Manila Bulletin
Hotels in Manila to provide free accommodation to health workers
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno ordered all hotels and motels in the city to provide free accommodation for frontline health workers of government-owned hospitals during the enhanced community quarantine.
This initiative, outlined in Executive Order No. 17, aims to assist healthcare professionals who live outside Manila and face transportation difficulties.
Over 600 rooms from various hotels, including Sogo, Eurotel, Town and Country, Bayview Park Hotel, UN Residences, and Dormitels.ph, are available.
As of Thursday morning, 491 health workers have availed of the free lodging.
These rooms are provided by the hotels out of goodwill without payment from the city government.
🤖
This story was generated by AI to help you understand the key points. For more detailed coverage, please see the news articles from trusted media outlets below.
News Sources
See how different news organizations are covering this story. Below are the original articles from various Philippine news sources that contributed to this summary.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) directed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to provide free point-to-point shuttle services for health workers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.
+1
Read more →
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) is providing free accommodation, meals, and transportation to its healthcare workers who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more →
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has converted a dormitory in Cubao, Quezon City into temporary, free-of-charge housing for COVID-19 frontliners.
Read more →
Distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may now be housed in hotels and other lodging facilities during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.
Read more →
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed local government units (LGUs) to offer free transportation services to healthcare workers who were stranded due to the suspension of public transport following the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon.
Read more →