There is bound to be a series of searing debates in the coming days on whether or not to extend the current modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR)-Plus. And it looks like no less than Health Secretary Francisco Duque III is in favor of an extension.
This and a host of other relevant developments are in this list of top stories for Monday, April 26, 2021.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (second from right) and treatment czar Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega (right) inspect on Monday, April 26, 2021, one of the 45 beds at a facility at the Eva Macapagal Terminal in Port Area, Manila, where mild to asymptomatic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients will be quarantined. (Ali Vicoy)
- PH COVID-19 Update: 8,929 new cases, 11,333 recoveries, 70 fatalities
- Regulating community pantries
- West PH Sea Dispute
- ASEAN Summit
- Curbing ‘unfair debt collection practices and cyber harassment’
- Supermoon on Tuesday, April 27
- More Coast Guardsmen needed
- Black Madonna of Spain
- Taal Volcano Watch
- Mount Pinatubo acting up
- Weather Update