Executive Orders (EOs) issued by mayors to lift the mandatory wearing of face masks in their localities are legal, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said. Año disputed the statement of Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque who said that mayor's EOs are...
BIÑAN, Laguna – The city government is no longer requiring face shields in business establishments. In a Facebook post on Monday (Nov. 8), Mayor Arman Dimaguila announced that wearing face shields is now only voluntary as per Executive Order No. 33, Series of 2021. The local government...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Yesterday, Presidential candidate, Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso announced that the City of Manila would be the latest city, following Davao, Ormoc and Iloilo, to turn their back on the highly divisive face shield for public use. Over a year after the IATF made them...
Here’s the scientific reason we need them CLINICAL MATTERS Few things are currently as controversial as face shields. With the Philippines being one of the few countries in the world that advocate its use, the face shield has become a hot button topic and reaped a lot of scorn from politicians...
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV considers Vice President Leni Robredo’s “Kalayaan sa (Freedom from) COVID” plan the solution that Filipinos have been waiting for a long time from the government. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV listens to a presentation by Vice President Leni Robredo...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the Metro Manila Council (MMC) will issue a resolution setting the guidelines on the lifting of mandatory wearing of face shields. In a text message, Olivarez said the MMC resolution on the lifting of the face shield mandate will be released anytime by the...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano is backing the proposal for the lifting of the mandatory use of face shields. Cayetano held a meeting with the Taguig Safe City Task Force Monday for the city’s move recommending lifting of the face shield mandate to the Inter-Agency Task Force. A woman wearing face...
Some senators on Monday, Nov. 8 welcomed the decision of some Metro Manila mayors to drop the mandatory face shield policy saying it is something that should have been done long ago. “Matagal na nating kinikwestyon yung practicality ng (We have long questioned the practicality of using)...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sees no problem with the decision of Manila Mayor and presidential candidate Isko Moreno to lift the strict use of face shield in Manila. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año explained that the use of face shields was strictly enforced at the time...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque thought that Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso's order to limit the areas that require the use of face shields is either not effective or null and void because of an existing order that required the use of the supposed anti-coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Malacañang has asked local chief executives to continue implementing the face shield policy until the government's pandemic task force has decided to no longer make the wearing of the supposed anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) equipment mandatory. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Presidential...
The Department of Health (DOH) will present to the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) its updated recommendation on the use of face shields this week. DOH/MB "Our experts, together with DOH of course will update the current review of evidence for this face shield use in this pandemic response. So we...
