“𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐧”, 𝐃𝐝𝐎 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟒!

 

A golden season awaits Dabawenyos as the province will celebrate its 24th Founding Anniversary on March 5-8, 2022.

The past 2 years might be heavy, but Davao de Oro sees opportunities behind difficulties, and continuously turns towards greener sides and hope for its people. Depicted on this year’s founding anniversary theme, “Davao de Oro 24k: Walang Iwanan sa Tanang Panahon”, DdO will celebrate 24 years of golden victories which made significant changes in the lives of Dabawenyos.

As the province continues to rise and push forward in the new normal, the celebration is not only be intended for leisure. The celebration will commemorate DdO's years of unified strength and promote new openings to restore the losses brought by the pandemic. 

The fun-filled week-long celebration will open opportunities for all participants. On the first two (2) days, March 5 to 6, local athletes will shine for the Golden Football Tournament to be held on New Bataan Football field. The competition promotes local sports activity towards the goal of developing good leadership, discipline, and camaraderie for the athletes. Competing teams are required to be vaccinated as a protocol to participate in the tournament.

Also, on the first day is “Sikad ta Uy! PadyaKapayapaan,” the first-ever biking competition and fun ride for all bikers in the province that intends to advocate for peace and unity, and promote a healthy lifestyle for a sound mind and body amidst the pandemic.

The celebration will also be made much more engaging for the youth as the founding anniversary features the “Battle of the Legends-Mobile Legends Tournament.”  In the course of the pandemic, technology was used as a tool to continue essential services and provide leisure during lockdown periods widening social connections in the new normal.  As part of the celebration, the online tournament aims to develop teamwork among the youth and improve 21st-century skills as a pathway for industry jobs.

On the second day will be the “Al’law ng Kalumonan”, a celebration of diversity and rich culture of Davao de Oro’s six tribes namely: Mansaka, Mandaya, Manobo, Mangguangan, Dibabawon, and Kagan. “Al-law ng Kalumonan” is a day dedicated for the ICCs/IPs to be given the spotlight to showcase how culture depicts the original Filipino values (Customary Law), its relationship to nature (Ancestral Domain), and how it contributes to the economic (Indigenous Craftsmanship and Arts) gains in the province, especially in the tourism industry.

Davao de Oro will also lead to an opening of more than two thousand (2,000) job vacancies  which will recruit qualified applicants during the “Mega Jobs Fair.” Many have lost their jobs at the onset of the pandemic and as part of the celebration, the jobs fair will help alleviate unemployment incidence province-wide, promote entrepreneurial opportunities and strengthen the public-private partnership in the delivery of employment services.

Skills in performing arts of Davao de Oro’s youth will now be showcased through the “Dance for Gold: an Interpretative Dance Competition.” Stage performance has never been the same since the outbreak of the pandemic and through the competition, dancers and choreographers will again express their creative and expressive potentials, thereby enhancing personal, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical communication.

On the last day, March 8, Davao de Oro will celebrate “Babayinihan: Women's Day Celebration”, to recognize the countless achievements of women in various fields and uphold their significant contributions to society. The event will be participated by more than 3,000 women coming from the 11 Municipal Local Councils of Women and 9 women sectoral organizations in Davao de Oro. The event will also have 'ZumBayinihan', and the groundbreaking ceremony of the first-ever International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) Peace Monument. The monument will be installed in Davao de Oro and will stand as a marker of the province’s desire for peace and harmony.

Finally, commencing the 24th Founding Anniversary celebration is the 24k Golden Concert and Fireworks Display, a celebration of unity and thanksgiving where for 24 years, the province remains steadfast in providing unfaltering services all for the people of Davao de Oro. (JA, PAO-IPRD)

Warm, humid weather to prevail across most of PH due to easterlies

Published March 2, 2022, 9:02 AM

by Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz, Manila Bulletin

Most of the country will experience warm and humid weather due to the easterly winds originating from the Pacific Ocean, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Wednesday, March 2.

