The first batch of Filipinos evacuating from Sri Lanka amid the ongoing economic crisis there has arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Sunday, July 31. 13 Filipino repatriates from Sri Linka (DFA photo) According to the DFA, 13 distressed Filipinos,...
DOH Metro Manila will still be placed under the lowest Covid-19 alert level until August 15, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Saturday, July 30. "The National Capital Region shall remain under Alert Level 1" from August 1 to August 15, the DOH said in a statement. The other areas under...
A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line with the implementation of the Department of Transportation’s “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy in the capital region while under the more stringent Alert Level 3. (Ali...
The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Tuesday, Kuly 19 that the National Capital Region (NCR) will remain under Alert Level 1 for the remainder of the month of July while 19 other Local Government Units (LGUs) have been de-escalated to lowest alert status. (DOH/MB) This was after President...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has ordered the retention of the present Covid-19 alert level system in the country for the time being. He said he wants to reclassify restrictions that are compatible with the current milder strains that afflict the patients. The alert level could be...
Malacañang said that the existing alert level classifications for different areas in the country had been extended after the government's pandemic task force failed to declare the new status on July 15. File photo Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said this after the previous alert level...
Taal Volcano (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday, July 11, lowered Taal Volcano’s alert status from Level 2 to Level 1. It said that the downgrading of the Taal Volcano’s alert status “reflects the overall...
Experts from the medical and economic sector are proposing to use the "traffic light approach" for alert level systems as among the country's next steps amid the pandemic. A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line...
Eighty four volcanic quakes were recorded in Bulusan over the past 24-hour period, indicating that the volcano is still showing signs of “low level unrest,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Thursday, June 30. Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon (PIXABAY / FILE...
HEALTH personnel promote and practice the 4S strategy in stopping the spread of dengue in the communities. (Zambo LGU photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Dengue cases have breached the alert level here as cases continue to surge in communities, according to the Zamboanga City Health Office. The latest...
The public was urged to be on guard amid the “slow and steady” increase of Covid-19 cases in the Philippines. Mladen Antonov / AFP Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon on Tuesday, June 28, said that...
The National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring provinces of Region 4A—Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Lucena City, and Rizal—are still under Alert Level 1 despite the increasing coronavirus cases and positivity rate, Malacañang announced on Tuesday, June 28. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
