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(Eagle News) – Foreign cruise ships carrying Filipino crew are allowed to dock in Manila ports and will be used as quarantine facilities for its Filipino crew members, according to the Inter-agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases. This was contained in Resolution no. 24 by the IATF, Cabinet Secretary and IATF spokesperson Karlo Nograles said. He said that the foreign ships carrying Filipino crew members will only be allowed to dock in Manila […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of Health to finalize the guidelines on the use of rapid test kits for the coronavirus disease 2019. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, also the spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, made the announcement on Thursday, April 16, as the government intensifies its efforts to test people in order to isolate and treat them. President Rodrigo Duterte earlier ordered […]
(Eagle News) – Filipino households consuming less than 50 kilowatts per hour of electricity do not need to pay their electricity bills for the “March to April billing period,” the Philippine government announced on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that except for a one-month grace period, these “lifeline consumers” don’t need to pay this month’s electricity bill. This is effective nationwide. “Sa mga kababayan nating kumukunsumo ng mas mababa sa 50 […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has given the go-signal for a wage subsidy program for middle class workers affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the announcement a day after Finance Undersecretary Karl Chua unveiled details of the program aimed at helping around 1.6 million small businesses and their 3.4 million employees. Chua had said the small businesses would be identified through the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Priority would be given […]
(Eagle News)–Doctors, nurses and other medical workers who have signed overseas employment contracts as of March 8 can leave the country. This is according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who announced on Tuesday, April 14, the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases which met the day before. The issue on whether the country’s medical workers would be allowed to leave amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic was discussed […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is now the lead agency tasked to conduct contact tracing of individuals who might be infected with COVID-19, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Under the latest IATF resolution no. 22, the OCD and the Department of Health will enter into a “data sharing agreement” in accordance with the Data Privacy Act or Republic Act No. 10173, but it is the […]
(Eagle News) – Starting tomorrow, Thursday, April 9, the public is enjoined to show their appreciation for the country’s frontliners in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by going to their doorways or windows and giving an applause, or by posting or sharing videos thanking them. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced this in a virtual presser of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on Wednesday, April 8. He said that on […]
(Eagle News) – The Interagency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease again warned those who are committing acts of harassment and discrimination due to fears about COVID-19, saying that they will be charged and penalized in accordance with the Bayanihan to Heal as One Law. Cabinet Secretary and IATF spokesperson Karlo Nograles repeated the warning on Monday, April 6, after receiving reports that the family of a patient who died due to coronavirus in […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that “there is an emerging consensus” from medical experts, businessmen, government officials and other individuals to extend the enhanced community quarantine for another two weeks. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this in a statement as the quarantine period is set to end on April 12 in Luzon. Panelo said that President Rodrigo Duterte is observing and studying the situation, while consulting experts, as he wants the virus pandemic to […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government on Saturday, April 4, thanked the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Executive Minister for allowing the use of the whole Ciudad de Victoria complex in Bulacan to house coronavirus patients as well as the frontliners, including the health care workers who will be treating them. In a virtual presser, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles thanked INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo Manalo after the Church Of Christ allowed not […]
No military control of Luzon either, Nograles says (Eagle News)–The Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases on Friday, March 27, belied social media reports the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine would be extended. In a radio interview, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles also denied there would be military control over Luzon. “To the public, do not share, do not post itong mga fake news na ito (these fake news),” Nograles said. Nograles […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang reminded local government officials that all types of cargo – food and non-food – should be allowed to pass “unhampered” in all local government units nationwide “to avert any threat of shortage.” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced this after the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases reaffirmed its earlier resolution on the “policy on the unhampered flow of cargoes.” This was after the IATF meeting that revised certain resolutions regarding […]
