Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III has expressed alarm over the resurgence of Covid-19 in the municipality, the smallest local government unit in Metro Manila with an estimated population of 70,000. On June 15, the Pateros municipal government announced that the municipality recorded five new Covid-19...
Members of the Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) apprehended Thursday morning, June 16, persons who were not wearing face masks in the city’s public markets. The city government said that the operation was done since Quezon City’s local Covid-19 early warning system was...
Metro Manila’s risk classification for Covid-19 has moved from low to moderate risk, said an OCTA Research fellow on Thursday, June 16. (Unsplash) In an interview with CNN Philippines on Thursday morning, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said that based on their metrics, Metro Manila is now...
The Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) has recorded 30 new Covid-19 cases in the last three days but the Department of Health (DOH) said the National Capital Region (NCR) is still at a low risk level. Daily data from the CHO showed that from June 13 to 15, Muntinlupa tallied 10, eight and 12 new...
SHOPPERS pass by the Corona Store on busy Calle Real in downtown Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY — Western Visayas remains under Covid-19 Alert Level 1 from June 16 to 30. The regional capital of Iloilo City is still at Alert Level 1; Iloilo, which consists of 42 towns and the component...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to keep the entire National capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 1, the least strict among all risk level classifications, until the end of the month despite a reported spike in Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila, Malacañang said. (ALI VICOY /...
(FILE PHOTO) The country’s number of severe and critical Covid-19 cases might increase by August because of waning immunity and reduction in the compliance to the health protocols, the Department of Health (DOH). “Base doon sa scenario kung saan nakapasok ang mas transmissible na variants, may...
A police officer checks the vaccination cards of passengers at a jeepney stop in Divisoria, Manila on Jan. 14, 2022 in line with the implementation of the Department of Transportation’s “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy in the capital region while under the more stringent Alert Level 3. (Ali...
DAVAO City residents flock to the city’s biggest vaccination hub at the Azuela Cove in Lanang to avail themselves of Covid-19 vaccines. The vaccination hub could serve at least 1,000 recipients per day. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – The city government of Davao plans to shut down all existing...
Releected Senator Joel Villanueva said Tuesday, June 14 that placing the National Capital Region (NCR) back to alert level 2 would affect the country’s growth rate. ‘’The World Bank is expecting the Philippines to grow at 5.7 percent this year, among the highest in Asia. NCR going back to...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion thumbed down suggestions to raise the alert level status in the National Capital Region (NCR) from one to two, saying that such a move could cripple the economy. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion (PCOO / FILE PHOTO /...
House Ways and Means Chair Rep. Joey Salceda thinks that the possible re-implementation of Alert Level 2 in the National Capital Region (NCR) does not make sense as a healthcare solution, citing specifically the economic burdens it may impose on the indigent sector. House Ways and Means Chair, and...
