Tag: general community quarantine (GCQ)

Liquor ban still in place in Manila amid GCQ

(Eagle News) – The liquor ban imposed over the city of Manila is still in place despite transition to general community quarantine, and business owners caught selling alcoholic beverages will face closure, the city’s mayor announced on Tuesday, June 2. “[A] liquor ban is still being implemented despite the city’s transition to General Community Quarantine”, Manila mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said in the statement. Domagoso reminded owners of convenience stores, groceries, and other establishments […]

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Videoconferencing hearings to continue in GCQ areas, says Supreme Court

(Eagle News) – Videoconferencing hearings will continue in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ), the Supreme Court (SC). In an announcement on Sunday, May 31, SC Court Administrator Midas Marquez cited the initial success of the videoconferencing hearings held in various authorized courts nationwide. More than 7,000 videoconferencing hearings were done in a month, and more than 22,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released during the lockdown period. “There have been already three convictions […]

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At least 19 MRT-3 trains to run in Metro Manila amid GCQ to allow social distancing, says DOTr

Trains to run at 40 kph instead of the usual 30 kph   (Eagle News) – Nineteen MRT-3 trains with faster operating speeds are will be used starting today, June 1, as Metro Manila eases into general community quarantine (GCQ). “Ang gagamitin na tren sa Lunes ay hindi na 14 o 15. Ang gagamitin ay 19 na tren. Sa ganitong pamamaraan, madadagdagan ang biyahe at madadagdagan ang mga mananakay bagamat limited capacity,” Department of Transportation […]

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PNP recruitment and training programs to resume as NCR eases to GCQ on June 1

(Eagle News) – Recruitment and training programs will resume under the “new normal” starting Monday, June 1, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced on Saturday, May 30. In a statement, PNP Chief Archie Gamboa announced that the PNP’s Recruitment and Selection Service (RSS) “will resume processing of applications for recruitment to fill existing vacancies for recruitment, lateral entry, and cadetship program”. Under a memorandum issued by the PNP’s National Headquarters, a new set of guidelines […]

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No major incidents reported on 1st day of quarantine transition, says PNP

  (Eagle News) – No major untoward incident was reported during the first day of the transition to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) and general community quarantine (GCQ), the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Saturday, May 16. “The first day of transition to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine and General Community Quarantine went ahead smoothly and orderly”, the PNP said in a statement. Instead, the PNP is concerned with challenges on the enforcement of quarantine […]

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Religious, work gatherings allowed in GCQ areas, with observance of strict social distancing

(Eagle News) – Religious activities and work-related gatherings will be allowed in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ), with strict observance of social distancing, according to Malacanang a day before May 1, the start of the so-called “new normal” of extended quarantine protocols. “Ngayon po, ung mga essential work gatherings and religious activies, pupwede na pong magpatuloy provided mayroong social distancing na at least two meters (Now, essential work gatherings and religious activities may continue, […]

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