Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos says that house-to-house vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period in Metro Manila simply isn't possible. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said the quarantine pass system that was used during the past implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) would again be observed when the National Capital Region (NCR) returns to ECQ later this month....
The Metro Manila mayors, through Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos, has expressed their appreciation to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) for heeding their calls for the reimposition of an enhanced community...
Malacañang said the government cannot meet the condition of Metro Manila mayors to have cash assistance or "ayuda" or cash aid for the proposed shift of the National Capital Region (NCR) to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as there were not enough funds for it. File photo of Manila...
If Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos would have his way, he would have Filipinos work from home for the next two weeks as a way to halt the spread of the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Thought Catalog/ Unsplash)...
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez insisted that the national government isn't belittling the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite its decision to not budge from the current general community quarantine (GCQ). Department of Trade...
A two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is what the Metro Manila mayors want as a response to the Delta variant threat, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos stressed in a virtual press briefing Thursday, July 29. WE WANT ECQ--Metropolitan Manila Development...
Here's a simple move that you can take as a defense against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19): stop smoking. (Photo by Uitbundig/ Unsplash) "Now is the best time to quit smoking," Dr. Loida Alzona, head of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) Health and Environmental Protection...
The mayors of the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila will ask the government’s pandemic task for the imposition of "stricter quarantine measues" amid the threat posed by the more dangerous Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Ali Vicoy/ File...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Wednesday, July 28, that all senior citizens in Barangay Namayan have already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO) The milestone was achieved after the city inoculated 70 percent of the barangay's total...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila have been implementing "circuit-breaker" lockdowns against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) long before the OCTA Research group made the suggestion. MMDA Chairman Benhur...
Motorists can now settle their traffic violation fines online with a simple click on their smart phones. CONTACTLESS FINES PAYMENT--The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Landbank of the Philippines, and CIS Bayad Center, Inc. jointly launched on July 27, 2021 a cashless payment...
