CEBU Rep. Duke Frasco with his wife incoming Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco at Vice President-elect Sara Duterte's inauguration in Davao City. CEBU CITY – Reelected Cebu Rep. Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco on Monday, June 20, announced that he will file a resolution in the House of...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President-elect and incoming Education Secretary Sara Duterte eyes the resumption of full face-to-face classes in August. Duterte, in a press conference here Monday, June 21, said that she would work on enforcing in-person classes starting next school year after more than two...
GARCIA (FB) CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia junked the ultimatum from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to amend a recent ordinance that made the wearing of face masks in open areas optional. Garcia said the province will stand by Executive Order (EO) No. 16 that she...
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia took a dig on some government officials whom he said have been insisting on the strict implementation of the use of face mask but were themselves doing the opposite. In a GMA News report, Garcia presented the photos of Department of the Interior and Local Government...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año stressed Friday, June 17, that the local government units (LGUs) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) should free the national highways from tricycles and pedicabs unless allowed by local ordinances in the absence...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) gave the Cebu Provincial Government until this weekend to correct its executive order which allows local residents the option not to wear face masks in public places. In a press briefing, DILG Sec. Eduardo Año also disclosed that he is...
Senator Sonny Angara said he hopes that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases would hold dialogues with local government units (LGUs) to discuss the mandatory wearing of face masks against Covid-19. In an interview with The Chiefs, Angara said that...
Members of the Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) apprehended Thursday morning, June 16, persons who were not wearing face masks in the city’s public markets. The city government said that the operation was done since Quezon City’s local Covid-19 early warning system was...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will be tapping government lawyers to stop the implementation of an executive order that lifts the mandatory use of face masks in the province of Cebu. DILG Sec. Eduardo Año said the Executive Order No. 16 issued by Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn...
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia was recently trending because of a “controversial” Executive Order that she signed, making the wearing of face masks optional in open and well-ventilated spaces. She clarified that this is “not totally scrapping the wearing of face mask” but giving people “a...
Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the city government is focusing on the economic recovery and not on the removal of the mandatory wearing of face mask. Olivarez said the city of Parañaque will keep the mandatory wearing of face mask and the observance of minimum health protocols as part of...
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año figured in a verbal tussle in connection with the implementation of the mandatory face mask rule in the province. Garcia earlier issued an executive order that required face masks to be...
