Travel around Luzon Island is now faster with the operation of several expressways that connect Metro Manila to many parts of the north, east, west, and south of the island. From the country’s first expressways – the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) built in...
An uptick in Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate was observed by independent group OCTA Research on Thursday evening, June 9. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “The situation in the National Capital Region (NCR) has become more concerning as the positivity rate, at 1.5 percent a week ago,...
All 16 cities and the only municipality in the National Capital Region (NCR) are still under the coronavirus Alert Level 1 after the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases clarified the list of areas in the said risk level classification. (ALI VICOY /...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the recommendation of retaining the Alert Level 1 status of the entire National Capital Region (NCR) from May 16 to 31, 2022, Malacañang said Sunday evening. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade, signed Thursday, May 5, the P17.75 BIllion contract for two stations and tunnels of the P488 Billion Metro Manila Subway Phase 1, Contract Package 104 (CP104), with the Tokyu-Tobishima Megawide Joint Venture (TTM-JV). 81748 The CP104...
Despite the “slight increase” in Metro Manila’s Covid-19 growth rate, a health reform advocate said that the occurrence of another Covid-19 surge before the May 2022 polls remains less likely. (Unsplash) Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task Force (NTF)...
The Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has advised its customers in nine Metro Manila cities and Bulacan that they will be experiencing low to no water supply starting Saturday evening, April 30, until May 16. It said that the water service interruptions will occur every 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on the said...
Metro Manila’s Covid-19 reproduction number “slightly increased” to 0.71, an OCTA Research fellow said on Saturday, April 30. “Ang ating reproduction number ay nasa 0.71. Medyo bahagyang umakyat pero hindi pa naman ganon ka-alarming. Yung ating daily new case ay below 200 pa lamang (Our...
Despite the fear of a surge in coronavirus infections next month and an Omicron subvariant entering the country, the government's pandemic task force has decided to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) and many other areas in the Philippines under Alert Level 1, Malacañang announced. (JANSEN...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila shifted from "very low" to “low risk” for Covid-19 infections following a slight increase in its reproduction number, the independent research group OCTA said. In an update shared on Twitter on Thursday, April 28, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The average daily attack rate (ADAR) in Metro Manila remained below 1, which means the region is still at “very low risk” for Covid-19, the OCTA Research Group said in its latest monitoring. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in an update shared on Twitter, Wednesday,...
Noting that the Filipino commuters are suffering because of the inefficient public transportation system in Metro Manila, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Tuesday, April 19, questioned the government’s slow implementation of the bus rapid transit (BRT) project in Metro Manila that could’ve...
