CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The ad hoc committee of the city council chaired by Councilor James Judith II has finished the committee report on the reinvestigation of the special Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) “ayuda” (assistance) in this city after almost six months of investigation. JUDITH...
Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has called on the national government to declare March 15 as "Frontliners' Day". Why the particular date, you ask? It was on March 15, 2020 when the government first placed the country under the most stringent enhanced community quarantine...
NAIC, Cavite – Manila Mayor Isko Moreno visited Naic Mayor Junio C. Dualan on Thursday (Nov. 4). Municipality of Naic / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN A municipal hall staff told the Manila Bulletin that the presidential aspirant arrived at noontime and stayed for less than an hour. Photos posted in...
For Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion, the plunge in new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to just 1,591 cases last Nov.3 is vindication for his controversial call for an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila last August. Presidential Adviser on...
The government's task force against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has released its updated quarantine classification list for areas in the country that are not covered by the new Alert Level System (ALS). (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) The updated list is based on Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF)...
The Philippines’s food service sector is expected to shrink further this year to $7.4 billion following a 44 percent fall in 2020, on the weight of the spread of COVID-19’s Delta variant as well as the government’s abrupt implementation of different quarantine restrictions. This is according...
The distribution of assistance given by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to Batanes will push through after the the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is lifted around the first week of October. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Office (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon...
Following the government’s enforcement of more relaxed quarantine restrictions, power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced that service disconnections will already resume for its customers that have unpaid bills. The company said power service-cut off would be re-imposed in...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has extended the payment deadline for July contributions of regular employers due to enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said Monday, Sept. 30, that the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque told Malacañang-beat reporters Tuesday, Sept. 14 to "refrain from asking for reactions". Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This "suggestion" from the Palace mouthpiece came exactly a week after his outburst against...
Amid criticisms over so many lockdown names, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Monday, September 13, that he will recommend the use of just two classifications in containing the movement of the people as part of the effort in fighting the...
The government’s changing quarantine classifications and labels are very confusing, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, September 12, noting that small businesses are the ones suffering the most from it. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) “Ang dami na nating (We...