In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said Eastern Visayas and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms.

Those in these areas were warned against possible flash floods or landslides due to occasional moderate to heavy rains.

Meanwhile, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

PAGASA also advised the public to remain vigilant as severe thunderstorms may sometimes trigger flash floods or landslides.

Weather specialist Aldczar Aurelio said PAGASA has not monitored a low pressure area or tropical cyclone inside or near the country’s area of responsibility as of Wednesday.

Why do Filipinos use a lot of whitening products?

Wayne Spillett

It’s not just in the Philippines, it’s practically all of the South East Asia and Oriental Asia. The Chinese favour lighter skin, and their climate ranges from tropical to almost Siberian; and Japanese geishas -once the archetypal image of Japanese beauty- wore make-up that made them completely white.

Basically, in the cultures of most of these Asian countries, darker skin is synonymous with a life outdoors, everything from farming to begging on the streets, and so dark skin is regarded as a sign of poverty. If you have a good job and a nice house, you typically spend a lot of your time inside and therefore you are shaded from the sun and don’t get much of a sun tan.

They also spend their money unwisely where their skin is concerned, whitening soaps, scrubs and lotions are sold in huge numbers but factor 50 sunblock is a bugger of a thing to find in Asian supermarkets and stores. My wife is Filipina and from a very poor, provincial background and she is just the same. I always tell her that if she’d wear sunblock of a sufficiently high factor, her face, arms and legs, which are almost always exposed, would be the same colour as the parts of her that only she and I ever see; but what do I know?!

We white westerners are the other way around, many of us live in climates where a sun tan is a hard thing to obtain and so for us, darker skin is a sign of sufficient wealth to travel to sunnier climes!

Heavy downpour causes landslides, sinkhole in DavOro

RALPH LAWRENCE G. LLEMIT

March 01, 2022

THE heavy downpour experienced in some parts of Davao de Oro over the weekend resulted in some roads becoming impassable due to landslides, while some families were affected by a sinkhole.

On Sunday, February 27, six lanes of the national highway in Barangay Tapia, Montevista, Davao de Oro were not passable due to landslides.

In a report from the Philippine Information Agency, the Provincial Government, along with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), immediately conducted a clearing operation in the area, which resulted in some vehicles using other alternate routes.

On Monday dawn, February 28, the area was already passable to motorists.

Meanwhile, four families were affected by a sinkhole in Mawab as rains persisted on Sunday evening, February 27.

According to Mawab Municipal Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO), the houses of the four families were damaged by the sudden movement of the soil.

As of Sunday evening, February 27, Mawab MDRRMO reported that only one family evacuated.

The Provincial Government has yet to provide additional information on the incident.

The Municipal Government of Nabunturan, in a Facebook post, suspended the mining activities in the municipality due to the heavy downpours.

The Municipal Government said that it was a preemptive measure especially to barangay mining sites that are landslide-prone.

According to the 3:30 p.m. advisory of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), some parts of Davao de Oro, namely, Maragusan, Pantukan, Mawab, Maco, and New Bataan, were placed under yellow warning level due to heavy rains brought by the easterlies weather system.

Pagasa said flooding was expected, especially in low-lying areas and landslides in mountainous areas.

Heavy rains were also experienced in some parts of Davao Oriental.

Moderate to heavy rains were experienced in some parts of Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao City, Davao Occidental, and other provinces in Mindanao.

Duterte-Carpio: City eyes lifting more Covid-19 restrictions

By RALPH LAWRENCE G. LLEMIT, SunStar Davao City

March 01, 2022

DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is pushing for the lifting of some Covid-19 restrictions and fast-tracking the further reopening of the city's economy.

Duterte-Carpio said in an interview stream lived on her official Facebook page Monday, February 28, that the City Government will issue an executive order to suspend some Covid-19 restriction policies.

This came after Davao City has been placed under a less-strict Alert Level 1 effective March 1 until 15 due to the continuing downtrend of Covid-19 cases.

The mayor did not specify when the executive order will be released.

