Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III issued an executive order indicating allowed and prohibited activities and businesses in the municipality under the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) Alert Level 4. Alert Level 4 was extended in the National Capital Region (NCR) until Oct. 15. Awarding of...
Changes in the alert level classifications of the National Capital Region (NCR) must be transparent and based on numbers. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion and Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP, a molecular biologist,...
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...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Tourism (DOT) announced Friday, October 1, that they will no longer recommend the use of foot baths, disinfection tents, misting chambers, or sanitation booths for establishments offering dine-in services amid the prevailing coronavirus...
The government's pandemic task force has extended the pilot implementation of the new Alert Levels System for coronavirus (COVID-19) response in the National Capital Region (NCR) until October 15 but agreed to relax some of the Alert Level 4 restrictions. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential...
A group of health workers on Thursday, Sept. 30, asked to extend the Alert Level 4 over Metro Manila, citing high hospital capacity shortage of manpower. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines, the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) President Robert Mendoza hopes the...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the Alert Level 4 quarantine status in the National Capital Region (NCR) should be extended despite the declining number of COVID-19 cases. The General Community Quarantine (GCQ) Alert Level 4 in Metro Manila is due to end on Thursday, Sept. 30, . Mayor...
The 13th month pay of employees in the services sector will depend on how well their respective companies perform this final quarter of 2021. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion speaks during the virtual press briefing on Tuesday, Sept. 28 (Screenshot...
There is no decision yet on whether or not the Alert Level 4 restrictions would be downgraded in Metro Manila, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said on Monday night, Sept. 27. In an interview over ABS-CBN’s TeleRadyo, Malaya disclosed that the...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is supporting calls to reopen gyms in Metro Manila, saying that fitness activities are actually essential amid the pandemic. (Photo via Pixabay) "Ang gym sa ngayon pino-propose po natin sa IATF (interagency task force) at pinag-aaralan ngayon ng technical...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos has expressed satisfaction on the pilot implementation of the alert levels system in Metro Manila almost two weeks after it started. A local watchman installs a warning sign on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, placing a street in...
A local watchman installs a warning sign on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, placing a street in Parañaque City under granular lockdown. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) There is a possibility that Metro Manila may remain under Alert Level 4 status based on the current metrics of the Department of Health (DOH), its...
