No mandatory grace period for payment of loans during ECQ period from Aug 6-20

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) clarified on Wednesday that no mandatory grace period will be granted for the payment of loans and/or interest falling due within the recently announced Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period, which is from August 6-20, 2021.

Metro Manila, 4 provinces under ECQ

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has placed Metro Manila and four provinces — Cavite, Bulacan, Rizal, and Laguna–in one-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).

VIRTUAL LAAG: Camugao Falls

The BIN team had visited the town of Balilihan last March 8, 2020 before the enhanced community quarantine to see the hidden beauty of Camugao Falls.

But before reaching the cascade,  it is necessary to walk about 30 minutes from the village proper of Barangay San Isidro.

STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM (DOT) ON THE ALLEGED MARKING UP ROOM RATES FOR OFWS

The Department of Tourism (DOT) issues a stern warning to all individuals and groups who are allegedly taking advantage of the room allotments for the repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers by offering to be the middlemen, in exchange for a commission, thus marking up the room rates during the period of enhanced community quarantine in light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) concern.