Despite the lifting of some restrictions, she said the minimum health protocols, such as wearing of face masks and observing physical distancing, will remain.

“[Walaon na] Kanang pag-lockdown, pagsarado sa mga offices and businesses depende sa (We will lift the lockdowns, closure of offices and establishments depending on the) alert levels, so we want everyone to open, and we want everybody to be on full operations, except we will not lift the mandatory wearing of mask, and importante gihapon ang distancing (distancing is still important),” the mayor said.

The mayor cited the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) guidelines on Alert Level 1, allowing local governments to suspend implementations of Covid-19 restrictions.

"Naa didto sa IATF resolution na pwedeng i-suspend sa local government ang implementation sa mga Covid-19 restrictions, which is mao pud atong direction sa pagkakaron (The IATF resolution provides local governments the authority to suspend implementations of Covid-19 restrictions, which is the direction we are pushing), in lieu of this war dinha sa (there in) Ukraine ug (and) Russia because any war sa tibuok kalibutan will affect kitang tana (in some parts of the world will affect everyone),” she said.

“We need to move fast in reopening our city and economy tungod kaning giyera dinha sa Russia ug Ukraine duna na siya epekto diria sa ato (because the war in Russia and Ukraine would have a huge impact to everyone), especially in terms of prices sa (of) basic commodities, prices sa gasolina (and gasoline prices),” she added.

The move, she said, would uplift the business sector and provide more jobs to Dabawenyos.

Duterte-Carpio, meanwhile, said the business sectors will be given discretion in imposing restrictions against unvaccinated individuals.

She said, though, that restricting those unvaccinated would be difficult to impose.

“As I said kaniadto, lisod kaayo i-restrict ang mga unvaccinated (As I said before, it is hard to restrict those unvaccinated) when, in fact, dili man mandatory ang atoang vaccination. Mura gani’g gina-punish nato sila sa choice na ilang gipili na gitagaan man sila sa choice (since vaccination is not mandatory. It’s like we are punishing them for their choice),” Duterte-Carpio said, adding that restricting them would be possible if law would mandate the public to get vaccinated.

Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Covid-19 Task Force, said the recent surge, suspected to have been caused by the Omicron variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, is over as the positivity rate drops to five percent as of February 20.

Schlosser said the city is considered "low risk" for the virus, and that it can now slowly shift to the “new normal.”

Miss World finalist Tracy Perez shocked with rice supply from Pinoys in Puerto Rico

By: Earl D.C. Bracamonte - Philstar.com

MANILA, Philippines — The Filipino migration to countries across the globe not only serves as an important source for the national coffers, but also serves another very important factor in international pageants - their very presence!

The last time I checked, Filipinos live in, at least, 66 countries and territories worldwide: from as far north in Nuuk, Denmark (in Greenland) to the southernmost confines of the Antarctica, where research teams are granted access.

Pageant fans would readily agree that whenever a Filipina entrant makes it to the final round, especially in the "Big Five" competitions - Universe, World, International, Earth, and Supranational - the show's host would usually remark that half of the Philippines is "in the house."

A case in point would be the recent Miss Universe edition in Eilat, Israel. Host Steve Harvey had to call the attention of Filipinos in the crowd, at least three times, for them to bring their cheers to a minimum when Miss Universe Philippines 2021 Beatrice Luigi Gomez was called as one of the 16 semifinalists. Pandemonium ensued when she was called in the top 5!

But there were other similar instances when Pinoy cheering would break the house down - notably in 2015 when Pia Alonzo Wurtzback was, after four-and-a-half minutes, proclaimed the rightful winner. And so were the moments when Megan Young won Miss World 2013 in Indonesia, or Catriona Gray's victory in Bangkok as Miss Universe 2018, or even Venus Raj's Top 5 placement in 2010 in Las Vegas.

Yet, when you come to think of it, while Pinoys may seem to come in droves, they're not actually that many. But what makes them noticeable is because they stick together and really pour their hearts out. In Albania, for example, Miss Globe 2021 Maureen Montagne related that there were only about 139 Filipinos in the entire state, but they all rallied behind her.

