President Duterte has ordered the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to find a source for the cash aid or ayuda for residents who will be affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) that will be imposed on Metro Manila next month, Malacañang said. (Parañaque City - Public...
The local government unit (LGU) of Pasig City hailed the Urban Garden of Barangay San Antonio as the most sustainable urban garden in the city and named it the champion in the Sustainable Urban Gardening Contest 2021. (Photos courtesy of Barangay San Antonio's FB page) Mayor Vico Sotto personally...
Malacañang said Metro Manila will be placed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20 but will first undergo a new variant of the general community quarantine (GCQ) to allow business owners and the public to make the necessary preparations. Dos and Don'ts during GCQ with...
The National Capital Region (NCR) will be placed under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20 after undergoing a week-long stricter general community quarantine (GCQ) due to the spike in cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). File photo of members of the Philippine...
To contain the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro said he and other mayors of Metro Manila pushed for a higher quarantine status. (Marikina City LGU / MANILA BULLETIN) He said such will be needed in order to avoid the surge in COVID-19 cases projected by...
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...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is closely monitoring the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Metro Manila as it continues to exhibit an increasing number of cases. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the National Capital Region (NCR) registered...
The government is keeping the strict quarantine restrictions in several parts of the country next month to stem the surging cases of the Delta coronavirus variant. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a taped public address on July 29, 2021. (RTVM screenshot) President Duterte has approved to retain...
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...
Rains triggered by the southwest monsoon still managed to cause flooding in some areas in Metro Manila Wednesday afternoon, July 28. (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) According to a flood advisory sent by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) at past 3 p.m., at least four areas in...
(Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP / FILE PHOTO) OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said that hospitals in Metro Manila may reach their full capacity by the middle of August if the government does not implement stricter quarantine measures amid the detection of the Delta variant of...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Twenty-five out of the 72 local cases of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus were found in Metro Manila, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. Of the said cases, 10 were found in the City of Manila, seven in Pasig City, two cases in San Juan, while one...
