Providing a means to showcase skills and expertise in various technical vocational fields, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the National Capital Region (NCR) said on Tuesday, Nov. 9 that it opened its week-long 2021 Regional Skills Competition. (Photo from TESDA /...
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...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will recommend to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) the scrapping of mandatory use of face shields in the National Capital Region following mutual agreement among Metro mayors. MMDA Chairman...
Damn if you do, damn if you don’t. This seemed to be the message of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año as critics are apparently insinuating that the government is to blame if cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Metro Manila would go up after...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo still finds the Duterte administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response "very wanting" despite the huge decrease in daily fresh cases of the deadly illness. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Speaking in a press conference Friday,...
EDITORIAL Responding to an apparent widespread clamor, the government declared the de-escalation of the National Capital Region (NCR) from alert level 3 to alert level 2 from November 5 to 21. This de-escalation follows an emergent consensus among key stakeholders on the need for fast-tracking the...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is brimming with optimism following the Inter-Agency Task Force's (IATF) sudden but welcome decision to de-escalate the National Capital Region (NCR) to alert level 2 in connection with the coronavirus disease...
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar instructed all unit commanders in the National Capital Region (NCR) to prioritize their anti-criminality measures after the national government deescalated the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) status in the region to Alert Level 2...
With a very progressive and aggressive vaccination drive in place, the National Capital Region (NCR) is set to achieve close to 100 percent of its target population to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) early next year. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Eduardo Año reiterated Friday, Nov. 5, that the improving coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Metro Manila is enough proof to take risks and downgrade the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 2 although the government...
Metro Manila residents will wake up to the relaxed protocols of alert level 2 on Friday, Nov. 5. But what exactly changed in terms of can and can't be done with the the National Capital Region's (NCR) de-escalation to alert level 2 from alert level 3? Well, there are a handful of changes under the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque bared on Thursday night, Nov. 4, 2021 that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the de-escalation of the National Capital Region (NCR) from alert level 3 to alert level 2. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This is in connection with the alert...
