Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said downgrading the status of the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 1 will normalize life and spur the economy. Mayors including Cayetano under the Metro Manila Council signed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution 22-06 recommending to...
Wearing face shields in areas under Alert Levels 3, 2, and 1 is no longer mandatory, according to the New Normal Manual of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the May 2022 polls. Based on the manual, the use of face shields shall be "voluntary" for areas under Alert Levels 3, 2, and 1 per the...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, also the chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), announced that all 17 Metro Manila mayors will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 22, to determine whether to maintain the National Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 2 or downgrade it to Alert Level 1 starting March...
As the country prepares for the next step in its battle against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Malacañang said that there may be additional conditions before any area can deescalate to Alert Level 1. (File Photo by Ali Vicoy) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement as the...
Establishments in areas with high vaccination rates for senior citizens and persons with comorbidities will be allowed to operate with an additional 20 percent capacity, acting Presidential spokesman Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (The Cabinet Secretariat...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has yet to reach the endemic stage at this point in time. “For now, we cannot say that it is really at that state where we have this endemic,” said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press...
While it has approved the progressive expansion of in-person learning, the Department of Education (DepEd) said that there will be no going back to “pure” face-to-face classes. (Photo from DepEd) “At this time and at this age, to say that there is no other way to learn but face-to-face should...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that the country is opening its borders to foreign tourists starting Feb.12. Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said that in compliance with the resolution from the Inter-Agency Task...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ordered on Friday, Jan. 28, all its regional directors and other field officials to utilize video conferencing as an alternative mode to face-to-face investigation of administrative cases. (Photo from Pixabay) BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay issued Revenue...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the importance of having a reliable information infrastructure to connect those unserved, underserved, and geographically disadvantaged areas in the country to the online world. Community Cellular Networks established in San Luis, Aurora...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque As the days go on, and as new variants spring out again just when we thought we had things under control, the more convinced I am that we have to accept that the world we live in today (and in the days to come) will be a “new normal.” I was so resistant to that...
Recognizing the challenges brought by the pandemic on children, the Department of Education (DepEd) has lined up a series of activities in the celebration of the 29th National Children’s Month (NCM) this November. Children play with bricks in Baseco Compound, Manila. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN)...
