The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the distribution of cash aid or “ayuda” to residents of areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) may be done manually due to limited time. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The DSWD noted that such mechanism “worked” during the...
The government is crossing its fingers that the upcoming two-week strict lockdown in Metro Manila will be its last as more people get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious...
Raymundo W. Lo, MD So, we’re headed for another two-week lockdown due to the Delta variant surge threat. But lockdowns per se will only bring temporary relief, as we’ve seen in the past year. The same goes for different countries seeing surge after surge. While vaccination is the key to ending...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Hello inmates! Looks like we are back where it all began – ECQ – otherwise referred to as lockdown season 3, the Delta variant, fortified with face shields and fake news. This is considered the most dangerous wave, not only because it’s more transmissible, but...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) Central Office in Batasan Hills, Quezon City has decided to close down starting Monday, August 2, after it recorded new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “The CSC Central Office (CO) will be closed from August 2 to 5, 2021 due...
The city government of Navotas announced on Monday that two areas have been locked down due to a surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Barangay Tanza 1 and Tanza 2 will be placed under lockdown from Monday midnight (August 2) until 5 a.m. on August 16. “Kamakailan lang, nagsagawa ng...
Malacañang has urged Filipino families to not rely on the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and to impose their own household lockdown to save their loved ones from the dreaded Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Pixabay / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
A public health expert hopes that the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will result in a "drastic" decrease of the projected Delta cases in Metro Manila. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Without intervention, active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, August 2, said health authorities might have to reconsider and advance the schedule of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) lockdowns in high-risk areas instead of waiting for one week to fully impose the same. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson The Inter-Agency Task...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion As a tight lockdown or ECQ looms in Metro Manila from August 6, how will the national government feed its 14 million plus residents? Presented by the media with this blunt question last week, Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado and presidential spokesman Harry Roque were both...
The distribution of “special” cash assistance to individuals and families affected by the imposition of localized lockdowns in Visayas has already begun, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has disclosed. Milo Patarata Sr. of Barangay Cabalabaguan, Mina, Iloilo receives...
With the continuous spread of the far more threatening Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed Sunday, August 1, that more personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be dispatched on the streets ahead of...
