Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all policemen to give free face masks to those who would be arrested for no wearing any as the government intensified its campaign to run after those who are not wearing or not properly wearing face mask amid...
The Pasay City Police assured on Monday, May 10, that all violators of the mandatory wearing of face masks will be treated "humanely" and "their rights will be strictly respected." In a statement, Pasay City Police Chief Col. Cesar Paday-os said that the local police, in coordination with the Pasay...
A lawyer and councilor in Muntinlupa said the police can only impose fines but not detain face mask violators based on an existing city ordinance. Atty. Raul Corro, the Muntinlupa City Council’s majority floor leader, told the Manila Bulletin that Ordinance No. 2020-109, which imposes the...
The Muntinlupa police apprehended on Friday 1,326 persons, mostly minors, for violating the city ordinance on the mandatory wearing of face masks outside residence. Of the total violators, 1,281, or 97 percent, were minors and only 45, or 3 percent, were adults. They were all caught without...
The Muntinlupa police will intensify the implementation of a city ordinance on the mandatory wearing of face masks outside residence following the order of President Rodrigo Duterte. Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi (Muntinlupa PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Duterte, on Wednesday, ordered the police to...
Everything gets faked nowadays, even face masks and respirators. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported on Friday, April 23 the confiscation of some P65 million worth of fake face masks, respirators, counterfeit luxury items, lotions, creams, cosmetics, and electronic items. The BOC said the...
WASHINGTON, United States – It's a familiar sight in some US cities like Washington, New York and San Francisco: people walking on the street, riding bikes or sitting in parks with their masks on even when they're far away from others. Certain states, like Maine, have kept in place...
When we can freely breathe again? We’re living in a different time now. Gone are the days we could breathe freely. Today, breathing freely even in seclusion or even in nature, such as in the empty parks or the empty tree-lined streets of our neighborhoods within the cities during quarantine, can...
First, to be effective, a mask must sit over your nose and under your chin, and against your cheeks without any gaps . Second, a mask should be made of ‘densely woven cotton fabrics,’ or ‘tight-weave 100 percent cotton.’ To test the fabric, hold it up to a light source. If light passes...
With COVID-19 cases going up again, it is best to be reminded of the precautionary measures we've been doing when it first arrived in our country. There's also nothing wrong in adding more preventive ways to keep the virus at bay. The Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Leopoldo "Bong"...
These disposable masks are not going anywhere any time soon. It will be part of our lives for the time being, so we better make sure that we purchase brands that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Recently, FDA has announced in their advisory number 2021-0236 that these...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday lifted a state mask mandate and said he was authorizing businesses restricted because of the coronavirus pandemic to open "100 percent." "For nearly half a year, most businesses have been open either 75 percent or 50 percent and during that time, too many...
