Mandaluyong City Mayor Carmelita “Menchie” Abalos on Thursday (August 5) said the city government will impose a liquor ban during the span of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Mayor Carmelita 'Menchie' Abalos (Photo courtesy of Mandaluyong City LGU) “Yes we do have liquor ban ,” the...
Twelve out of 22 Level 3 hospitals in Metro Manila that are being monitored by the Department of Health (DOH) are now considered at "critical risk" in terms of the occupancy of their respective intensive care units (ICUs). MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (File photo/ Screengrab from Facebook live) The...
It's a tall order, but it will be done. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos gave this assurance to National Capital Region (NCR) residents Wednesday, Aug. 4 during Go Negosyo's virtual town hall...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos has asked potential organizers of community pantries to coordinate with authorities so that the goods on their pantries could be delivered to people's doorsteps instead. The community pantry in Diliman, Quezon City (Mark...
The question of whether or not National Capital Region (NCR) residents can purchase booze from stores will be left to the discretion of the individual local government units (LGUs). (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Thus, bared Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman...
The national government, business leaders, and medical experts are set to hold a town hall on how the National Capital Region (NCR) can maximize the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to arrest the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Presidential...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos says that house-to-house vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period in Metro Manila simply isn't possible. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said the quarantine pass system that was used during the past implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) would again be observed when the National Capital Region (NCR) returns to ECQ later this month....
The Metro Manila mayors, through Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos, has expressed their appreciation to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) for heeding their calls for the reimposition of an enhanced community...
Malacañang said the government cannot meet the condition of Metro Manila mayors to have cash assistance or "ayuda" or cash aid for the proposed shift of the National Capital Region (NCR) to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as there were not enough funds for it. File photo of Manila...
If Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos would have his way, he would have Filipinos work from home for the next two weeks as a way to halt the spread of the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Thought Catalog/ Unsplash)...
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez insisted that the national government isn't belittling the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite its decision to not budge from the current general community quarantine (GCQ). Department of Trade...