The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) alert level in Metro Manila will probably be lowered by Oct. 16 with the improved health situation in the area, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said Tuesday night, Oct. 12. Densing explained that the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) expressed high hopes that the P6.6 billion additional budget it is requesting for the hiring of 25,000 coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) contact tracers (CTs) would be approved in Congress. “Yes. We are very optimistic that it will be...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) is now drafting new regulations on the use of face shields following President Duterte's order to ease the restriction of its use in open spaces. This was revealed on Saturday, Sept. 25 by Department of the...
The Alert Level System currently under pilot testing in the National Capital Region (NCR) would likely be extended until October, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Saturday, Sept. 25. In an interview over GMA News, DILG Undersecretary Empimaco Densing...
The new guidelines on the use of face shields will be out soon to provide the public clear-cut policies on where it should be worn as the country continues its uphill battle against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official said on...
There is a possibility that the Alert Level System with granular lockdowns in Metro Manila may be extended beyond the Sept. 30 deadline, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said on Thursday, Sept. 23. “Ang pananaw po namin baka ma-extend pa...
Travels within and outside Metro Manila are less restricted under the Alert Level 4 policy that will start in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Sept. 16, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said Tuesday, Sept. 14. In a news briefing, Densing...
Beginning Sept. 16, Metro Manila will be placed under Alert Level 4 wherein granular lockdowns will be enforced only in critical areas as part of the improved version to control the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) surge. This was disclosed by Department of the Interior and Local Government...
Granular lockdowns and alert level restrictions should not be confused with each other as they are totally different systems aimed at slowing down the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) transmission, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Epimaco Densing III said on...
A policy shift that uses "alert level" restrictions is expected to be enforced in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting Sept. 16 to 30, according to an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing (File photo via Densing's Facebook...
A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) insisted on Thursday, Aug. 26, that the Stay Safe app has enhanced the country’s contact tracing efforts amid the surge of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was in reaction to the comment of Department of Health (DOH) Secretary...
The release of the ayuda (cash assistance) for the qualified recipients in the National Capital Region (NCR) placed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will begin on August 11, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said Monday,...
