The Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has decided to keep Metro Manila under its current alert level 2 status until the end of the month, while Catanduanes will be placed under alert level 4 of the country's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic...
A countrywide implementation of the alert level system is seen as an effective way to contain the transmission of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said. He based his assessment on the steady decline in...
The mandatory evacuation for overseas Filipinos in Ethiopia has been enforced due to the "continued and intensifying conflict in the country". (Jansen Romero / File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This took effect after the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday, Nov. 11, raised the alert level...
Only Filipino migrant workers who have existing employment contracts will be allowed to return to Iraq following the downgrade of the alert level there due to the improvements in the foreign land’s security situation. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Hindi pa po pinapayagan ang mga new hires o...
The Taguig City government has issued reminders on health and safety protocols as cinemas and movie houses reopened in Metro Manila and in the provinces. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano, Chairman Benhur Abalos Jr. of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Charmaine Bauzon, president of...
A public health expert on Wednesday, Nov. 10, warned the government against easing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions too soon, citing the possible rise in infections anew. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over TeleRadyo, Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) President...
The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) on Monday, Nov. 8, announced that it is now open to all visitors as Metro Manila was downgraded to Alert Level 2. (National Museum of the Philippines photo / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, the NPM said the museum will now accept...
One of the biggest malls in San Juan City has reopened its cinemas after the National Capital Region (NCR) was placed under Alert Level 2 due to the declining number of COVID-19 cases and the high vaccination rate in the region. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora led the...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon warned the public on Tuesday, November 9 not to be complacent and to observe health protocols after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) recently placed Metro Manila under Alert Level 2 on November 5. PRC Chairman and Senator Richard J....
The Muntinlupa City Council opted not to pass an ordinance imposing curfew for minors in Muntinlupa but approved a measure restricting their movements under Alert Level 3. According to Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro, they passed Ordinance No. 2021-283 “regulating the movements of minors below...
Marikina will release an ordinance penalizing the establishments that violate the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) regulations following the implementation of Alert Level 2 in Metro Manila, Mayor Marcy Teodoro said on Monday, Nov. 8. Noting the surge of visitors at Marikina Riverbanks, Teodoro said...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to "give attention" to so-called street urchins, saying they could become spreaders of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). THEY'RE EVERYWHERE--Street children are seen playing along Lacson...
