(Eagle News) — Metro Manila quarantine classifications are now only down to two: the enhanced community quarantine and the general community quarantine. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement after he said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases had “provisionally” approved the guidelines for the pilot implementation of the alert level system under granular lockdowns in the National Capital Region. “Ang pupuwede at hindi pupuwede ay depende po sa alert […]
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NCR placed under GCQ from Sept. 8 to 30, but pilot implementation of “hard” granular lockdowns to be done
IATF approves community quarantine classifications for various areas in the country for the rest of the month (Eagle News) – Metro Manila will be placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) starting Sept. 8 to 30 but will start the pilot implementation of “hard” localized or granular lockdowns in certain areas, Malacanang said Monday, Sept. 6. This as the new community quarantine classifications were announced starting Wednesday, Sept. 8, until the end of the month. […]
MECQ in Metro Manila extended until Sept. 7 as Palace bares quarantine protocols for rest of PHL
15 other areas under MECQ until Sept. 7 where only online worship service is allowed Reclassification and localized lockdowns to be implemented in case of COVID-19 spike and clustering (Eagle News) — The Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila will be extended until September 7, aside from 15 other areas with high COVID-19 cases, according to Malacanang which also announced other community quarantine classifications for the rest of the country. This is […]
Marinduque to revert to GCQ starting Aug. 16
(Eagle News) — Marinduque will revert to a general community quarantine starting Aug. 16. In a Facebook post, Governor Presbitero Velasco said he signed Executive Order No. 28 Series of 2016 declaring the GCQ until Aug. 31 due to reports of Alpha and Beta variants in the province and the “fast-increasing” COVID-19 transmission possibly due to the highly transmissible Delta variant. He also noted the Department of Health had declared the province under alert level […]
Laguna, Bulacan, Cavite, other areas under MECQ starting Aug. 16
(Eagle News) — Laguna, Bulacan, and Cavite will be under a modified enhanced community quarantine from August 16 until August 31. According to Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, the following areas will also be placed under the same community quarantine for the same period: Iloilo City Apayao Ilocos Norte Cagayan de Oro City Lucena City Rizal province Aklan Iloilo Province Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and Cebu City The following areas will be under a general community […]
PNP: Over 20,000 violators of community quarantine restrictions registered in NCR Plus on Aug. 6
(Eagle News) — Over 20,000 people were fined and warned for violation of the community quarantine restrictions in the NCR Plus bubble on the first day of implementation on Aug. 6, the Philippine National Police said over the weekend. According to the PNP, based on data from Joint Task Force (JTF) Covid Shield, 20,511 violated restrictions in place for the duration of the ECQ in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite from August 6 to […]
Only virtual worship services allowed in NCR as add’l restrictions take effect starting today, July 30
Starting today, Metro Manila enters “GCQ subject to heightened and additional restrictions” until Aug. 5, then will be placed under ECQ from Aug. 6 to 20 (Eagle News) — Malacanang announced additional restrictions that will take effect starting today, July 30, in Metro Manila as the Philippine capital is placed under “General Community Quarantine subject to heightened and additional restrictions.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the additional restrictions will take effect from July 30 […]
UPDATED: Metro Manila to revert to ECQ from Aug. 6 to 20
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila will revert to an enhanced community quarantine from August 6 to 20. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was after President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendations made by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. “Masakit na desisyon po natin ito dahil alam natin na mahirap ang ECQ pero kinakailangang gawin po ito para maiwasan ang kakulangan ng ating ICU beds at iba pang hospital requirements […]
Palace releases quarantine protocols for August; ECQ extended in Iloilo, CDO, Gingoog City
Pres. Duterte approves P1,000 per person, P4,000 per family add’l cash assistance for those under ECQ (Eagle News) — Malacanang released the list of new community quarantine protocols for August where the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) protocol will be continued in Iloilo City and Iloilo Province in Region 6, and Cagayan de Oro City and Gingoog City in Region 10 until August 7. President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force […]
Metro Manila under GCQ as Palace announces new quarantine protocols effective July 16
29 other areas under GCQ until July 31 (Eagle News) – Malacanang has released the new community quarantine protocols that would take effect starting tomorrow, Friday, July 16, wherein Metro Manila has been placed under a more relaxed General Community Quarantine (GCQ) along with 29 other areas. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte had already approved the extension of GCQ in the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila starting July 16, […]
OCTA Research supports continuation of GCQ in Metro Manila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAp2XxSpBdo (Eagle News) – The OCTA Research group supports the continuation of the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with still some restrictions in Metro Manila. Dr. Guido David, OCTA Research fellow, explained in an interview with Eagle News Service’s “Balitalakayan” on Thursday, July 15, said that it is important to continue GCQ with some restrictions since the Philippine capital is still classified as a “moderate risk” area. I think we can still have GCQ with […]
Apayao, Ifugao now under less stringent quarantine classifications following IATF appeals approval
(Eagle News) — Apayao and Ifugao are now under less stringent quarantine classifications after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases approved their appeal for the reclassification. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Apayao’s is now under a general community quarantine from the stricter modified enhanced community quarantine. Meanwhile, Ifugao is now under a modified general community quarantine. It had been classified as a GCQ area prior to the IATF’s […]





