Travelers from India and nine other countries are still barred from entering the Philippines until the end of August, Malacañang announced Friday. This, after President Rodrigo Duterte, upon the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), extended the travel restrictions imposed on travelers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. “President Rodrigo Roa Duterte approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force to extend the current travel restrictions in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia from August
Mayor Evelio Leonardia has ordered the lockdown of two residential areas in Barangays Sum-ag and Banago here, where two cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Delta variant have been confirmed on Thursday. “Upon receiving confirmation from health authorities, I immediately ordered for localized containment measures/surgical lockdown [of the two areas],” Leonardia said in a statement on Friday. The Department of Health (DOH) informed the City Mayor’s Office and the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force that two city residents turned out positive for the Delta variant as indicated in the results of the genome sequencing conducted by the Philippine Genome Center. “It
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed 84 complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against suspected tax evaders involving PHP3.15 billion in estimated tax liabilities in the first half of 2021. According to a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, the BIR is also pursuing 17 cases before the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) as of end-June to collect an estimated PHP1.54 billion in total tax liabilities under its Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) program. BIR Deputy Commissioner Arnel Guballa said in his report during a recent Department of Finance (DOF) executive committee (Execom) meeting that as
Over 40,000 people were apprehended for violations of quarantine rules and minimum public health safety standards on the first week of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Friday. PNP chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, citing latest data from the Joint Task Force (JTF) Covid Shield, said from August 6 to 12, there were 40,314 violators who were either warned or fined for various violations of public health safety protocols and quarantine guidelines in 34 quarantine control points in the region. “Since the start of the ECQ implementation in Metro Manila on August
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) dismantled on Thursday night a suspected drug den in Barangay Dau here that also led to the arrest of five suspects and confiscation of PHP136,000 worth of shabu. PDEA regional director Bryan B. Babang on Friday identified the arrested suspects as Edwin Deotoy, Ruben Garcia, Jimmy Del Monte, Eduardo Tuazo, and Jomelhyn Dungca, all residents of this city. Babang said the suspects were caught in the act of having a pot session. He said the raid yielded 20 grams of shabu amounting to PHP136,000, assorted drug paraphernalia, and the buy-bust money. Charges
The Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) said there was no major damage in the city’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) temporary treatment and monitoring facilities (TTMFs) after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that jolted Davao Oriental early Thursday. In a radio interview Thursday, CDRRMO chief Alfredo Baloran said based on their raw assessment, only minor or hairline cracks were noted in three Covid-19 TTMFs – University of the Philippines Mintal Isolation Facility, Doña Carmen Elementary School, and A.L. Navarro Elementary and High School. “The facilities are all safe and no evacuation was advised. We also asked the help
