Prospective car buyers would need to show proof that they have adequate garage or parking space before they will be allowed to buy one. This is the conditon that Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco wants to institutionalize under House Bill (HB) No. 31. Vehicles are seen parked on...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina With a large population that continues to expand and further increases social and economic requirements, the country’s premier metropolis ought to be governed by a government agency with police power to solve chronic problems of traffic, flooding,...
Parañaque City 1st District Representative Edwin Olivarez said the planned rightsizing of the bureaucracy by the Marcos administration must ensure that government agencies remain efficient and functional and must prioritize the welfare of government workers. Olivarez was elected chairman of the...
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...
In this file photo taken on April 26, 2021, commuters wearing protective face masks walk along Pratunam pier in Bangkok, after the government imposed strict restrictions for not wearing a mask in public following the recent outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Thailand. Thailand announced on...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III has ordered a one-week campaign against dengue as the number of cases has increased in the municipality. According to the Department of Health (DOH), Pateros recorded a dengue attack rate of 5.43 per 10,000 population from Jan. 1 to July 23 this year. This 2005...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The OCTA Research Group on Tuesday, July 26, monitored an increase in healthcare utilization rate in Metro Manila but it has remained below the concerning level of 50 percent. “HCUR (healthcare utilization rate) in the NCR (National Capital Region)...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The peak of the Covid-19 wave driven by Omicron subvariants is not in sight yet as Metro Manila still recorded an increase in new cases in the past few days, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Monday, July 25. “The peak in new Covid-19...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila has increased to 16 percent, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Friday, July 22. The region’s positivity rate—the number of individuals who yielded positive results from among those who were...
(PIXABAY) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David on Tuesday, July 19, said that Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate—or the number of individuals who yielded positive results from among those who were tested for Covid-19–has decreased in the past two days. “We could see that the highest...
Among the primary factors that may be fueling the resurgence of Covid-19 infections in the country were mobility, emerging sub variants, waning immunity, and non-compliance to minimum public health standards, said a health expert on Monday, July 18. (Tara Yap / Manila Bulletin) Health expert and...
(PIXABAY) OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David projected that the Omicron subvariant-driven wave of new Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila will likely begin to decline “around this week or by next week.” “We might be seeing the peak around 1,000 cases if the peak happens this week. It will be...
