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(Eagle News)–Over 10,000 additional contact tracers will be hired for Metro Manila, Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said on Thursday, Aug. 27. In a radio interview, Malaya said this was given a 13-million population for the National Capital Region, so far the epicenter of COVID-19 in the country. He said the World Health Organization’s ratio for contact tracer to population is 1:800. So far, he said Metro Manila has 4,000 contact tracers. “Ang hinahanap namin, first […]
(Eagle News) — Over 400 local officials and civilians are facing criminal charges over anomalies in the distribution of the government’s financial assistance under the Social Amelioration Program. In a statement, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said of the 437, 203 were elected public officials, including a municipal mayor, city and municipal councilors, barangay captains, barangay kagawads, SK chairmen and SK councilors. Another 102 are barangay and city personnel, including barangay secretaries, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Friday, Aug. 21, welcomed Congress’ approval of a budget that would allow for the hiring of contact tracers under the proposed Bayanihan law 2. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said with the P5 billion from the P165.5-billion budget under the approved final version, a maximum of 50,000 more contact tracers can be hired by the government, allowing for compliance with the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government has ordered the deployment of policemen to remittance centers as the distribution of the second tranche of financial assistance from the Social Amelioration Program wraps up. Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said Interior Secretary Eduardo Año gave the order to Joint Task Force COVID Shield chief Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar amid reports from field offices there were long lines in some remittance centers. “We advise them […]
(Eagle News) — Quarantine passes will be used again in areas under a modified enhanced community quarantine. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who gave a radio interview on Monday, Aug. 3, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte announced Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan and Rizal would be classified as MECQ areas starting Tuesday, Aug. 4. According to Año, quarantine checkpoints would again be set up, noting that residents will only be allowed […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 22,000 persons deprived of liberty have been released amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the 21,858 PDLs were released from March 17 to July 13 from 470 jail facilities managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. Año said of the total, 5,102 were paralegal releases through bail, plea-bargaining, parole or probation. Over 6000, or 6,756 were non-paralegal releases through acquittal or served sentences. Año said […]
(Eagle News)–Over 69,000 contact tracers have been deployed nationwide as part of the government’s efforts against COVID-19. According to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, the 69,098 contact tracers are in charge of tracking down and managing the close contacts of COVID-19 cases and offer diagnostic, counseling and treatment to confirmed cases. Año said the contact tracers have been assigned to 5,215 contact tracing teams. “Our local contact tracing teams nationwide are working double-time to interrupt the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Fire Protection will assist local health authorities in implementing the Oplan Kalinga program. This was after the Department of the Interior and Local Government gave the bureau the directive for them to help search for COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms but who are not qualified to do home quarantine, and transport them to isolation facilities. Under the government’s new policy, COVID-19 patients in those categories […]
(Eagle News) — Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año appealed to the public to cooperate with the government’s Oplan Kalinga program that aims to transfer to isolation centers the COVID-19 infected persons who have no capability to self-isolate inside their homes. He made the appeal amid the spike in virus cases especially in Metro Manila. Ano said that it is the duty of the government to prevent further spread of the virus which […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has issued show-cause orders against eight Cebu City barangay chiefs. Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said the barangay chairs, whom he did not name, were given 48 hours to explain their alleged failure to implement community quarantine protocols. “Mayroon pong mga kapitan na tinolerate nila ‘yung pa-basketball, violation ng curfew. Mayroon pong mga illegal na cockfighting na nangyari,” Malaya said. He said if the allegations […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III on Saturday, July 4, said he tested positive for COVID-19. According to Densing, he was now being taken care of at a hospital of his choice “and my body is responding positively.” He said his immune system could have been weakened “at natsambahan sa isang maikling pagkaktaon na dumaan ang virus sa pangagatawan ko.” He said he would overcome the challenge, as he urged the public to take care […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 areas nationwide are under a localized lockdown, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Friday, June 26. In a statement, Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said of the 112, 67 are in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR); 18 in the National Capital Region, 19 in Cebu City; one each in Cavite, Quezon Province, Leyte; and five in Cagayan de Oro City. Malaya said in CAR, the localized lockdown […]
