The Cebu provincial board unanimously passes an ordinance to adopt Governor Gwen Garcia's optional wearing of masks policy, but law expert warns of limits to local autonomy under a national state of ...

MANILA, Philippines — The government has eased the entry requirements for arriving foreign nationals as it continues to update its pandemic protocols to spur economic activity and reopen tourism. The ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) is set to shake up the structure of the Philippines’ pandemic task force, the IATF-EID, in the face of calls to abolish it even before President ...

The recommendation for a possible 15-day extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be strongly considered by the Inter-Agency Task Force on ...

The Department of Health (DOH) is now studying the possibility of recommending further easing of border restrictions for foreign travelers who wish to travel in the Philippines, its officer-in-charge ...

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) on Thursday to place the entire country under Alert Level (AL) 1 ...

CEBU, Philippines — Cebu’s latest policies on the entry of foreign travelers at the Mactan Airport must conform to the policies set by the national Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), the Department of ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases has agreed not to add more countries to the Philippines’ “red list” the meantime, Health Undersecretary Maria ...

Beginning Feb. 16, foreign nationals entering the country must show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19, according to the government’s pandemic task force. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the ...

Head of the Office of Presidential Adviser on Peace Process, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Carlito Galvez Jr. (Photo from OPPAP Communications and Public Affairs via CNN Philippines) OFFICIALS of ...