Apayao & Benguet placed under MECQ until May 23, 2021
Philippine Information Agency
11 May 2021, 18:38 GMT+10
BAGUIO CITY, May 11 (PIA) The National Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has placed Apayao and Benguet under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from May 10 to 23, 2021.
The National IATF-EID issued Resolution No. 114-C series of 2021 signed on Sunday(May 9) placing the provinces of Apayao and Benguet in the Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan in Region 2 under a more stringent MECQ status in the next 14 days. Upon the recommendation of the Screening and Validation Committee, Cagayan, Apayao, and Benguet shall be placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine from May 10, 2021, to May 23, 2021, the IATF resolution read.
Published May 10, 2021, 2:28 PM
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to file charges against the owner of a resort in Caloocan City for violation of the quarantine rules when it allowed a large crowd of people to go on a swimming activity despite the restrictions on mass gathering amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said the investigation being conducted by the police also include the barangay chairman for neglect of duty when the local official failed to monitor the presence of a large crowd at the GUbat sa Ciudad Resort in Barangay Bagumbong in Caloocan City on Sunday, May 9.
Published May 10, 2021, 2:43 PM
The government has tightened the community quarantine status of three provinces for the next two weeks in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Residents of Tondo, Manila receive food packs from local barangay officials and policemen in observance of Mother’s Day on May 9, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin)
Cagayan, Apayao, and Benguet have been reverted to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from May 10 to 23, 2021 based on the latest resolution issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF). The resolution on the change of quarantine status, issued by the task force on May 9, was released by the Palace Monday, May 10.
Published May 10, 2021, 4:00 PM
Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, the owner of Solaire Resort & Casino and Jeju Sun Hotel & Casino, reported a net loss of P780.8 million in the first quarter of the year from a net income of P1.4 billion in the same period last year.
However, the firm disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange that net loss improved by 68 percent compared to the P2.5 billion net loss incurred in the fourt quarter of 2020.
“Despite the challenges, the Company generated solid results in the first three months of 2021 with gaming revenues, EBITDA and the bottom line improving from the previous quarter, said Bloomberry Chairman and CEO Enrique K. Razon Jr.
QUEZON CITY, May 9 Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) directed all local chief executives (LCEs) to strictly impose the prohibition or limitation of mass gatherings under the different community quarantine classifications to protect public health and safety or face sanctions for dereliction of duty.
“Local government units (LGUs) have a critical role in enforcing mass gathering regulations as they are nearer to their constituencies compared to the national government. What LCEs can do is to adopt and implement guidelines and policies of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) as well as enact necessary local policies to support these regulations,” said DILG Secretary Eduardo Año.