing their...
Isolation, quarantine, and what it means in the age of Omicron and Delta CLINICAL MATTERS Many people, including doctors, were puzzled by the recent changes made by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to the duration of quarantine and isolation. The CDC shortened both quarantine and isolation...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is currently looking at other hotels that are allegedly offering "absentee quarantine" packages, after two returning overseas Filipinos were able to skip the mandatory isolation. (FILE PHOTO) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the Department has so far...
