Malacañang said that the government was left with no choice but to escalate the National Capital Region (NCR) back to alert level 3 due to the ongoing surge of cases from the holiday season. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...
Editorial Amid a continuing uptrend in COVID-19 infections, the government has declared Alert Level 3 in Metro Manila for the first half of January 2022. The number of cases in the capital region, Calabarzon and Central Luzon has been increasing rapidly during the past two weeks. The positivity...
Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced, on Sunday, Jan. 2, several restrictions to be imposed in Manila following the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force’s (IATF) implementation of Alert Level 3 in the National Capital Region (NCR) . During a Facebook live stream, Domagoso announced...
Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday said a proactive leadrship, public cooperation and a science-based approach are three main things that are needed to prevent the new wave of COVID-19 infections hitting the country. Lacson said authorities and the public should...
The increase in the number of new daily COVID-19 cases and the confirmation of at least three local cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant pushed the Inter-agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under the...
The National Capital Region (NCR) will be under stricter measures starting the year 2022 after the government's pandemic task force decided to place the region under Alert Level 3 from January 3 to 15 due to the recent spike of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...
Why did the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) retain the country’s alert level 2 status despite the "concerning" rise daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) According to Cabinet Secretary and IATF Spokesperson Karlo...
The Philippines will remain under alert level 2 from Jan. 1 until Jan. 15, 2022, Malacañang announced on Thursday, Dec. 30. Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 at a time when Metro Manila was under alert level 3. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) All provinces, highly urbanized...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday, Dec. 30, expressed readiness to bring back the implenentation of stringent health and safety protocols in case the national government decides to heighten the Alert Level status amid increasing cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Police General...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez on Thursday, Dec. 30, said that due to the alarming transmissibility of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which is wreaking havoc around the world, the National Capital Region (NCR) will remain under Alert Level 2 until Dec. 31 and...
Despite the slight uptick in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) believes there is no basis yet to raise the Alert Level in the country. DILG logo "So far wala pa namang basis (there is no basis yet)," DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said...
For those who do not relish the thought of using face shields again while out in public, don't fret. President Rodrigo Duterte tries on a face shield. (Malacañang photo) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles clarified on Wednesday, Dec. 22 that President Duterte's...
