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JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the possibility that some groups or syndicates are receiving bribes in exchange for allowing travelers to skip quarantine protocols. Guevarra said the NBI will look into arrival records at the airports of involved travelers and their…

In his Talk to the people, Duterte claimed that hotel personnel cannot "physically stop" those insisting to escape quarantine, adding that only the police or designated government personnel have the authority to enforce quarantine.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday ordered law enforcers to guard “quarantine hotels” for returning Filipinos after at least two travelers from the US had purportedly skipped government protocols. This, as Duterte acknowledged hotels have no “coercive power” to enforce government’s quarantine policy. “It would not be legally correct to go after hotel owners or the […]

President Rodrigo R. Duterte ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to deploy at least two police officers in hotels used as Covid-19 quarantine facilities to prevent incidents of persons skipping their mandatory quarantine. He said hotel owners do not have the authority or power to stop…

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos, Jr. (File photo) MANILA - There will soon be enhanced restrictions regulating the movement of individuals still unvaccinated against Covid-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) as agreed upon by the Metro Manila Council (MMC). In a virtual presser on Monday, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. said MMDA Resolution No. 22-01, series of 2022, urges local g...

Acting Presidential Spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - Returning travelers in the Philippines have been warned they may face imprisonment if they are caught violating Covid-19 quarantine protocols, Malacanang said Monday. Acting Presidential Spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles reminded inbound travelers and hotels to ensure compliance with all quarantine protocols or face both civil and criminal charges. "Sa (In the) Notifiable...

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) will be filing criminal charges against Gwyneth Anne Chua, the controversial 'Poblacion Gril' who skipped the mandatory quarantine for returning Filipinos from abroad, and eight other people for violations of the government's health protocols. C

This is how the COVID virus keeps winning this battle: 2021 closed with authorities livid over a Filipina who arrived from the United States, reportedly skipped quarantine and partied in Poblacion, Makati while waiting for her COVID test result, which turned out positive.

COVID-19 virus Charges are being readied against a returning overseas individual who allegedly skipped the mandatory quarantine upon arrival in the Philippines, the Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) said on Friday, Dec. 31. “Itong recently case na nangyari nakaready na ang complaint natin, kami ang comp

Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Thursday confirmed that a returning Filipina from the United States breached quarantine protocols this December and tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat did not drop a name but shared in a radio interview that the woman was seen in a bar in Poblacion, Makati City where she partied the day after she arrived in t...