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(Eagle News) — The enhanced community quarantine in Samar is extended to April 30. This was after Samar Governor Reynolds Michael Tan signed Executive Order No. 22, a copy of which was uploaded on Facebook on Monday, April 13. According to Tan, the extension was a recommendation of the Provincial Inter-agency Task Force on COVID-19 “in order to help control the further transmission of (the coronavirus disease 2019) in the province.” Tan said he has […]
(Eagle News)–Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Saturday, April 11, ordered a barangay captain to explain why she should not be sanctioned for allegedly holding a parade amid the enhanced community quarantine. The local government said Belmonte issued the show-cause order to Barangay Libis chair Leny Leticia Gilvano, and asked her to give an explanation within 24 hours. According to Belmonte, the conduct of the parade was a “violation of the strict prohibition against mass […]
(Eagle News)–The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the resumption of Metro Rail Transit 3 maintenance work and limited work on railroad projects amid the enhanced community quarantine. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles the resumption of the work was provided only skeletal staff would be used. On-site or near-site accommodations should also be provided for the workers, or point-to-point shuttle services, and a regular disinfection of workplaces, shuttles, and accommodations […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon to April 30, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday, April 7. In a virtual press conference, Nograles said this was after the President accepted the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases for the extension of the ECQ, which was only supposed to last until April 13. The IATF had made the recommendation in a bid […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte may make a decision on whether to lift or extend the enhanced community quarantine this weekend or next week. This is according to Carlito Galvez, chief implementor of the country’s COVID-19 national action plan, in a radio interview. “Ang nakikita ko magdedecide ang Presidente between April 12 and April 14,” he said. He said for his part, he was for the extension of the ECQ, as the number of COVID-19 deaths […]
(Eagle News)–The Northern Luzon Expressway Corp. has released its list of toll plazas on NLEx and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway amid the enhanced community quarantine. NLEx Corp. said the list was as of Sunday, April 5: The ECQ in Luzon was imposed to arrest the spread of COVID-19. It is expected to end mid-April.
(Eagle News)–A lawmaker in the House of Representatives said government should extend the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon for a month. Caloocan Rep. Edgar Erice said science and common sense based on the experiences of other countries should prompt the government to do this, noting that the gains of the ongoing 30-day ECQ would be useless if no extension is made. He said the number of cases also increases day by day. “I have been […]
