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...
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...
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...
As outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo’s team arrived in Sorsogon after the phreatic eruption of the Bulusan Volcano, they wasted no time in distributing bottled water and dust masks to affected residents there. (Photo from Vice President Leni Robredo via Facebook) In a Facebook post, the Vice...
Following Mt. Bulusan’s eruption, Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III on Monday, June 6, ordered the distribution of prepositioned supplies and face masks to affected residents. Situation in Juban town after the phreatic eruption of Bulusan Volcano on Sunday, June 5 (Sorsogon Provincial...
A member of the Department of Health-Technical Advisory Group (DOH-TAG) has advised Sorsogon residents affected by the eruption of Mt. Busulusan to wear quality face masks to protect themselves from pyroclastic materials. (Screenshot taken from Laging Handa’s Facebook Live) On June 5, thick smoke...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo will send a relief team to Bulusan, Sorsogon, in her home region of Bicol amid the phreatic eruption of the Bulusan Volcano on Sunday, June 5. Phreatic eruption at Bulusan Volcano on Sunday, June 5.(Photo by Connie Calipay/Arvie Gernandizo) “We are currently...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Thursday, June 2 said he concurs with suggestions that alert levels be lifted and wearing of face masks outdoors is optional but mandatory indoors. Sotto said he concurs with the suggestion of Joey Concepcion for government to lift the current state of...
