Mayors in Metro Manila are urging the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to suspend its decision allowing minors from five to 17 years old in outdoor areas in the National Capital Region (NCR) because of the threat of the highly contagious Delta...
The Taguig City government has released the rules and the list of outdoor areas where minors from five to 17 years old can go under the general community quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila from July 16 to 31. Advisory No. 47-A issued by the Taguig Safe City Task Force adopted Resolution 21-11 of the...
Minors, or those 17 years old and below, are not yet allowed to be vaccinated, government officials said. This was the clarification made by the Muntinlupa City government on rumors spreading that those below 18 years old can now get their vaccine shot. Children with Muntinlupa officials in 2018...
The Taguig City government has set the rules covering the allowed movement and activities of minors aged five to 17 in outdoor areas under the general community quarantine (GCQ). Taguig's guidelines for minors (Taguig Safe City Task Force) This after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested a French national who is wanted in his country for the sexual abuse of minors. Operatives from the BI’s fugitive search unit identified the wanted sex offender as Pascal Didier Gillot, 53. He was nabbed along A. Masangkay Street in San Roque,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, June 22 maintained that the key to the resumption of face-to-face classes is getting teachers and students inoculated against the coronavirus disease or COVID-19. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said he sees...
Minors or individuals aged below 18 years still shouldn't be loitering outside their residences, a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) official clarified on Sunday, June 20. (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) "Dapat po sumunod pa rin tayo sa mga protocols pagdating sa COVID . Nandyan pa...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday said the P57.3-billion worth of loans the government has successfully secured can already cover the P25-billioin budgetary requirement for the vaccination of minors. With these borrowings, Lacson said there may not be any need for the government to look...
A family of four was found dead inside their house in Biñan, Laguna on Tuesday in what police investigators believe could be a case of parricide and suicide. Johnny Martinez, 46, was found dead and hanging inside the house that he shared with his live-in partner Jolly Espinas, 41 and their two...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian hailed the government’s plan to include teenagers in the COVID-19 vaccination program, saying this will boost the confidence of the basic education sector to safely reopen schools. Gatchalian said it is essential for the government, however, to first study how other...
As the government ramps up its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program, Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday said the local Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should start studying the feasibility of vaccinating minors, taking cue from the United States and other countries that have started...
Malacañang said those aged 15 to 17 years old and those above 65 are now allowed to leave their homes so they can register for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). The Philippine Identification System or PhilSys is the government’s central identification platform for all Filipino...