There is a big difference between a small number actually present in the pageant venue and a populous horde who are some place else. And when the Pinoys cheer, they don't do it quietly!

So when Miss World Philippines 2021 Tracy Maureen Perez flew to San Juan, Puerto Rico the first time, she was surprised to know that a sizeable Filipino community lived and worked in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean nation. And so when their meals did not include rice, she got hungry and homesick most of the time. That's when Pinoys would send home-cooked meals for her. And her hunger pangs and homesickness were assuaged. With San Juan having an identical climate with the Philippines, she felt at home again.

So you see, Pinoys will always look out for their own - especially in a foreign land. They instantly warm up to new arrivals, most especially our beauty queens. The next time you watch an international pageant, make sure you notice the Filipinos in the crowd - and you'll never take them for granted again.

MAKING ANY DIFFERENCE?

Our globe and its population bear innumerable strange facts. Following many people's opinion, this world shows mostly worried characteristics and symptoms nowadays. No wonder. Just try to consume and digest today's headlines and news from all around the globe.

It is a world with quickly bridged distances -  our Mother earth is becoming smaller and smaller. Any tourist, even with little time and with only a small budget, can again travel to other faraway cultures after Covid-19 restrictions. But joining them as well as different races and religious communities requires first of all, great care, tact, instinctive feelings, empathy, and logical ideas. But putting Covid-19 somehow beside, war in Europe is with us now.

The stranger whom we meet for the first time during a business meeting, for example, maybe an uncommon, odd and extraordinary guy. He may be someone from a foreign country, who speaks another language and whose skin is of another color. He may be a migrant, a restless hiker or the expatriate in our neighbourhood.

The foreigner beside you and me can become a provocation or a challenge. Strangeness can become exoticism. Maybe that's why my family and I decided to move to the Philippines already in 1999. On the other hand - going abroad can open other and even better horizons. We must not feel as "a stranger in paradise". By the way, I never did since I have been touring around the globe many times. The Philippines has a very unique culture due to the influences of colonization and the surrounding countries. Filipino people are very hardworking and strive to make life better for the next generation of their family.

However, a migrant bears a juxtaposition of optimism (even calculated optimism!), confused feelings, nostalgia, and homesickness. Yes guys, during the first two years of my expat's life in the Philippines, the round trip ticket was always in my mind, because no one among us can escape his native roots.

But, I am really a lucky guy. I experienced an amazing tolerance in the Philippines. A real practicing tolerance. Already, during my first business meetings, I met supportive people. Having close family ties is also one of their unique traits. It is one of the outstanding cultural values that Filipinos have. The family takes care of each other and are taught to be loyal to family and elders by simply obeying their authorities. This is one of the unique characteristics of Filipinos. Caring and  broad minded people. A wonderful mix of different cultures without giving up their own identity... .

Every new challenge in a strange country means a change. Changes in life are necessary and important. Let's alter or make a difference; let's put one thing for another; let's shift; let's quit one state for another; let's take fresh clothing. Let's burn the "lock fat" away. And remember: nothing comes from anything.

What are the family traditions in Philippines?

Leah Angela Cioco

student; reads constantly

I can’t speak for all Filipino families, but I’ll give you a peek at mine:

1. Rice makes the meal real.

Food is a huge part of the Filipino tradition. We have really good viands like Adobo, Kare-kare, Sinigang, and many others, but these recipes don’t matter if there is no rice.

When I choose not to eat rice, I’d always get that look from my elders that ranges from a caring, “Are you sick or unwell?” look to a confused, angry, “Why are you still watching Mr. Bean?” look.

Almost always, it’s the latter.

In my defense, Mr. Bean is a series for all ages. I love Mr. Bean, his teddy, and….. well… Mr. Bean. Also, it’s not that I’m on a diet or anything; I just enjoy testing the limit of our ancient eating tradition. I guess, for some reason, I also fancy seeing my parents look at me like I was an alien.

