Perhaps travel ban comming to an end

[Jollygoodfellow]

21 hours ago, Snowy79 said:

As for the travel ban I think they'll look for a reason to keep entry numbers into the Philippines until hospitalisation rates are well within manageable numbers. 

Try telling that to thousands of idiots on the BI Facebook page. So many idiots in this world that I give up.  Oh thats the foreigners and then you have the #loveisnottourisam wankers and then the blind.

So much shit everyday. From now on I will remind foreigners that complain every day on FB that we are taking good care of their women while they can not enter the country. 

 

[Snowy79]

2 hours ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

Try telling that to thousands of idiots on the BI Facebook page. So many idiots in this world that I give up.  Oh thats the foreigners and then you have the #loveisnottourisam wankers and then the blind.

So much shit everyday. From now on I will remind foreigners that complain every day on FB that we are taking good care of their women while they can not enter the country. 

 

You may chuckle about taking care of their women, there's a Facebook page where couples post photos of themselves and write a few lines explaining the government is keeping them apart and breaking relationships, pleading for the borders to be opened back up.

Lets just say I recognise a few of the girls and have seen how loyal some are. 

[Guy F.]

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1165425?fbclid=IwAR0T2ct7PcE_oFQsQtJhNfCpsSxxdQbl0C9hIqTadvmTbiS49QxSpU50Bmk

 

"In a Palace briefing, acting presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the new guidelines, which were approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), would require foreigners to present proof of full vaccination against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and to undergo additional protocols."

Additional protocols probably means quarantines will still be required. Be that as it may, this as progress.

[OnMyWay]

On 1/14/2022 at 8:12 PM, OnMyWay said:

Today's stats for Olongapo:  90 new cases, 86 fully vacinated.  25 Asymptomatic.

Now get this.  They already suspend face to face classes.  Now this.  I'm not sure if it is going to effect our kids enrolled in Freeport private schools, but I have a feeling it will.

Follow up.  We found out that Olongapo DepEd has jurisdiction over SBFZ schools, and as in the graphic above, Olongapo is out Jan 17-28, 2 weeks.  However, that graphic is inaccurate in that the underlying memo it was created from clearly says that private school have discretion.

One of the two private schools we used called a parent council meeting on Saturday to discuss option.  At least they sought input.  Most on the council (my wife is on it) said they did not want a break.  However, in the end it was agreed that they would take a one week break this week.  Today is a local holiday so the break is only 4 days.

However, our other school is taking the full 2 week break.  So we have 2 kids on 1 week and 1 on 2 week break.

[Jollygoodfellow]

1 hour ago, Guy F. said:

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1165425?fbclid=IwAR0T2ct7PcE_oFQsQtJhNfCpsSxxdQbl0C9hIqTadvmTbiS49QxSpU50Bmk

 

"In a Palace briefing, acting presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the new guidelines, which were approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), would require foreigners to present proof of full vaccination against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and to undergo additional protocols."

Additional protocols probably means quarantines will still be required. Be that as it may, this as progress.

Still no tourist though.

[OnMyWay]

On 1/13/2022 at 10:16 PM, OnMyWay said:

Here are some more interesting stats from Olongapo today.  87 new cases.  81 fully vaccinated.  17 are asymptomatic.  Most have minor symptoms like a cold / flu.  Sounds like Omicron to me but the Philippines has little capability to determine that.

I was looking at the latest Olongapo stats.  55 new cases and I think 2 or 3 were unvaccinated. 

Below is the format they put out everyday.  Do other cities do this?  This has me wondering.  What vaccine did each vaccinated person get?  At the beginning, most were getting Sinovac.  I wonder if a lot of these are Sinovac.

New Cases: 55

PHOC-696 is a 49-year-old Filipino female from Barangay East Tapinac. (Symptomatic: cough, body pain, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-2916 is a 48-year-old Filipino female from Barangay East Bajac-Bajac. (Symptomatic: cough; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6017 is a 48-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Barretto. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6018 is a 28-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Barretto. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6019 is a 30-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Barretto. (Symptomatic: clogged nose, sore throat; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6020 is a54-year-old Filipino female from Barangay East Bajac-Bajac. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6021 is a 49-year-old Filipino male from Barangay East Tapinac. (Symptomatic: fever, cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6022 is a 52-year-old Filipino male from Barangay East Tapinac. (Symptomatic: colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6023 is a 50-year-old Filipino male from Barangay East Tapinac. (Symptomatic: itchy throat, cough, body pain; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6024 is a 33-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Gordon Heights. (Symptomatic: fever, cough, sore throat, colds; Partially Vaccinated)

PHOC-6025 is a 35-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Gordon Heights. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6026 is a 28-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Gordon Heights. (Symptomatic: vomiting, clogged nose, fever, headache, body pain, loss of voice; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6027 is a 46-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Gordon Heights. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6028 is a 49-yaer-old Filipino male from Barangay Gordon Heights.(Symptomatic: fever, back pain, cough, sore throat, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6029 is a 25-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Gordon Heights. (Symptomatic: fever, chills, body pain, cough, anosmia, ageusia; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6030 is a 34-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Gordon Heights. (Symptomatic: cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6031 is a 53-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Kalaklan. (Symptomatic: colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6032 is a 69-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Kalaklan. (Symptomatic: pain in upper extremities, difficulty of breathing; Unvaccinated)

