Malacañang on Tuesday rejected a Cebu provincial ordinance that makes wearing of face masks amid Covid-19 only optional for its residents by asserting that President Duterte's order, which is based on the government's pandemic task force, shall prevail. "The Chief Executive's directive is clear:...
Outgoing Senate President Vicente Sotto III and outgoing Senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday, June 14 that the wearing of face masks outdoors and the placing parts of the country under alert level 2 must be based on science. This was the same position espoused by Sotto and Lacson during the...
K-pop boy band Seventeen debuted at No. 7 on Billboard 200 with their fourth studio album “Face the Sun” amid the group’s goal to reach No. 1. This is Seventeen’s highest debut ranking on Billboard 200 and their first time to land in the top 10 after “Your Choice” placed 15th and...
More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the mandatory use of face masks continues to be a topic of debates among experts in the Philippines. (REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Face masks have long been proven effective at reducing the transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus...
CEBU CITY – Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia seemed to have thrown a shade at the critics of her order that made the wearing of face masks in open spaces in Cebu optional. In a Facebook post Sunday, June 12, Independence Day, Garcia asserted the meaning of her Executive Order No. 16 which lifted the...
CEBU CITY – Cebu has eased up its policy on the wearing of face masks but two major cities in Metro Cebu are not about to follow suit just yet. For Mayor Michael Rama here, it is not the right time yet for the city to duplicate the move of Cebu, which has made the wearing of face masks in open...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Cebu provincial government did not consult the Department of Health (DOH) regarding its decision to ease the face mask policy in the province. “Gusto namin linawin, hindi kami nakonsulta (We want to clarify, we have not been consulted) regarding this move or...
Should Metro Manila lift its face mask mandate amid the Covid-19 pandemic? A health expert said no. (Jansen Romero / Manila Bulletin) Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon, on Friday, June 10, urged the...
CEBU CITY – “I do not draft policy out of capricious whim.” Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said this Friday, June 10, as she defended her Executive Order (EO) that eased the wearing of face masks as a protocol to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Garcia also shrugged off the statement of Interior...
The wearing of face masks remain mandatory except in specific instances like eating and during well-ventilated sports and similar activities as ordered by President Duterte, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Friday, June 10. DILG-Logo With the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated on Thursday, June 9, that the wearing of face masks is still mandatory in accordance with rules of the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). "Current IATF protocols allow only for specific instances when...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has eased the protocol on wearing of face masks, one of the primary measures that the government has set to stem the spread of Covid-19. Under Executive Order (EO) No. 16 titled “Rationalizing the wearing of face masks within Cebu” that Garcia issued on...
