A total of 114 nuns and staff of Religious of the Virgin Mary convent in Barangay Kaunlaran New Manila, Quezon City have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the report of the Quezon City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU), 61 nuns and 53 staff contracted COVID-19. CESU said 22...
All is set for the Philippine National Police (PNP) as the governments begins the implementation of the granular lockdown and the alert level system in Metro Manila tomorrow, Sept. 16. PNP chief General Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said personnel of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO)...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, September 15, appealed to local government units (LGUs) not to employ the "shock and awe" tactic in implementing granular lockdowns within their jurisdictions, and give residents a fair amount of time to prepare. Members of the Philippine National Police man a...
Border restriction will remain strict as provinces outside the region may require travelers to present negative RT-PCR or antigen coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) test results or vaccination identification cards upon entry, said Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary...
A civic group hit the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) a day before the implementation of the alert level system and granular lockdowns in Metro Manila. (ALI VICOY / MB FILE PHOTO) In a statement, the Council for People's Development and Governance (CPDG) said the...
Travels within and outside Metro Manila are less restricted under the Alert Level 4 policy that will start in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Sept. 16, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said Tuesday, Sept. 14. In a news briefing, Densing...
No cash aid will be given to areas in Metro Manila that will be placed under granular lockdown, but Presidential spokesman Harry Roque clarified on Tuesday, September 14, that the government will provide food supplies. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Palace official said providing food supply to...
Don't be confused. photo:Ali Vicoy This was what Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos told the public over the implementation of granular lockdowns and alert levels system in the National Capital Region (NCR). "'Wag po tayong maguluhan dahil magkaiba po yun...
Beginning Sept. 16, Metro Manila will be placed under Alert Level 4 wherein granular lockdowns will be enforced only in critical areas as part of the improved version to control the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) surge. This was disclosed by Department of the Interior and Local Government...
An official from the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) said Tuesday, Sept. 14, the success of granular lockdowns which will be piloted on Sept. 16 in Metro Manila will depend on how well local government units can implement them. (ALI VICOY / MB FILE PHOTO) In an interview with DZBB, PCP...
Police commanders in Metro Manila have been ordered to coordinate with the local government units (LGUs) for the implementation of granular lockdown and quarantine alert level system in order to come up with strategic enforcement and deployment plan once the they are implemented starting Sept. 16....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) assured on Tuesday, Sept. 14, that government assistance will be provided immediately to the families that would be affected by the two-week granular lockdowns with Alert Level 4 being imposed in Metro Manila on Sept. 16. DILG...
