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FACE MASKS STILL REQUIRED IN QC – BELMONTE

Officials of Quezon City’s 142 villages have been ordered to strictly implement the wearing of face masks as the local government retained “yellow” status under its monitoring system due to the continued rise in COVID-19 cases. Face masks must be worn at all times in indoor and outdoor settings, the city government ordered. The Department […]

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DISPOSE FACE MASKS PROPERLY – CIMATU

As the whole country struggles to cope with the rising number of coronavirus cases, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reiterated its call for the proper disposal of household health care waste to protect garbage collectors and haulers from COVID-19 and other diseases. Since the start of the pandemic in March last year, […]

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‘LIBRENG FACE MASK PROJECT’ MAKES 30M MASKS – DTI

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported that the Free Mask project has produced and delivered 30,808,518 pieces of free cloth washable face masks for the benefit of the “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino” Program (4Ps) beneficiaries and other marginalized sectors in COVID-19 high-risk areas. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said that the consistent efforts of all […]

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LOCAL MANUFACTURERS NOW CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PPE, FACE MASKS – LOPEZ

During the meeting of some Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-EID) Cabinet officials with President Rodrigo Duterte recently in Davao City, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez presented the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)’s additional response in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.  “We reported to the President that the Philippines now […]

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POOR, VULNERABLE SECTORS TO BE GIVEN FREE FACE MASKS – GO

Senator Bong Go assured that the poor and other vulnerable sectors of society will be given free face masks by the government as it begins enforcing a stricter mask-wearing policy to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “Last month, I urged the government to enforce a stronger mask-wearing policy in the country. I appealed to […]

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GOV’T TO GIVE 30M FACE MASKS FOR FREE – LOPEZ

The country’s poor families and vulnerable sectors need not worry about complying with the health and safety protocols against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the government recently launched a community distribution of free washable face masks to contain the pandemic. Dubbed as “Bida Solusyon: MaskVIDA (Mask for Vulnerable and Indigent; Delivered and Available) laban kontra […]

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TESDA TO PRODUCE UP TO 50M REUSABLE FACE MASKS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC – BERTIZ

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has been commissioned to mass-produce up to 50 million reusable cloth face masks within the next four months to help protect the public against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A Cabinet cluster gave TESDA the job of churning out the washable face masks that will […]

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PHILIPPINES NOW MAKING 25-M FACE MASKS A MONTH – DTI

The Philippines has ramped up its capacity to locally produce face masks amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, an official from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. “In fact, our local supply now reaches 25 million, from about 7 million to 8 million combined capacity of MedTecs and Yokoisada,” DTI Undersecretary Ceferino […]

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ALCOHOL, FACE MASK SUPPLIES STABLE – LOPEZ

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said the supply and demand situation for alcohol and face masks has already stabilized. In an interview on ANC recently, Lopez said there are now available supplies of alcohol in drugstores and supermarkets while retailers can already increase the number of face masks that can be […]

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TAIWAN COMPANY TO PRODUCE 1,000 VENTILATORS, 2.5M FACE MASKS TO SUPPORT PH’S FIGHT VS COVID-19 – LOPEZ

New Kinpo Group (NKG) CEO, Simon Shen, recently informed the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of its immediate plans for its Philippine subsidiary, Cal-Comp Philippines to produce medical-grade face masks and ventilators solely for the Philippine market in light of the current COVID-19 crisis. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez and Board of Investments (BOI) Managing […]