Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is pushing for eased leisure travel protocols such as the lifting of age restrictions and shorter quarantine days for tourists who have been fully vaccinated. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat poses beside the Express Lane for fully...
Interzonal leisure travel has been allowed by the government's pandemic task force for Metro Manila residents as the National Capital Region is set to be placed under Alert Level 4, the second highest classification in the new lockdown scheme, from September 16 to 30. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Metro Manila policemen were ordered on Saturday, Sept, 8, to familiarize the new alert level system guidelines under the quarantine classifications that will be enforced in the National Capital Region. The new guidelines for these quarantine classifications have already been provisionally approved....
Only ECQ and GCQ. After admitting that the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was not working as intended anymore , Malacañang has recently announced a new way the country will deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: Alert Levels . LOCKDOWN. Barangay tanods in Pasay City barricade a...
The govenrment will be "reasonable" in the implementation of granular lockdowns in the National Captial Region (NCR) or Metro Manila despite the delayed release of the guidelines for it, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, Sept. 7. (Ali Vicoy/ File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government has distributed 95.16 percent of the P1,000 to P4,000 financial assistance from the national government to residents affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Rubiano said Social Welfare and Development Department (SWDD) head Angie...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has ordered its units in Surigao del Norte to implement heightened security measures among travelers as the province was placed under stricter protocols to prevent the spread of Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PCG Surigao del Norte Station Commander...
(Photo from DSWD) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) released on Sunday, Aug. 8, a photo showing that Joint Memorandum Circular No. 3 or the guidelines for the implementation of financial assistance in the National Capital Region (NCR) has already been signed. The DSWD said the...
Three government agencies have approved the guidelines that would pave the way for the distribution of cash assistance for residents of Metro Manila that will be affected by the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20. The Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 3,...
The current public transportation supply and capacity will be retained during the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila from Aug. 6 to 20, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced. A Muntinlupa police officer checks passengers of a jeepney at the...
To ensure that the education system is ready, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Health (DOH) have jointly develop guidelines for the eventual resumption of classes for basic education. Face-to-face classes were held before the COVID-19 pandemic. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO /...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) issued Friday, July 9, their unified coordination guidelines in the conduct of anti-illegal drug operations to prevent incidents of misencounter. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (PDEA photo) In a...