Passenger capacity in the rail and land-based public transportation services in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces is set to increase to 70 percent starting Thursday, Nov. 4. Passengers observe safe distancing as part of the COVID-19 preventive protocols inside the MRT. (Mark Balmores/ FILE PHOTO...
Passenger capacity in road and railway-based public transportation in Metro Manila will be gradually increased to full capacity beginning next week, Nov. 4, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced Friday, Oct. 29. Passengers observe safe distancing as part of the COVID-19 preventive...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) would not blink in its recommendation to increase passenger capacity in public transportation, road, and rail in Metro Manila to up to 100 percent amid concerns on the continuous threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In fact, DOTR Assistant Secretary...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) now wants to boost passenger capacity from 50 percent to 100 percent in public transportation, road, and rail, based on available medical literature, with pilot implementation in Metro Manila. DOTR123 The transport agency declared it is ready to defend its...
DOTR123 The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has recommended increasing the passenger capacity in public utility vehicles (PUVs) to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) after the National Capital Region (NCR)'s quarantine status was downgraded...
A total of 45,649 safety seal certifications out of the 86,159 applications were issued by the various government agencies to various establishments nationwide. This means that these establishments will be allowed an additional 10 percent operational capacity, Department of the Interior and Local...
For the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Alert Level System (ALS) was implemented, Metro Manila residents will find out what it's like to live under alert level 3, which will be observed in the capital region from Oct. 16, 2021 to Oct. 31, 2021. (Erik Witsoe/ Unsplash) Alert...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has assured the safety of restaurant-goers in Metro Manila even as the government’s pandemic task force approved to expand dine-in capacity under the alert levels system. Fully-vaccinated individuals in more business areas. (Veejay Villafranca / Bloomberg) "We are...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. recognized the COVID-19 response of Cebu City after private hospitals recorded no admission in their intensive care units (ICU) and emergency rooms (ER) in recent weeks. (File photo) During the weekly "Talk to the People" public address of President Duterte Monday...
The capacity of Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital (JJASGH), one of Manila’s district hospitals, reached critical level on Monday night (Sept. 13). (MANILA.GOV.PH) In an advisory, the hospital said its patients have outnumbered its beds, while its emergency room and holding tents are...
Senator Grace Poe has asked the national government to consider raising its 2,000 daily passenger cap to help airline companies ride out the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Poe) Poe made the appeal through her proposed Senate Resolution No. 889, which calls on...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has lowered the price of power rate, secured enough supply of electricity, and provided additional power capacity for future needs under the administration of President Duterte. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi bared the agency's "accomplishments" in a pre-recorded Cabinet...
