The National Capital Region's (NCR) positivity rate has further increased to 45 percent, independent research group OCTA said on Thursday, Jan. 6. Members of the Manila Police District (MPD) Precinct Station 2 remind bargain shoppers along Ilaya in Tondo, Manila, that children, senior citizens and...
The entire National Capital Region (NCR)-plus is now practically under alert level 3. (Fusion Medical Animation/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles announced in a statement late Wednesday night, Jan. 5 the impending escalation of Laguna from alert level...
Purveyors of fake news should instead help in her coronavirus response initiatives than spreading disinformation about her on social media, Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday, Jan. 5. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) In a live video on her Facebook page,...
Active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pasig City jumped to 456 on Jan. 4 from just 24 cases a week earlier on Dec. 28, based on data provided by the city government. The tally represents an increase of 432 cases in one week. Of the 456 total count, the following Pasig barangays...
Following the spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases throughout the National Capital Region (NCR), the City of Manila logged over 1,000 cases on Wednesday, Jan 5. There are 1,124 active COVID-19 cases in Manila now, the city government said. Manila’s Tondo district holds the highest number...
Due to the fresh surge of new daily cases of COVID-19, Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Jan. 5, brought back her office’s free mobile antigen testing program in two sites: Tandang Sora and Quezon City Memorial Circle. OVP’s Swab Cab resumes operations in Quezon City on Wednesday, Jan....
One of President Duterte’s top economic advisers on Wednesday, Jan. 5, said that the public should “not panic” amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country, reiterating his call for alert levels to be guided by healthcare utilization and vaccination rates. Presidential Adviser for...
The entire Philippines is now classified as "high-risk" for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases's (IATF) own metrics. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "While we welcome the new year with optimism, the...
Independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila as well as Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) may start to go down in the middle of the month and towards the end of it if the same trajectory as South Africa would...
President Duterte has expressed a desire to go back to the provinces that were ravaged by typhoon "Odette". President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) This, despite the apparent new surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases that's slowly sweeping across the nation. Duterte, in his...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Jan. 5, called on medical doctors and non-medical volunteers to join her free telemedicine consultation initiative called Bayanihan E-Konsulta as the number of new daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country increased....
Averaging only more than 300 cases per day in the previous week, the country's average daily reported cases of COVID-19 has soared to more than 3,000 this week, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday night, Jan. 4. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo,...
