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(Eagle News) – More areas are placed under community quarantine protocols with restrictions in the country as the number of single-day cases added to the country had breached 10,000. President Rodrigo Duterte announced that while the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) protocol is to prevail over Metro Manila or the National Capital Region and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal until April 4, it is still “subject to further review.” He also announced […]
(Eagle News)–Borongan City in Eastern Samar has been placed under a modified enhanced community quarantine. With the issuance of Executive Order No. JIDCA-001-0121, Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan C. Agda placed the entire Poblacion area under a “hard lockdown” following an increase in COVID-19 cases there. The hard lockdown is effective today, January 18. Under the lockdown, only essential travel will be allowed to and from the city and the Poblacion area. Work, medical and health […]
(Eagle News)–Bacolod and Lanao del Sur will be under the more stringent modified enhanced community quarantine starting Sept. 8. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was based on an Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases resolution approved by the President Rodrigo Duterte. The resolution was issued following the increase in COVID-19 cases in the two areas. Bacolod so far has 1,723 confirmed cases, Lanao del Sur, meanwhile, has 370 COVID-19 cases […]
(Eagle News)–Tuguegarao City has been placed under a modified enhanced community quarantine for ten days. In announcing the same through Executive Order No. 78, Mayor Jefferson Soriano noted the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the city. According to Soriano, under the MECQ, strict home quarantine shall be observed in all households, with the movement of residents limited only to accessing essential goods and services, and for work in establishments allowed to operate. Any person […]
(Eagle News)–An additional 968 public utility jeepneys can start plying Metro Manila streets once the modified enhanced community quarantine is lifted, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said. According to the LTFRB, the following routes will be opened: T115 Malabon – Monumento via Acacia T116 Cielito- Novaliches via Zabarte T117 Novaliches – Deparo via Susano T118 SM Fairview – Lagro Subd. Loop T119 Meycauayan, Bulacan – Bignay T120 Pantranco – Project 8 via Roosevelt […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that it would study suggestions to make the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) effective for one month in Metro Manila and other areas with high COVID-19 cases. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that this is up to the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to decide. He noted how the effects of the MECQ in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal would be […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said it is allowing “back-riding” in motorcycles if passengers are frontliners or “Authorized Person Outside of Residence (APOR). This is the only exemption to the prohibition on back riding amid the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) protocols re-imposed in Metro Manila, Bulacana, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal. APORs as backriders will only be allowed if the ride is “work-related.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced this on Tuesday, Aug. 4. “Isa pong […]
(Eagle News)– The country’s COVID-19 cases could have reached 220,000 by the end of August if Metro Manila and surrounding areas remained under General Community Quarantine (GCQ), according to a University of the Philippines prediction. But with the return to the stricter Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) protocols, UP experts said that there would be about 170,000 total cases by end of the month, saving as many as 50,000 cases. “Iyong bagong forecast po natin […]
(Eagle News)–Walk-ins will not be entertained in Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board offices during the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila. In a statement, the LTFRB said the suspension of transactions for walk-ins covering the LTFRB central and National Capital Region offices was necessary as only 50 percent of the workforce in these offices will report to work in compliance with MECQ guidelines. Majority of the workforce, the LTFRB said, will work from […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday, Aug. 4, announced it would scale down its operations as Metro Manila reverts to a modified enhanced community quarantine. In a statement, the bureau said it will maintain a skeleton workforce at its main office while the MECQ is in effect. This means it will have to temporarily suspend its online appointment system for foreign clients at the agency’s main office in Intramuros, Manila starting today, […]
(Eagle News) — Quarantine passes will again be implemented in Cavite, as the province reverts to a modified enhanced community quarantine effective today, Aug. 4. Governor Jonvic Remulla said each household will have only one pass and this is non-transferable. “Ang ‘Stay-at-Home’ order ay in effect. Sino man ang walang Q-pass at nasa lansangan ay huhulihin at bibigyan ng katumbas na multa,” he said. All public transportation may operate for essential workers, including those working […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the country breached the 106,000 mark on Monday, Aug. 3, after the Department of Health reported 3,226 cases on the same day. According to the DOH, of the 106330 total COVID-19 cases, 38,405 were active. Of this, 90.3 percent are mild, 8.2 percent are asymptomatic, 0.9 percent are severe, and 0.6 percent are critical. The DOH said of the 3226 newly-announced cases, 1541 come […]
