Face shield policy to return once Omicron enters PH, higher alert levels imposed

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 11/29/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The mandatory face shield policy will be implemented again once the Omicron variant of COVID-19 enters the Philippines, and higher alert levels will be imposed in affected areas, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday.…

Kim Chiu on her face shield: ‘Salamat sa lahat ng pinagsamahan natin’

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 11/19/2021

CEBU, Philippines — Seems like some people online are rejoicing on the nixing of the mandatory use of face shields in areas under Alert 3 and lower, and these included actress Kim Chiu. On Instagram, the Cebuana actress…

Lapu-Lapu lifts face shield rule; Mandaue still sees need to wear face shields

Mary Rose Sagarino and Futch Anthony Inso 11/11/2021

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City has formally lifted its face shield requirement on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said he already signed the executive order for the matter though it was not…

Garcia only requires use of face shields in 3C’s setting

Mae Fhel Gom-os 11/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Starting Friday, November 5, 2021, the use of face shields in Cebu Province shall only be required in the 3’Cs setting as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia…

Año to propose removal of policy on face shield use, says DILG exec

11/04/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año will propose the lifting of the face shield use policy in the next meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases.…

Cebu City EOC to public: Continue wearing face shields inside public transport

Dyrecka Letigio 09/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) urges the public to continue wearing face shields inside public transportation.  Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementor of the EOC, said that the new policy imposed…

Labor group: Air purifiers on employees is a financial burden

Dyrecka Letigio 09/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A labor group in Cebu is pleading to Governor Gwendolyn Garcia to reconsider requiring employees of establishments allowed to operate under General Community Quarantine with heightened restrictions (GCQ-hr) to wear personal air purifiers…

Cebu City releases new PUV protocols

Dyrecka Letigio 08/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has released the new and updated health protocols for public utility vehicles (PUVs). The city is set to start to implement the updated guidelines for PUVs next week. This…

CCSC reopening: Management lays down rules for using track oval

Glendale G. Rosal 04/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the management of the Cebu City Sports Center sees its reopening on May 3 as its way of slowly getting back on its feet, it also lays down the ground rules to…

Ahong extends face shield policy to another week

Futch Anthony Inso 03/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Lapu-Lapu City Government has extended to another week the implementation of the mandatory wearing of a face shield for Oponganons who will go out of their residences. The said policy was supposed…

Ahong moves implementation of face shield policy to March 18

Futch Anthony Inso 03/10/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines- Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has moved the start of the implementation of the mandatory wearing of face shields in the city to March 18, 2021. In his public address on his Facebook…

Grand disarray

Philippine Daily Inquirer 12/24/2020

The Philippines last week became the lone country in the world to mandate the use of face shields, supposedly to help temper the dreaded surge in COVID-19 cases after the Christmas and New Year holidays, when friends…

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