Anti-CoVID-19 Pandemic
IATF greenlights PH financial market ops
March 18, 2020, 8:31 am
MANILA – Philippine financial markets are set to re-open any day now after getting an exemption from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. In a joint statement released early Wednesday, the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bangko Sentral ng… Read More
OFWs, balikbayans, foreigners allowed to leave PH anytime
March 18, 2020, 8:28 am
MANILA – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), balikbayans, and foreigners are allowed to leave the Philippines anytime despite the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, a Palace official said late Tuesday night. In a Palace press briefing, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said these groups will… Read More
Hotel ops ‘limited’ due to Covid-19 outbreak
March 18, 2020, 8:26 am
MANILA – The operations of hotels, resorts, and similar establishments will be “limited” during the duration of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine to prevent exposure to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a press briefing in Malacañang late Tuesday night, Cabinet… Read More
1st Covid-19 patient in Marawi City dies
March 17, 2020, 9:34 pm
ILIGAN CITY -- The patient under investigation (PUI) who was tested positive for Covid-19 died Tuesday morning and was buried past 4 p.m. on the same day in Marawi City. The patient, a male on his 50s, died hours before his laboratory test results came in at Amai Pakpak Medical Center in Marawi… Read More
W. Visayas taps over 900 cops for Covid-19 border patrol duties
March 17, 2020, 6:46 pm
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO 6) Tuesday placed 932 of its men to carry out border restrictions amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) threat. The 118 quarantine control points identified by the regional office is manned by 129 personnel in Aklan… Read More
Iloilo town uses TikTok to urge locals to stay home
March 17, 2020, 6:25 pm
ILOILO CITY – Calinog town in Iloilo province has utilized the popular TikTok, a video-sharing social networking service, to encourage its locals to stay at home while the province is observing a general community quarantine. Through its tourism office, the Calinog local government has opened on… Read More
Jaro archdiocese cancels public, congregational gatherings
March 17, 2020, 5:59 pm
ILOILO CITY – Public celebrations and congregational gatherings by Catholic faithful from parishes covered by the Archdiocese of Jaro are canceled effective March 18 until further notice. The cancelation was part of the guidelines released by the archdiocese in a press conference on Monday in… Read More
Quarantine's 'birth pains' to be fixed in due time: DTI
March 17, 2020, 5:49 pm
MANILA – Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez on Tuesday assured that “birth pains” being encountered at checkpoints will soon be fixed as the government continues to improve the full implementation of the “enhanced” community quarantine over Luzon, including Metro Manila. Lopez made this remark… Read More
Palace asks public to observe ‘self-discipline, self-help’
March 17, 2020, 5:22 pm
MANILA – Malacañang on Tuesday urged Filipinos to exercise “self-discipline and self-help,” amid the implementation of an enhanced community quarantine in the entire Luzon to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the fight against… Read More
Flights suspended at Iloilo Airport
March 17, 2020, 2:30 pm
ILOILO CITY – All flights at the Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan town are suspended from March 18 to April 14 to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has announced. The memorandum signed by Manuela Luisa… Read More
