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+ June 09, 2021 Again, Malacañang and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases are not playing fair.
Because the law, specifically Section 105 of the Local Government Code, prohibits the national government from imposing its mandate on local government units after a period of six months during an emergency situation like a pandemic, Malacañang decided to circumvent it instead.
I’m not saying it can’t do that because it just did when it again diverted international flights bound for the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Malacañang issued an extension of the diversion until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2021.
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+ June 05, 2021 It has been more than a month since the Cebu City Sports Center opened its doors to the public after it was closed for more than a year after the city was locked down at the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic at the end of March last year.
It could have resumed operations when restrictions were eased after the city’s quarantine status was downgraded to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), but it didn’t because it was used as the sleeping quarters of police personnel who were deployed here to help local police enforce Covid-19 protocols and guidelines.