Duque: Shifting to MGCQ not an option yet for NCR Plus
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Saturday ruled out a possible shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) for areas ...
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Vaccine rollout: A race to beat a mutating enemy
A quick rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, with an eye on achieving herd immunity before the end of the year, ...
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Health protocols will stay even under MGCQ
"People have learned to live with the virus pending the vaccine rollout." Some local executives in Metro Manila may have ...
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Mayors shift gears to MGCQ
The National Capital Region is shifting gears for its switch to modified general community quarantine from its existing general community ...
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MGCQ: Not a choice between life and livelihood
"We have for one year learned to live with COVID-19." Placing Metro Manila under Modified General Community Quarantine will ...
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Businesses under MGCQ sites allowed to open at full capacity
The Department of Trade and Industry issued a memorandum circular allowing several business establishments in areas under modified general community ...
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Cockfight ban lifted
The government’s COVID-19 task force has lifted the ban on cockfighting but this will only apply to areas under modified ...
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Cotabato sets ‘No-Movement Sunday’ after 2 new virus cases
COTABATO CITY—Two new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prompted the second declaration here of a “No-Movement Sunday” on Aug. ...
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Local Roundup: ‘Filipinos feel comfortable with lifting of curbs’
More than half of the Filipinos surveyed in a recent poll “feel comfortable” if they will physically leave their homes ...
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Rody approves limited face-to-face classes in low-risk areas under MGCQ
(UPDATED as of 12:58PM) President Rodrigo Duterte said he is okay with a proposal of the Department of Education to ...
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