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(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation is temporarily suspending its clearance processing operations nationwide starting midnight of March 18. The NBI made the announcement on Tuesday night, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte announced a community quarantine on Luzon to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. The NBI said the suspension would last until midnight of April 13. “We will resume our operations on 13 April 2020, unless earlier lifted,” the […]
(Eagle News)–No looting incidents have been reported in Metro Manila amid the enhanced community quarantine imposed on Luzon to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. NCRPO chief Debold Sinas issued the statement following social media reports there were groups offering to sanitize and disinfect homes in Metro Manila, but would loot from them. “This, therefore, is one of the many fake news circulating [over] social media and all other forms of communication intended to […]
(Eagle News)–An employee of BDO Unibank Inc. in San Juan City has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, the bank announced on Tuesday, March 17. BDO said the employee underwent self-quarantine last Tuesday, March 10, and was informed of the positive test results on Monday, March 16. The bank said it was in close coordination with the Department of Health, and was tracing the people the patient may have had contact with. “The affected […]
(Eagle News)–Pasig on Tuesday, March 17, allowed tricycles to ply the city to allow for the mobility of health workers. The city also passed an ordinance that bans the hoarding of items amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. In a Tweet, Mayor Vico Sotto said the decision to allow the tricycles was made after “our risk assessment shows that we can’t ban tricycles at this point.” “Health workers need to get to work. Some […]
(Eagle News) – There is adequate food supply for everybody so there is no need to panic, the Department of Agriculture said as it mobilized all regional offices to ensure food supplies are regularly moved to Metro Manila. Agriculture Secretary William Dar gave this assurance to the consuming public as the month-long community quarantine started in the nation’s capital. The DA said that the rice supply in the country is good for nine, and […]
(Eagle News)–The number-coding scheme in Makati has been lifted. In a Tweet, the Makati Traffic, which makes its own announcements on the number-coding scheme in the city, said this was until further notice. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority on Friday said the scheme was lifted in Metro Manila as a precaution against the coronavirus disease. The announcement was made days before the community quarantine on Metro Manila. The MMDA said the suspension of the scheme […]
(Eagle News)–A University of the Philippines faculty member tested positive for the novel coronavirus, UP Diliman said in an advisory on Sunday, March 15. UPD said, however, that the campus remains COVID-19-free as the patient, who had come from travel, “immediately did self-quarantine before checking in the hospital and has had no interaction from anyone in UP Diliman.” UPD said two of its three persons under investigation have tested negative for the novel coronavirus. UPD […]
(Eagle News)–All public utility vehicles should limit their number of passengers during the community quarantine, based on the guidelines released by the Department of Transportation. According to the DOTr, the following is the limit of each PUV to avoid any concentration of passengers in a single area: Transportation Network Vehicle Services (TNVS), including airport taxis: not more than four passengers. Multiple bookings for a single trip provided by the TNVS, and the pilot implementation of […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Saturday, March 14, said the imposition of a curfew in Metro Manila would depend on the issuance of ordinances to the effect in each local government unit. “The legal basis for the curfew are the ordinances and the mayors agreed to issue these on Monday. So Monday ito,” Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said. Earlier, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Metro Manila mayors have agreed […]
(Eagle News)–Cebu Pacific has cancelled its flights to and from Metro Manila. CebuPac said the cancelled flights are from March 15 to April 14 and were “in line with the Philippine government directive for a community quarantine over Metro Manila to contain the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19).” Passengers on cancelled flights can choose from any of these options, CebuPac said: -Travel ahead of original schedule on flights until March 14, 2020, free of […]
Curfew is from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., MMDA says (Eagle News)–Metro Manila mayors will impose a curfew over the National Capital Region starting Sunday, March 15, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said. People will not be allowed on the streets from 8 pm to 5 am until April 14, MMDA General Manager Jojo Garcia announced on Saturday. He said that those particularly covered by the curfew were non-essential activities such as “‘yung mga gumigimik […]
(Eagle News)–People who work in Metro Manila but who live outside will be allowed to travel in and out of the National Capital Region when the community quarantine starts. “All workers, whether employed or self-employed, will be provisionally allowed to travel to and from NCR (National Capital Region), subject to review by the IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) if public health considerations so warrant,” the community quarantine guidelines issued by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea in […]
