UPDATED: October 1, 2021 Follow the author on Twitter: @argyllcyrus_MB The government's pandemic task force has finally issued the guidelines on the pilot implementation of the Alert Levels System for coronavirus (COVID-19) response in Metro Manila in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus and...
Metro Manila policemen were ordered on Saturday, Sept, 8, to familiarize the new alert level system guidelines under the quarantine classifications that will be enforced in the National Capital Region. The new guidelines for these quarantine classifications have already been provisionally approved....
President Duterte explained that the initially planned pilot implementation of the new granular lockdowns system in the National Capital Region (NCR) was deferred because it lacked specific guidelines that would cover possible contingencies. File photos Duterte made the statement after the...
A policy shift that uses "alert level" restrictions is expected to be enforced in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting Sept. 16 to 30, according to an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing (File photo via Densing's Facebook...
The cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the low-income individuals in the National Capital Region (NCR) that were affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was already 97.92 percent completed, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Tuesday night, Sept. 7. In the...
While many were taken aback by the sudden decision of the government to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) for another week, President Duterte's most recent pre-recorded public address did not give any clarity as to why the pandemic task...
The switch to a general community quarantine (GCQ) along with the pilot-testing of granular lockdowns in Metro Manila won't push through on Sept. 8 after all. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, as members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), the marketing arm of the Department of Tourism (DOT), will resume the subsidized reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for approved domestic tourists in Metro Manila starting Wednesday, Sept. 8. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This, after...
The govenrment will be "reasonable" in the implementation of granular lockdowns in the National Captial Region (NCR) or Metro Manila despite the delayed release of the guidelines for it, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, Sept. 7. (Ali Vicoy/ File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
The national government again failed to provide guidelines for the pilot-testing of the so-called granular lockdowns in the National Capital Region (NCR) despite its scheduled implementation tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 8. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque speaks during the virtual press briefing...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced on Tuesday that the city is ready to implement granular lockdowns in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting Wednesday, September 8. Mayor Abby Binay “Makati is the first local government unit (LGU) to implement a localized or granular lockdown last...
The implementation of granular lockdowns will be successful only if coupled with continuous pandemic response such as testing, contact tracing, and vaccinations, an expert said Tuesday, Sept. 7. Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a barangay in Sampaloc, Manila after it...