{"id":252211,"date":"2020-04-15T22:42:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T02:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=252211"},"modified":"2020-04-15T22:42:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T02:42:46","slug":"pacc-flooded-with-inquiries-about-luzon-wide-ecq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/15\/pacc-flooded-with-inquiries-about-luzon-wide-ecq\/","title":{"rendered":"PACC flooded with inquiries about Luzon-wide ECQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_226842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226842\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/479px-Commissioner_Greco_Belgica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226842\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/479px-Commissioner_Greco_Belgica.jpg\" alt=\"Greco Belgica\" width=\"479\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/479px-Commissioner_Greco_Belgica.jpg 479w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/479px-Commissioner_Greco_Belgica-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PACC Commissioner Greco Belgica said the presidential anti-corruption body has been flooded with inquiries about the policies laid out by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to ensure the proper implementation of ECQ in Luzon. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=77457251\">Photo By Pacc888 &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Many people have been requesting clarification on the protocols of Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>PACC Commissioner Greco Belgica said the presidential anti-corruption body has been flooded with inquiries about the policies laid out by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to ensure the proper implementation of ECQ in Luzon.<\/p>\n<p>Belgica cited that one of the public concerns is the distribution of emergency subsidies to poor families affected by the ECQ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been receiving a lot of, of course, requests, inquiries\u00a0<em>po para sa pagpapalinaw ng mga<\/em>\u00a0policies\u00a0<em>na inilalabas ng<\/em>\u00a0IATF (so they would understand the policies made by the IATF),\u201d Belgica said during the Laging Handa program aired on state-run PTV-4.<\/p>\n<p>IATF-EID spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, has been holding daily virtual pressers to update the public about the possible amendments to the existing policies or new directives related to the ECQ in Luzon.<\/p>\n<p>Belgica said the PACC is sending out the statements or resolutions issued by IATF-EID to people who are seeking clarification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we\u2019ve been interviewing and giving resources\u00a0<em>iyong<\/em>\u00a0(that are) from the Cabinet members and official statements, and releases\u00a0<em>ng<\/em>\u00a0(of) IATF\u00a0<em>din sa mga tao<\/em>\u00a0(to the people),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Belgica said the public can ask queries to PACC through its electronic mail address pacc.complaints@gmail.com, Facebook page facebook.com\/pacc.gov.ph, and mobile number 0906-6927-324.<\/p>\n<p>He ensured that the PACC would bring to proper government agencies the concerns raised by individuals who are confused about the implementation of ECQ.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAng<\/em>\u00a0staff\u00a0<em>ng<\/em>\u00a0PACC, they are organized to receive reports and endorse it to proper agencies\u00a0<em>para ho magkatulungan<\/em>\u00a0(The PACC\u2019s staff is organized to receive reports and endorse it to proper agencies so we can help each other),\u201d Belgica said.<\/p>\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte earlier imposed an ECQ on the island of Luzon until April 12 to arrest the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The quarantine was extended up to April 30.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines now has 5,453 confirmed Covid-19 infections, with 349 deaths and 353 recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>The IATF-EID has yet to make a decision on the possible lifting, partial lifting, or another extension of ECQ in Luzon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Many people have been requesting clarification on the protocols of Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":226842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252212,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252211\/revisions\/252212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}