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A member of the leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday urged the government to consider banning the flights from countries that have the new strain of the Covid-19 virus, and stressed that it was the prudent course of action with the government yet to roll out Covid-19 vaccines to the public and with […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has lauded the lifting of the travel ban on outbound passengers, except Filipino tourists, amid the enforcement of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. “The Department of Tourism welcomed the decision of the (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases) (IATF-EID) to lift the 72-hour window for individuals […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomed the lifting of the travel ban to Taiwan to minimize the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global threat on the local tourism industry. “The lifting of the travel ban on Taiwan is highly assuring and we hope that the (Covid-19) crisis would soon be resolved, worldwide. Ultimately, the […]
Minority Leader Rep. Benny Abante Jr. on Saturday welcomed the government’s decision to remove Taiwan from the list of areas covered by the country’s travel ban, saying the move would benefit the 120,000 overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan and help lessen the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the economy. “This is good news for […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has advised its foreign offices in China to relay to all stakeholders the latest directive by President Rodrigo Duterte to temporarily ban entry to the Philippines of any person coming from China, Hong Kong and Macau to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The DOT said a mandatory […]
Senator Bong Go condemned U.S. senators for their “brazen interference” in the judicial process and internal affairs of the Philippines. This came on the heels of the news that a panel of the U.S. Senate has approved an amendment in an appropriations bill that will ban Philippine government officials from entering U.S. territory for their […]