Desperate times like the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) call for creative budgeting on the part of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), especially if it wants to give cash aid to displaced workers in a timely manner. (File photo/...
The public is encouraged to stay home and away from others as much as possible especially when Metro Manila reverts to a hard lockdown this month in a bid to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant. A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people...
More than 200 individuals have volunteered for the City of Manila's 24/7 vaccination, the local government said on Wednesday (Aug. 4). ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN Since the call for volunteers last August 2, the local government said 220 have already applied to assist in the vaccination program....
The government is committed to implement a swift and orderly distribution of financial aid to Metro Manila's poor and vulnerable population affected by another round of strict lockdown. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Karlo Nograles/Facebook) According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, the...
To achieve Malacañang’s goal to make the reimposition of a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila the country’s “last ever lockdown,” Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, August 4, offered to help and made several recommendations. Vice President Leni Robredo...
There will be no water disconnection services during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period from August 6 to 20, according to Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS RO). 23968 On Wednesday, MWSS-RO directed Manila Water Company, Inc. and Maynilad Water Services,...
The mayors of Metro Manila want Social Amelioration Program (SAP) funds to be directly transferred to local government units (LGUs) for faster distribution to beneficiaries during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) on August 6-20. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
Various German medicines believed to have been smuggled into the country were discovered at a storage facility in Pasay City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) revealed on Wednesday, August 4. UNAUTHORIZED MEDS--Various German medicines believed to have been brought to the Philippines without the...
The government is aiming to "maximize" the Metro Manila-wide strict lockdown and step up its pandemic response in a bid to slow down the coronavirus spread and avoid extending the movement curbs. Go Negosyo hosts a virtual town hall on NCR lockdown on August 4, 2021 (Go Negosyo/ Facebook...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said the private sector made the right decision in suggesting placing the National Capital Region (NCR) under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as something "more challenging" will face the country if the government did not decide to...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday urged the leadership of the House of Representatives to withdraw Monday’s approval of the 25-year franchises to two of the country’s biggest water concessionaires, Maynilad and Manila Water. “As a deputy speaker, I am ex-officio member of all...
There will be a liquor ban in Muntinlupa under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status from Aug. 6 to 20. Majority Floor Leader and lawyer Raul Corro told the Manila Bulletin that Muntinlupa has an existing ordinance on liquor ban. Police manning a quarantine control point at the...