2. Celebrating barangay/village fiestas is a big deal.

My mother being outgoing, and my father being extremely outgoing, my family has never spent a year not attending at least five barangay/village fiestas.

Fiestas are these huge celebrations that are like birthdays and weddings, but they’re centered on either the founding date or the patron saint of the village. Anyone could just walk in without knowing a soul in a house and still be welcomed to the feast. Let’s just say that people in my place are beyond accommodating.

There would be dancing, eating - lots of it, and meeting people I’ve been told I’m related with but have never known until then. The last time I attended one, I was introduced to seven aunties, three uncles, and about ten distant cousins.

In short, fiestas are events that allow so much socializing in strangers’ homes that may or may not result to questionable outcomes. Sometimes, after so much eating and talking, some tired guests even end up taking afternoon naps in the homeowners’ bedroom.

And no - I don’t do that. At least, not anymore.

3. We are taught to be grateful for being a Filipino. Always. No questions asked.

Regardless of my grumbling like "Why am I attending/eating/doing this?! I want to live life my own way, not my parents!", "Food, events, films, what's next? Are they going to demand that I buy local branded swimwear for swimming?" (which is quite arguable because I don’t know of any), my siblings and I have always been taught to consider being a Filipino a huge blessing.

I may love pasta more than rice, and Mr. Bean over (I don’t even know a local animated series!), but I love being a Filipina. I love how I could live with my parents until I’m 20, 30, or even 40. I am fascinated by how my parents think of me as a kid even when I’m of legal age, while my relatives in the US treat their ten-year old kids like mature and responsible adults,

All kidding aside, we really are taught to be patriotic even when our country is a third-world, or even when President Duterte seems to be making rather questionable decisions. I may seldom show it, but I breathe Pinoy, bleed Pinoy, and will forever be Pinoy.

So, no matter where life takes me, I’ll always remember who I am. I’m a rice-eating, fiesta-loving, patriotic Filipina - the best of the best, a cut above the rest- so sit tight little Leah, the ride's not over yet.

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Philippinen: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise (Teilreisewarnung)

25.02.2022

Letzte Änderung:
Aktuelles – COVID-19 (Entlistung als Hochrisikogebiet mit Wirkung vom 27. Februar 2022),
redaktionelle Änderungen


Lagen können sich schnell verändern und entwickeln. Insbesondere die COVID-19-Bestimmungen unterliegen laufenden Änderungen.

Wir empfehlen Ihnen:

- Verfolgen Sie Nachrichten und Wetterberichte.
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Aktuelles
COVID-19

Die Ausbreitung von COVID-19 https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/reise-gesundheit/gesundheit-fachinformationen/reisemedizinische-hinweise/Coronavirus/-/2309820 kann weiterhin zu Einschränkungen im internationalen Luft- und Reiseverkehr und Beeinträchtigungen des öffentlichen Lebens führen.

Vor nicht notwendigen, touristischen Reisen in die Philippinen wird gewarnt. Dies gilt mit Wirkung vom 27. Februar 2022 nicht mehr.

Epidemiologische Lage

Die Philippinen sind weiterhin von COVID-19 betroffen und sind noch bis einschließlich 26. Februar 2022 als Hochrisikogebiet https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Risikogebiete_neu.html/ eingestuft.

Aktuelle und detaillierte Zahlen bieten das philippinische Gesundheitsministerium https://doh.gov.ph und die Weltgesundheitsorganisation WHO https://covid19.who.int/region/wpro/country/ph.

Einreise

Bestimmungen zur Einreise ändern sich mit der Pandemielage häufig. Bitte informieren Sie sich zusätzlich auf der Webseite der Regierung der Philippinen https://www.doh.gov.ph/.

