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(Eagle News)–Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla on Monday, April 20, said he wants the military to enforce the enhanced community quarantine in the province. Remulla made the announcement following reports some people continued to violate the quarantine and loitered on the streets. “Hinde po ako pwede magkunwari, na nararamdaman ko ang dinadaanan ninyo. Ako ay pinanganak sa ibang kalagayan. Ngunit araw araw, ang inyong dinadanas ay ang unang nasa isip ko pag gising pa lamang. Napakahirap […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has set up a meeting with health experts on Monday, April 20, to help him decide on whether or not to extend or modify the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. In a radio interview, Senator Bong Go said also invited to the meeting were the secretaries of health of previous administrations. “Makapagbigay sila ng payo o mag-contribute man lang sila dahil binabalanse ng Pangulo ang lahat,” he said. The ECQ in […]
(Eagle News)–The Northern Luzon Expressway Corporation 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 Saturday, April 18: All frontliners, NLEx Corp. said, continue to operate 24/7. The ECQ is expected to end on April 30.
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday, April 17, said a second extension of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon was possible if the coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country continue to increase. “May posibilidad yan. Base nga doon sa epidemiological data, kung ‘yan ay patuloy na tataas, kailangan talagang ituloy-tuloy natin ito,” Año said of the possibility in a radio interview. Año clarified however that President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to decide on […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 16, called on Filipinos to observe the enhanced community quarantine rules strictly. The President made the call as he noted he himself could not return to Davao because his daughter, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, had imposed a lockdown. “Alam kong lahat sabik na sabik kayo. Ako rin hindi makauwi. Hindi ako pinapayagan ng mayor doon makapunta. Walang eroplanong maka-landing sa Davao City,” Duterte said. He said he himself wanted […]
(Eagle News)–The government is working on a recovery plan with the expected lifting of the enhanced community quarantine on April 30, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday. According to Nograles, spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the plan includes an economic recovery plan for the country. He said a presentation was already made but “ang caveat, ang colatilla doon was that hindi pa siya kumpleto.” they still […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, April 15, reminded local government units to ensure non-essential establishments remain closed amid the enhanced community quarantine. Año issued the statement after receiving reports some establishments that were not exempted from operating under the guidelines issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases have resumed operations. According to Memorandum Circular 2020-062, LGUs should ensure only those providing or manufacturing […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government has issued show-cause orders against three governors and two mayors for allegedly violating the enhanced community quarantine guidelines. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the local government officials, whom he did not identify, were given 48 hours to explain why administrative charges should not be filed against them for their alleged negligence and dereliction of duty and supposed violation of the Bayanihan to Heal […]
Predicts COVID-19 cases could reach 9,000 to 44,000 by April 30 (Eagle News) – A team from the University of the Philippines looking into the effectivity of the Philippine government’s Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) said that the policy has been effective so far in delaying the doubling time of COVID-19 cases in the country. The UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team “looked into the best available data” to help the national and local government […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Tuesday, April 14, called on local government units to pass ordinances that would impose fines on violators of the enhanced community quarantine. Año made the appeal in a phone interview during a Laging Handa virtual press briefing. “Kung di mo ‘yan maikulong, magmulta siya ng P1,000 o P2,000, eh talagang magtatanda at susunod na ‘yan,” he said. Año issued the statement amid reports of people who continue to violate […]
(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)–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 […]
