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PH to ban travelers from 6 countries from Jan. 1 to 15

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 04:48 PM

The Philippines will ban travelers from 6 countries in the first two weeks of 2022, government said. Read more »

Locsin questions inclusion of Italy in PH's red list

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 06:18 PM

DFA Sec. Teodoro Locsin, Jr. questioned the inclusion of Italy in the country's travel red list as the Philippines ramps up measures against the spread of Omicron. Read more »

Ban on HK flights not yet final, NTF clarifies

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 09:08 PM

(2nd UPDATE) — The National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 clarified Sunday that the Philippines is still accepting inbound flights from Hong Kong, contrary to a statement made by its spokesperson earlier in the day. Read more »

'Extend travelers' quarantine period amid threat of new COVID variant'

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 03:46 PM

A health expert on Sunday urged the government to extend the quarantine period for travelers coming into the Philippines and ban flights from more countries due to the threat of a new and potentially more contagious COVID-19 variant. Read more »

PH to ban travelers from 2 areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 12:40 PM

The Philippines will ban travelers from Faroe Islands and The Netherlands from Nov. 16 to 30, Malacañang said on Friday. Read more »

Sportswear brand gears up for travel revival

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 16 07:20 AM

Columbia Sportswear Philippines is gearing up for a travel revival and a return of demand in its key travel and adventure market. Read more »

PH granular lockdowns vs COVID-19 face challenges

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 11:35 AM

Granular lockdowns may not work in the Philippines as it may threaten the livelihood of Filipinos who have to travel to their workplaces, a doctor said. Read more »

PH to lift travel ban on 10 countries amid Delta surge

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 12:18 PM

The Philippines will lift the travel ban imposed on 10 countries starting Monday even as it continued to battle a spike of infections. Read more »

Travel ban vs COVID-19 variants to stay until Sept. 5

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 07:51 PM

The Philippines is extending for 5 days a travel ban meant to ward off more contagious COVID-19 variants, Malacañang said on Friday. Read more »

Philippines revises rules for 'green' territories

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 01:27 PM

The inter-agency task force on COVID-19 said on Friday it revised rules for "green" territories, from where fully vaccinated travelers could enjoy shorter quarantine upon arriving in the Philippines.    Read more »

Filipino in Thailand dies due to COVID-19 as infections climb: envoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 02:40 PM

A Filipino in Thailand has succumbed to COVID-19 as authorities struggle to tackle the country's biggest wave of infections so far, an envoy of Manila said on Friday.  Read more »

Philippines names more 'green' territories

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 11:45 AM

The inter-agency task force on COVID-19 said on Friday it added several more to its list of "green" territories from where fully vaccinated travelers could enjoy shorter quarantine upon arriving in the Philippines.  Read more »

IATF allows 'special commercial flights' for Pinoys stranded abroad due to travel ban

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 01:33 PM

The inter-agency task force on leading the Philippine pandemic response said on Friday it allowed "special commercial flights" to bring home Filipinos who are stuck abroad due to a travel ban that aims to prevent the spread of a more contagious COVID-19 variant in the country.    Read more »

Philippines extends travel ban vs Delta COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 03:33 PM

The Philippines is again extending a travel ban that aims to keep out the more infectious Delta COVID-19 variant, Malacañang said on Tuesday.  Read more »

OCTA group calls more contact-tracers as Philippines seeks to keep out Delta COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 08:51 PM

Research group OCTA on Thursday urged the government to hire more contact-tracers as the Philippines seeks to prevent community transmission of the more contagious Delta COVID-19 variant.  Read more »

Foreigners with Special Resident Retiree visas allowed to enter Philippines: gov't

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 09:39 PM

Foreigners with Special Resident Retiree visas are now allowed to enter the Philippines, according to the Bureau of Immigration. Read more »

IATF exempts repatriation efforts from travel ban vs Delta COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 03:29 PM

 The inter-agency task force leading the country's COVID-19 response said on Friday repatriation efforts for Filipino would be exempted from a travel ban meant to keep out the Delta COVID-19 variant first detected in India.  Read more »

Philippines extends travel ban to keep out India COVID-19 variant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 01 12:54 AM

The Philippines is extending until the middle of June its travel restrictions in a bid to keep out a more infectious COVID-19 variant first detected in India, Malacañang said on Wednesday.    Read more »

Philippines extends, expands travel ban vs COVID-19 variant from India

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 12:11 AM

The Philippines on Thursday extended its ban on travelers from India until the end of May, to arrest the spread of a COVID-19 first detected in the South Asian nation, and expanded the restriction to two more countries.  Read more »

Palace says 'doing best' to keep out India COVID-19 variant

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 03:58 PM

The Philippines is doing its "best" to keep out the COVID-19 variant detected in India, where are a record surge of coronavirus infections has pushed the healthcare system to the brink of collapse, Malacañang said on Thursday.  Read more »