Die Einreise für vollständig geimpfte Ausländer ist für touristische Aufenthalte und Geschäftsreisen bis zu längstens 30 Tagen möglich, wenn sie unter Executive Order No. 408 (s. 1960) https://dfa.gov.ph/list-of-countries-for-21-day-visa fallen und durch diese von der Visumspflicht befreit, sowie bei Einreise im Besitz eines noch sechs Monate gültigen Reisepasses sind und einen Flugschein über einen Rück- oder Weiterflug (hiervon ausgenommen sind ausländische Ehepartner und Kinder philippinischer Staatsangehöriger sowie ehemalige philippinische Staatsangehörige mit „Balikbayan Privileg“ und deren mitreisende ausländische Ehepartner und Kinder) sowie eine in den Philippinen anerkannte Reisekrankenversicherung mit Mindestdeckungsschutz in Höhe von 35.000 USD für den vorgesehenen Aufenthaltszeitraum vorlegen können. Die Staatenliste kann auf der Webseite der philippinischen Botschaft in Berlin http://philippine-embassy.de/visas/ abgerufen werden. Deutschland gehört derzeit zu diesen Ländern. Ausländische Kinder unter 12 Jahre müssen nicht voll geimpft sein und auch keinen Nachweis über ihren Impfstatus vorlegen, wenn sie ihre vollständig geimpften Eltern begleiten.

Für länger als 30 Tage geplante nicht-touristische oder nicht-geschäftliche Aufenthalte der Visumskategorie 9 (a) ist ein „Entry Exemption Document (EED)“ erforderlich.

Die Einreise für vollständig geimpfte Inhaber von Langzeitvisa anderer Kategorien ist unter den unten genannten Bedingungen ebenfalls möglich.

Nicht vollständig geimpften ausländischen Reisenden wird die Einreise verweigert.

Als vollständig geimpft gilt, wer einen Impfnachweis über eine in den Philippinen erfolgte vollständige Impfung oder einen von den Philippinen anerkannten ausländischen Impfnachweis vorlegt. Deutsche Impfnachweise in Form des gelben WHO-Impfbuches oder das Digitale COVID-Zertifikat der EU werden anerkannt. Kreuzimpfungen werden akzeptiert, eine einfache Impfung nach einem durchgemachten Infekt ist hingegen nicht ausreichend.

Die Quarantänevorgaben richten sich nach dem Nachweis des Impfstatus der Reisenden:
• Vollständig geimpft mit anerkanntem Impfnachweis, negativer PCR-Test nicht älter als 48 Stunden vor Abflug → keine Quarantäne, Selbstbeobachtung auf Symptome für sieben Tage. Verpflichtende Kontaktaufnahme mit den lokalen Gesundheitsbehörden bei Auftreten von Symptomen.
• Vollständig geimpft, aber kein anerkannter Impfnachweis, negativer PCR-Test nicht älter als 48 Stunden vor Abflug → Quarantäne in Quarantäne-Einrichtung, Buchung muss bei Abflug vorliegen, PCR-Test am fünften Tag, nach negativem Ergebnis Entlassung und Heimquarantäne bis zum 14. Tag.
• Die Quarantänevorgaben für Kinder unter 12 Jahre, die nicht geimpft werden können, richten sich nach den Vorgaben für begleitende Sorgeberechtigte/Eltern.
Nähere Informationen können bei der philippinischen Botschaft http://philippine-embassy.de/ erfragt werden.

Alle Reisenden (ausgenommen Diplomaten) müssen sich vor Einreise über das Portal „One Health Pass https://www.onehealthpass.com.ph/e-HDC/“ registrieren. Der Nachweis in Form eines QR Codes ist den Fluggesellschaften beim Einchecken vorzulegen.

Durch- und Weiterreise
Reisen zwischen den Provinzen sind eingeschränkt möglich. Es müssen Gesundheitszeugnisse, gegebenenfalls ein negativer PCR-Test oder philippinische/anerkannte ausländische Impfnachweise vorgelegt und in der Zielprovinz im Einzelfall Quarantäne abgeleistet werden. Die Nutzung öffentlicher Verkehrsmittel ist zunehmend nur noch für geimpfte Personen erlaubt. Dies betrifft auch Inlandsflug- und Fährverbindungen.

