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(Eagle News) – The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has raised Alert Level 2 or a “restriction phase” on Sri Lanka due to the security situation in that country. In an advisory, the DFA said that “there will be no new deployment of overseas Filipino workers to Sri Lanka, and only those with existing employment contracts are allowed to return to the country.” Citing reports from the Embassy, the DFA said that there […]
Vaccination required for on-site workers in areas with sufficient Covid vaccines, says IATF (Eagle News) — All on-site workers in establishments located in areas where there are sufficient COVID-19 vaccine supplies need to be vaccinated, according to the updated testing requirements for COVID-19 of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). “In areas where there are sufficient supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, all establishments and employers in the public and private sector shall require their eligible employees who […]
180 component towns and cities also under Alert Level 1, while 37 areas under Alert Level 2 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila and at least 67 other areas, including 46 provinces and 21 highly urbanized cities (HUCs) and independent component cities (ICCs) have been placed under Alert Level 1 until June 30. Aside from these, 180 component cities and municipalities were also placed under Alert Level 1, according to the latest approved recommendations […]
39 other provinces under Alert Level 2 until May 31 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila will remain under Alert Level 1 until May 31, along with 42 provinces and 20 cities nationwide. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved on May 14, 2022, the recommendation retaining the Alert Level 1 status of the entire National Capital Region from May 16, 2022 until May 31, 2022. The following provinces, highly urbanized cities (HUCs) and independent component […]
44 other areas under Alert Level 2 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila will remain under Alert Level 1 until May 15, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) announced on Thursday, April 28 During the same period, May 1 to May 15, Alert Level 1 is also in effect in about 94 more areas nationwide, including provinces, towns, and cities, while Alert Level 2 would be in effect in at least 44 areas. -Around 60 areas including […]
42 provinces and three cities under Alert Level 2 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila remained under Alert Level 1, while 68 other areas are also under Alert Level 1 until April 30, Malacanang said. The Inter-Agency Task Force on Tuesday, April 12, also placed 42 provinces and three cities under Alert Level 2 effectve April 16 to 30. The areas under the announced alert levels are effective April 16, 2022 until April 30, 2022. Aside […]
(Eagle News) — Taal’s alert level has been downgraded to 2 following what the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said was the volcano’s decreased unrest. According to PHIVOLCS, the “markedly declined” unrest followed the phreatomagmatic eruption of the main crater on March 26 and six weak phreatomagmatic bursts until March 31. PHIVOLCS said this decrease in activity was supported by the following observations: Since the March 26 eruption, only 86 small-magnitude and imperceptible volcanic […]
Other areas in the PHL to also be assessed if they can be de-escalated (Eagle News) – The Inter-Agency Task Force is set to decide whether to place Metro Manila under Alert Level 1 and will study current data if the National Capital Region, currently under Alert Level 2, is ripe for de-escalation. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the IATF is set to study on Thursday, February 24, the proposal of the […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government has added a new metric before an area such as the National Capital Region (NCR) could be deescalated to Alert Level 1. Secretary Francisco Duque III of the Department of Health (DOH) said that aside from decreasing number of new cases, declining Covid positivity rate, and low-risk health care utilization rates, 80 percent of the senior citizens and other vulnerable groups such as those with comorbidities should have […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila will remain under Alert Level 2 until February 28, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force which also placed seven areas under Alert Level 3 in Visayas and Mindanao. The IATF also placed several several areas under Alert Level 2 in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao: The new Alert Level classifications for the rest of the country that would take effect from February 16 to 28 was announced on Monday, February […]
(Eagle News) — Ifugao will be under a COVID-19 alert level 3 starting Feb. 1. According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, the alert level in the province will be in effect until Feb. 15. Under the alert level, some establishments are allowed to operate at a 30% indoor venue capacity for fully vaccinated people. A 50% outdoor venue capacity, meanwhile, is allowed. However, all employees of such establishments should be vaccinated. Earlier, Metro Manila and […]
Several areas placed under Alert Level 3 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila will revert to an alert level 2 starting February 1, Tuesday. According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, also under the alert level until Feb. 15 are Batanes, Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal in Luzon; Biliran and Southern Leyte in the Visayas; and Basilan in Mindanao. Meanwhile, the following areas will be under an alert level 3 during the same period: Cordillera Administrative Region: Abra, Apayao, […]