PHOC-6033 is a 42-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Kalaklan. (Symptomatic: cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6034 is a 25-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Kalaklan. (Symptomatic: colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6035 is a 35-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Mabayuan. (Symptomatic: cough, colds, fever; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6036 is a 29-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Mabayuan. (Symptomatic: cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6037 is a 25-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Mabayuan. (Symptomatic: colds, itchy throat; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6038 is a 48-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Mabayuan. (Symptomatic: cough, itchy throat; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6039 is a 24-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Mabayuan. (Symptomatic: cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6040 is a 23-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Mabayuan. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6041 is a 54-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Mabayuan. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6042 is a 32-year-old Filipino male from Barangay New Cabalan. (Symptomatic: cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6043 is a 27-year-old Filipino male from Barangay New Cabalan. (Symptomatic: colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6044 is a 73-year-old Filipino female from Barangay New Cabalan. (Asymptomatic; Unvaccinated)

PHOC-6045 is a 56-year-old Filipino male from Barangay New Cabalan. (Symptomatic: diarrhea; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6046 is a 29-year-old Filipino female from Barangay New Cabalan. (Symptomatic: colds, cough; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6047 is a 24-year-old Filipino female from Barangay New Cabalan. (Symptomatic: cough; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6048 is a 30-year-old Filipino female from Barangay New Cabalan. (Symptomatic: cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6049 is a 44-year-old Filipino female from Barangay New Kababae. (Symptomatic: colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6050 is a 28-year-old Filipino female from Barangay New Kalalake. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6051 is a 51-year-old Filipino male from Barangay New Kalalake. (Symptomatic: cough; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6052 is a 42-year-old Filipino male from Barangay New Kalalake. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6053 is a 31-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Old Cabalan. (Symptomatic: colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6054 is a 35-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Old Cabalan. (Symptomatic: cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6055 is a 30-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Old Cabalan. (Symptomatic: headache, cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6056 is a 66-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Old Cabalan. (Symptomatic: cough, vomiting; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6057 is a 30-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Old Cabalan. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6058 is a 29-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Pag-Asa. (Symptomatic: fever, sore throat, upper and lower back pain, dry cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6059 is a 64-year-old Filipino male from Barangay Sta. Rita. (Symptomatic: fever, cough, coryza; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6060 is a 43-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Sta. Rita. (Symptomatic: fever, sore throat, clogged nose; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6061 is a 37-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Sta. Rita. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6062 is a 31-year-old Filipino female from Barangay Sta. Rita. (Symptomatic: cough; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6063 is a 28-year-old Filipino male from Barangay West Bajac-Bajac. (Symptomatic: fever, coryza; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6064 is a 31-year-old Filipino female from Barangay West Bajac-Bajac. (Symptomatic: fever, cough; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6065 is a 38-year-old Filipino female from Barangay West Tapinac. (Asymptomatic; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6066 is a 76-year-old Filipino female from Barangay West Tapinac. (Symptomatic; Unvaccinated)

PHOC-6067 is a 32-year-old Filipino male from Barangay West Tapinac. (Symptomatic: flank pain, fever; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6068 is a 23-year-old Filipino female from Barangay West Tapinac. (Symptomatic: headache, body pains, fever, mild cough, colds; Fully Vaccinated)

PHOC-6069 is a 23-year-old Filipino female from Barangay West Tapinac. (Symptomatic: cough, colds, sore throat; Fully Vaccinated)

[OnMyWay]

11 hours ago, OnMyWay said:

However, our other school is taking the full 2 week break.  So we have 2 kids on 1 week and 1 on 2 week break.

Olongapo caught their error and republished their graphic with the info that private schools have discretion.  So our other private school changed to just one week.

[Nabashalam]

End? Doesn't look like it! https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/philippines-travel-advisory.html

[Old55]

8 minutes ago, Nabashalam said:

End? Doesn't look like it! https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/philippines-travel-advisory.html

Welcome to the forum Nabashalam. How are things in Baguio?

 

[Jollygoodfellow]

24 minutes ago, Nabashalam said:

End? Doesn't look like it

Foreign travel advisories are not where you receive up to date info.

Jan 14th goverment announced that fully vax can enter from the 16th Feb but it does not mention tourist so I would say it just mean no more red, green, yellow list countries.

PH to allow entry of fully vaxxed foreigners starting Feb. 16

MANILA – The Philippines will allow the entry of fully vaccinated foreigners starting February 16, Malacañang said Friday.

In a Palace briefing, acting presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the new guidelines, which were approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), would require foreigners to present proof of full vaccination against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and to undergo additional protocols.

“Beginning Feb. 16, 2022, proof of full vaccination shall be made a requirement for entry of all foreign nationals allowed to enter the Philippines,” he said.

Nograles, however, noted that the following groups are exempted from the requirement:

-children below 18 years old

-people medically unable to receive the vaccine, as certified by a competent public health authority in the country or port of origin

-foreign diplomats and their qualified dependents or 9(e) visa holders

He said the Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Civil Aeronautics Board, has been directed to mandate the airlines to require foreigners traveling to the Philippines to present proof of full vaccination prior to boarding flights to any points in the Philippines.

Meanwhile, Nograles said the national Covid-19 vaccination certificates of Colombia, Iraq Monaco, Italy, Tunisia, and Vietnam shall be accepted for purposes of arrival quarantine protocols, as well as for interzonal or intrazonal movement, in addition to other countries or territories whose proofs of vaccination the IATF has approved for recognition in the Philippines.

The Bureau of Quarantine, the DOTr-One-Stop-Shop, and the Bureau of Immigration are directed to recognize only the proofs of vaccination approved by the IATF. (PNA)

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1165425?fbclid=IwAR2qo4iocxICGd2OaKnxXlM0eDZY7h_cHeki7vJFxrraTiHPl_iJRqXqdD0