Benguet, Kalinga, Abra Under GCQ for the Whole Month of September; Apayao Under MECQ

UPDATE June 24, 2026 8:34 PM:

Baguio City will remain under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) while the Benguet province will revert to GCQ from September 8 to 30, 2021. This is according to the Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in a live press briefing for the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) Monday noon.

Among the provinces in CAR which will be placed under GCQ is Kalinga and Abra. Meanwhile, Apayao will be under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) for the same duration.

Metro Manila will ease into General Community Quarantine but will be piloting granular lockdowns. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has yet to release the guidelines for the pilot test.

MECQ

• CAR
  • Apayao
• Region 3
  • Bataan
  • Bulacan
• Region 4-A
  • Cavite
  • Lucena City
  • Rizal
  • Laguna
• Region 6
  • Iloilo Province
  • Iloilo City
• Region 10
  • Cagayan de Oro City

GCQ with heightened restrictions

• Region 1
  • Ilocos Sur
  • Ilocos Norte
• Region 2
  • Cagayan
• Region 3
  • Pangasinan
• Region 4-A
  • Quezon
  • Batangas
• Region 5
  • Naga City
• Region 6
  • Antique
  • Bacolod City
  • Capiz
• Region 7
  • Cebu Province
  • Lapu-Lapu City
  • Negros Oriental
• Region 9
  • Zamboanga del Sur
• Region 10
  • Misamis Oriental
• Region 11
  • Davao City
  • Davao del Norte
  • Davao de Oro
  • Davao Occidental
• CARAGA
  • Butuan City

GCQ

• National Capital Region (NCR)
• Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
  • Baguio City
  • Benguet
  • Kalinga
  • Abra
• Region 1
  • Dagupan City
• Region 2
  • City of Santiago
  • Quirino
  • Isabela
  • Nueva Vizcaya
• Region 3
  • Tarlac
• Region 4-B
  • Occidental Mindoro
  • Puerto Princesa
• Region 6
  • Aklan
  • Guimaras
  • Negros Occidental



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• Region 7
  • Cebu City
  • Mandaue City
• Region 9
  • Zamboanga Sibugay
  • Zamboanga City
  • Zamboanga del Norte
• Region 10
  • Misamis Occidental
  • Iligan City
• Region 11
  • Davao Oriental
  • Davao del Sur
• Region 12
  • General Santos City
  • Sultan Kudarat
  • Sarangani
  • North Cotabato
  • South Cotabato
• CARAGA
  • Agusan del Norte
  • Agusan del Sur
  • Dinagat Islands
  • Surigao del Norte
  • Surigao del Sur
• BARMM
  • Cotabato City
  • Lanao del Sur

MGCQ

• Rest of the Philippines

SOURCE: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson

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