Border restriction will remain strict as provinces outside the region may require travelers to present negative RT-PCR or antigen coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) test results or vaccination identification cards upon entry, said Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary...
Former Health Secretary and Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin on Wednesday, Sept. 15 reminded the government on the need to conduct aggressive testing and contact tracing as it starts to implement granular lockdowns under a new alert level system as part of its anti-COVID-19 measures. “No country in the...
A civic group hit the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) a day before the implementation of the alert level system and granular lockdowns in Metro Manila. (ALI VICOY / MB FILE PHOTO) In a statement, the Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG) said the...
The entire municipal government building in Baras, Rizal is on a 14-day lockdown after 15 of its employees were found positive for COVID-19 following a recent antigen test conducted on the workers. 32549 The office of Mayor Kathrine Robles, in a Facebook post, announced the temporary closure of the...
Travels within and outside Metro Manila are less restricted under the Alert Level 4 policy that will start in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Sept. 16, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said Tuesday, Sept. 14. In a news briefing, Densing...
No cash aid will be given to areas in Metro Manila that will be placed under granular lockdown, but Presidential spokesman Harry Roque clarified on Tuesday, September 14, that the government will provide food supplies. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Palace official said providing food supply to...
Don't be confused. photo:Ali Vicoy This was what Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos told the public over the implementation of granular lockdowns and alert levels system in the National Capital Region (NCR). "'Wag po tayong maguluhan dahil magkaiba po yun...
Beginning Sept. 16, Metro Manila will be placed under Alert Level 4 wherein granular lockdowns will be enforced only in critical areas as part of the improved version to control the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) surge. This was disclosed by Department of the Interior and Local Government...
An official from the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) said Tuesday, Sept. 14, the success of granular lockdowns which will be piloted on Sept. 16 in Metro Manila will depend on how well local government units can implement them. (ALI VICOY / MB FILE PHOTO) In an interview with DZBB, PCP...
Police commanders in Metro Manila have been ordered to coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) for the implementation of granular lockdown and quarantine alert level system in order to come up with strategic enforcement and deployment plan once the they are implemented starting Sept. 16....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) assured on Tuesday, Sept. 14, that government assistance will be provided immediately to the families that would be affected by the two-week granular lockdowns with Alert Level 4 being imposed in Metro Manila on Sept. 16. DILG...
UPDATED: October 1, 2021 Follow the author on Twitter: @argyllcyrus_MB The government's pandemic task force has finally issued the guidelines on the pilot implementation of the Alert Levels System for coronavirus (COVID-19) response in Metro Manila in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus and...
