modified-quarantine | ABS-CBN News

10,000 violate rules on motorcycle backride: DILG

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 08:44 AM

Some 10,000 people violated protocols on pillion-riding on motorcycles, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Tuesday.  Read more »

Deadline to install motorcycle barrier for pillion-riding extended again

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 03:34 PM

An inter-agency task force has again extended the deadline for installing protective dividers for pillion riding on motorcycles, the interior department said Friday.  Read more »

Philippines reimposes ban on non-essential overseas travel

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 01:02 PM

An inter-agency task force on the coronavirus pandemic has again banned non-essential travel abroad, Malacañang said Thursday.  Read more »

Only foreigners with long-term visas may enter Philippines from August: BI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 11:46 AM

Only foreigners with permanent or existing immigrant visas can enter the country starting Aug. 1, the Bureau of Immigration said Tuesday.  Read more »

Deadline for motorcycle barrier extended to July 26: police

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 07:58 AM

An inter-agency task force has extended the deadline for installing protective dividers for pillion riding on motorcycles to July 26, from July 20, police said Tuesday. Read more »

Mayor denies Quezon City out to 'indiscriminately arrest' quarantine violators

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 10:59 AM

MANILA — Law enforcers in Quezon City are "not out to indiscriminately arrest people" using a memorandum that summarizes laws and protocols on containing the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Joy Belmonte said Monday.  Read more »

15,000 apprehended in QC for not wearing masks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 07:53 AM

Authorities in Quezon City have apprehended some 15,000 people for failing to wear anti-coronavirus masks, in violation of a local ordinance, an official said Monday.    Read more »

Palace: Some areas to go back to stricter lockdown

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 02:55 PM

Several areas will return to general community quarantine or GCQ from modified GCQ, said Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, hours ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte's announcement of fresh lockdown classifications. Read more »

Relaxing Metro Manila quarantine 'out of the question': Roque

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 09:52 AM

Downgrading the pandemic lockdown of some 12 million people Metro Manila is "out of the question", Malacañang said Wednesday, as cases of the novel coronavirus disease continued to spike.  Read more »

MRT-3 bans talking inside trains to prevent COVID-19 spread

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 12:44 PM

The MRT-3 prohibited passengers from talking inside trains to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as it resumed operations on Monday after an outbreak of the respiratory disease. Read more »

MRT-3 ops back after coronavirus hits hundreds of personnel

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 08:19 AM

The MRT-3 operations resumed Monday on a limited capacity after a 6-day shutdown that gave way to a coronavirus screening of its personnel. Read more »

Philippines eyes wider coronavirus asymptomatic testing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 11:39 AM

The health department aims to expand its coronavirus testing to cover more individuals without any symptoms of the disease to contain the pandemic as the Philippines relaxes its lockdown measures, an official said Thursday.    Read more »

Coronavirus disease cases may top 100,000 by August, warns UP expert

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 12:30 PM

Cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines may surpass the 100,000-mark by the end of August, an expert from the University of the Philippines said Tuesday, as he urged the government to tweak pandemic protocols. Read more »

Cebu City 'quite good' with half of COVID-19 patients recovered: mayor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 02:47 PM

Cebu City has done "quite good" in efforts to contain its cases of the coronavirus disease, the highest in the country, with half of its patients having recovered, its mayor said Thursday.  Read more »

Cebu City deploys nearly 500 coronavirus contact tracers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 02 03:03 PM

Cebu City is deploying 480 contact tracers who will locate residents exposed to coronavirus patients, Mayor Edgardo Labella said Thursday, as the trading hub sought to contain a spike in cases of the respiratory disease.    Read more »

Cebu City daily tax collection down to P100,000 from P12 million before lockdown: mayor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 11:38 AM

The coronavirus lockdown of Cebu City brought down its daily collection of real property and business taxes to P100,000, Mayor Edgardo Labella said Thursday.  Read more »

Mayor denies Cebu City hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 10:19 AM

The mayor of Cebu City denied Thursday an observation by President Rodrigo Duterte's representative that hospitals there are overwhelmed by cases of the coronavirus disease.  Read more »

Cebuanos hardheaded? 'Other factors' led to COVID-19 spike in Cebu City: mayor

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 09:21 AM

Several factors fueled the increase of coronavirus cases in Cebu City, its mayor said Thursday, after President Rodrigo Duterte called residents there hardheaded and complacent. Read more »

Health chief Duque may not be 'right guy' to fight COVID-19: senator

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 12:17 PM

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III might not be the "right guy" to lead the country's coronavirus fight despite President Rodrigo Duterte's repeated defense of his track record, Sen. Nancy Binay said Wednesday.  Read more »

Binay contradicts Palace: PH 'not winning' in pandemic battle

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 01 01:10 PM

The Philippines is "not winning" in its fight to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Sen. Nancy Binay said Wednesday, contradicting a statement by Malacañang.    Read more »