Client Bulletin No. 29 (Updates on COVID-19 related PH Issuances): GCQ over Metro Manila Again Extended until August 15, 2020 

August, 2020 - SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

This is a briefing on the issuances as of August 1, 2020 on the following matters in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic:

A. General Community Quarantine (GCQ) over Metro Manila Again Extended until August 15, 2020

B. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Allows More Business Establishments to Operate During GCQ from August 1, 2020

 

A. General Community Quarantine (GCQ) over Metro Manila Again Extended until August 15, 2020

  1. The period of General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila, which was already extended to July 31, 2020, 1 has again been extended until August 15, 2020. 2 The President announced on July 31 the extension of the GCQ period. 3

    Cebu City, which was under the stricter Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) from July 16 to July 31, 2020, is now also under GCQ until August 15, 2020. 4 The table below sets out the types of community quarantine imposed on various areas of the country pursuant to the announcement of the President. 5

Read the complete Client Bulletin No. 29 here

 

1 See our Cient Bulletin No. 26 dated July 21, 2020 at https://syciplawresources.com/2020/07/21/syciplawbulletin-25-gcq-over-metro-manila-is-further-extended-until-july-31-2020/.

2 Duterte extends GCQ in Metro Manila to August 15 dated July 31, 2020; https://rappler.com/nation/duterte-extends-gcq-metro-manila-august-15-2020; last visited at 10:50 AM on August 1, 2020.

3 Duterte extends GCQ in Metro Manila to August 15 dated July 31, 2020; https://rappler.com/nation/duterte-extends-gcq-metro-manila-august-15-2020; last visited at 10:50 AM on August 1, 2020.

4 Metro Manila, Cebu City under GCQ – Duterte; https://rappler.com/nation/duterte-extends-gcq-metromanila-august-15-2020; last visited at 10:54 AM on August 1, 2020.

5 See also IATF Resolution No. 60-A dated July 30, 2020; https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2020/07jul/20200730-IATF-RESOLUTION-NO-60-A.pdf; last visited at 11:01 AM on August 1, 2020                                                                                                                                                                 

 

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