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PHL includes 6 countries in COVID-19 “red” list

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has included six countries under its “red” list amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Palace has announced. According to Acting Spokesperson Karlo Nograles, included in the list are Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Namibia, and Spain. With their inclusion, travelers from such places are not allowed to enter the country, unless they are on board repatriation flights organized by the Philippine government and its partners. Meanwhile, the following countries are included […]

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Immigration bureau to airlines: Don’t allow boarding of passengers who won’t be given entry into PHL

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has warned airlines against allowing the boarding of passengers who are not allowed to enter the Philippines amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the bureau, airlines that do this will be meted out a hefty fine. “We are conducting 100% passport inspection to ensure that we see the complete travel history of the arriving passengers,” bureau ports operation division chief Carlos Capulong said. Only recently, the Inter-Agency Task […]

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Faroe Islands, Netherlands now included in PHL’s “red” list: Palace

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has included Faroe Islands and the Netherlands in its “red” list due to the COVID-19 situation there, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. With their inclusion, the Bureau of Immigration said those coming from those two places, or have been there in the last 14 days prior to arrival, are barred from entering the Philippines from November 16 until November 30. Filipinos coming from the archipelago and the European country may […]

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Travel restrictions imposed on four more countries as PHL updates “red list”

(Eagle News) — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has updated the country’s “red list” to include four other countries. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said now also considered high-risk for COVID-19 are  Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, and Slovenia. According to Roque, the travel restrictions on those countries will end on Sept. 30. Earlier, the Palace said Azerbaijan, Guadeloupe, Guam, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Saint Lucia, […]

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Philippines imposes travel ban on nine countries under “red list”

Travel ban in effect from Sept. 12 to 18 (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the imposition of a travel ban covering nine “red-list” countries. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said travelers from Azerbaijan, Guadeloupe, Guam, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Saint Lucia, and Switzerland  within 14 days preceding arrival in the Philippines will be banned from entering the country effective noon of September 12, 2021 until 11:59 p.m. of September 18, 2021. Those […]

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