Malacañang is optimistic that the country's employment situation will improve in the coming months as more Filipinos are expected to return to work with the easing of quarantine restrictions and the reopening of economic activities. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop, with the...
The Taguig City government has allowed the playing of basketball, volleyball, football, and other contact sports in the city under Alert Level 2. The Taguig Safe City Task Force recently issued Advisory No. 67 allowing contact sports in Taguig based on the resolutions issued by the Inter-Agency...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) monitored "localized" earthquake activity in Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island since Tuesday evening, Feb. 8. In an advisory, Phivolcs said 11 "very shallow" earthquakes between magnitudes 0.9 and 2.1 were recorded by the...
The government's pandemic task force is set to discuss Metro Manila's possible deescalation to Alert Level 1 for the second half of February 2022 and may make the announcement on the weekend, Malacañang said. (FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the...
As daily COVID-19 cases are expected to drop this month, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion urged the government to place the country under the least restrictive Alert Level 1 by March. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion (PCOO/...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año rejected on Monday, Feb. 7, proposals to suspend the alert level system with the country’s steady health situation improvement in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In an interview over DzBB, Año insisted...
People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until Jan. 15 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases.(FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) An infectious disease expert said it is not yet the right time to remove the alert...
The Taguig City government has imposed restrictions on unvaccinated individuals and curfew for minors under Alert Level 2. Metro Manila, including Taguig, is under Alert Level 2 from Feb. 1 to 15 as decided by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). Vaccination checkpoint in Taguig last month under...
The government's pandemic task force will be looking into the possibility of deescalating the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 1, the least strict risk classification that the country has in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Taguig City government has recorded more than 8,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in January with the surge of the Omicron variant in Metro Manila. Based on data from the Taguig City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance (CEDSU), the city had 8,230 new COVID-19 cases in January as...
Senators on Tuesday called on the government to carefully examine and study recommendations that seek to eliminate the current COVID-19 alert system in place in favor of a more endemic mindset. Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said he agrees with the proposal but said the government should...
The "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy for commuters using public transportation in Metro Manila has been lifted on Tuesday, Feb. 1, as the capital region moved back into the more relaxed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Alert Level 2, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. (NOEL PABALATE /...
