Desperate times like the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) call for creative budgeting on the part of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), especially if it wants to give cash aid to displaced workers in a timely manner. (File photo/...
The public is encouraged to stay home and away from others as much as possible especially when Metro Manila reverts to a hard lockdown this month in a bid to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant. A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people...
As the stricter Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) enforcement in Metro Manila starts August 6, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Wednesday, August, 4 that only authorized persons outside residence (APOR) will be allowed cross border travels. In...
The government is committed to implement a swift and orderly distribution of financial aid to Metro Manila's poor and vulnerable population affected by another round of strict lockdown. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Karlo Nograles/Facebook) According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) advised people and groups that are planning to set up community pantries during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period in Metro Manila to seek first the approval of the Local Government Units (LGUs). PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said there is...
The government is aiming to "maximize" the Metro Manila-wide strict lockdown and step up its pandemic response in a bid to slow down the coronavirus spread and avoid extending the movement curbs. Go Negosyo hosts a virtual town hall on NCR lockdown on August 4, 2021 (Go Negosyo/ Facebook...
Malacañang has ordered government offices in the National Capital Region (NCR) to have at least 20 percent of their workers on-site during the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period in the region. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the pandemic task force members...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has suspended the voter registration in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine. Comelec/MB "ECQ in NCR means a shutdown of the physical offices of Comelec in NCR. Voter registration will be effectively...
The State’s re-imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) because of the surging Delta variant-induced coronavirus infections will also mean going back to the old routine for power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on suspending ‘electricity service disconnections’ to...
The government is crossing its fingers that the upcoming two-week strict lockdown in Metro Manila will be its last as more people get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered Metro Manila policemen to ensure strict implementation of longer curfew hours during the August 6-20 Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region. From the 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew,...
The current public transportation supply and capacity will be retained during the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila from Aug. 6 to 20, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced. A Muntinlupa police officer checks passengers of a jeepney at the...