Die Ausreise ist Ausländern, die sich im Land aufhalten, jederzeit erlaubt. Viele Fluggesellschaften verlangen für den Reiseantritt in den Philippinen einen negativen PCR-Test oder einen Impfnachweis.

Reiseverbindungen
Für die Einreise über die Flughäfen in Manila, Clark und Cebu bestehen Kontingente. Fluggesellschaften erhalten ihre Kontingente mit geringem zeitlichen Vorlauf, was zu kurzfristigen Umbuchungen oder Flugstornierungen führen kann.

Beschränkungen im Land
Die Quarantänemaßnahmen sind regional unterschiedlich. Derzeit gilt im Großraum Manila eine Quarantänestufe mit Einschränkungen in der Versorgung und der Bewegungsfreiheit. Stadtbezirke können diese Einschränkungen eigenständig verschärfen.
Die zwischenzeitlich unterbrochenen regulären Verkehrsverbindungen zwischen den Inseln des Landes wurden wieder aufgenommen, können jedoch jederzeit kurzfristig wiedereingestellt werden.
Die touristische Infrastruktur ist eingeschränkt, zahlreiche Hotels und Resorts sind geschlossen.

Hygieneregeln
Im öffentlichen Raum (in Gebäuden, aber auch im Freien) gilt die Pflicht, einen Mund-Nasen-Schutz zu tragen, in medizinischen Einrichtungen zusätzlich einen Gesichtsschutz (face-shield). Es gibt das Gebot, sozialen Abstand zu wahren. Massenansammlungen sind verboten. Verstöße sind mit Geld- bis hin zu Gefängnisstrafen bewehrt. Im Fall einer Infektion erfolgt die Isolierung grundsätzlich in staatlicher Unterbringung.

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Health official: Davao City exits surge as positivity rate drops to 5%

Photo by Macky Lim/SunStar file

By IONA FINLAY C. MENDOZA, SunStar Davao

AN OFFICIAL of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force said the recent surge, suspected to have been caused by the Omicron variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, is over as the positivity rate drops to five percent as of February 20.

“Unta mag padayon siya but maging consistent lang ni siya kung consistent ang mga tao sa ilang pagka-disiplinado (It will only be consistent if the public is disciplined),” Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Covid-19 Task Force, said during a radio interview on Wednesday, February 23.

In the latest Covid-19 Regional Daily Case Bulletin of the Department of Health (DOH)-Davao, as of February 22, Davao City had 588 total active cases, a significant development compared to approximately two weeks ago when a total of 3,930 active cases were tallied on February 6.

The City Government of Davao also announced that Davao City was classified as low risk for Covid-19 transmission after achieving a "low" -84.72 two-week growth rate (2WGR) and a "medium" 3.79 average daily attack rate (Adar).

With these developments, Schlosser said the City Government will continue to implement the Prevent-Detect-Isolate-Reintegrate (PDITR) + Vaccination strategy to keep the Covid-19 management in place.

This includes proper contact tracing, swabbing, testing, quarantine and isolation.

“(Hopefully) Consistent pud ang tao na magpadayon sa kooperasyon sa mga lakang sa gobyerno labi na gyod sa atong vaccination rollout,” Schlosser said.

(Hopefully, the public will consistently cooperate with the government’s protocols, especially with the vaccination rollout.)

The spokesperson previously said a positivity rate of five percent or lower would be a clear indication that the surge is over since it is the only "acceptable" positivity rate, and that any number over five percent is still considered high.

Meanwhile, the whole of Davao Region recorded a total of 2,975 active cases as of February 22, based on the data of DOH-Davao.

Of this number, Davao del Sur had the highest number of active cases with 1,080, followed by the 588 cases from Davao City.

Davao del Norte recorded 484 active cases, 394 cases from Davao Occidental, 222 cases from Davao de Oro, and 207 cases from Davao Oriental.