President Duterte has sought the understanding of the Roman Catholic faithful following the National Task Force's decision to suspend this year’s "traslacion" or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene. SUPER-SPREADER EVENT--A typical traslacion of the image of the Black Nazarene. (File...
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday urged authorities to consider temporarily closing Manila City’s dolomite beach to ensure the safety of the public and to prevent a possibility of a “super spreader” event. Binay said the place should be temporarily closed until such time the Department of...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered the Caloocan City Police to help in the contact-tracing efforts of the Local Government Unit (LGU) after the recent hostage-taking incident in the area turned into a super spreader event as kibitzers swarmed the...
A team of investigators were sent to General Trias in Cavite to conduct a thorough investigation on the "Karakol" procession which went viral in the social media for blatant violations of quarantine rules amid the threat of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Department of the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed Thursday, June 17, that three more barangay captains are being investigated for their failure to strictly impose the regulations on the prohibition of mass gatherings in their respective areas. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año...
The cases of the six barangay captains found to have failed to prevent the super spreader events in their respective areas are now with the provincial prosecutors’ office, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Edurado Año said on Tuesday, June 8. In an interview over...
Six barangay captains are facing charges for their alleged failure to enforce regulations against "super-spreader" events, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, June 7. Secretary Eduardo Ano DILG photo In a meeting with President Duterte, Año...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reiterated Friday, May 28, that punong barangays (PBs) or barangay captains play a major part in preventing mass gathering activities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo courtesy of DILG)...
The Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) has expressed full support for President Duterte's arrest order against barangay chairpersons who will fail to prevent or act appropriately on mass gathering activities in their respective jurisdictions. (Logo courtesy of Liga ng mga Barangay) However, LnB national...
Following the President Duterte's order, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed on Thursday, May 27 to have the barangay captains arrested in addition to being suspended for failure to stop mass gathering activities in their areas in the midst of the pandemic. In an interview...
Upset with the reports of super spreader events, President Duterte has ordered the arrest of barangay captains who fail to enforce the rules against mass gatherings in the country. President Duterte meets with top government officials on pandemic response on May 26, 2021 (Sen. Go/Malacañang)...
Malacañang has appealed to the public to refrain from attending pool parties and other large gatherings that could potentially trigger a dangerous coronavirus outbreak. People form a long line leading to a community pantry in Manila in this photo taken in April 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin)...
