The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has directed two barangay executives in Quezon City to explain their reported requirement of vaccination cards from their constituents asking for quarantine passes amid the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. ARTA orders 2 Quezon City...
More than 20,000 people were apprehended, warned and fined for violations of various quarantine rules during the first day of the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila although those accosted include those from four adjacent provinces of the metropolis. Gen....
Residents in Metro Manila, which is currently placed under the strictest community quarantine, have been encouraged to also buy fresh and frozen fish from Kadiwa stalls set up by the Department of Agriculture (DA). (Unsplash) "Aside from wet markets, residents from the National Capital Region and...
Another province will shift to the most restrictive lockdown this month as the country's coronavirus cases continued to climb. Police conduct checkpoint operations ahead of the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine on August 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) Malacañang announced...
The payouts for the cash assistance for affected individuals in the National Capital Region (NCR) are “yet to be set” by the Local Government Units (LGUs), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified on Saturday, Aug. 7. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DSWD,...
Three government agencies have approved the guidelines that would pave the way for the distribution of cash assistance for residents of Metro Manila that will be affected by the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20. The Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 3,...
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua raised his initial estimated losses from the two-week lockdown from P210 billion to P300 billion after other areas outside the National Capital Region (NCR) were also placed under varying levels of strict quarantine controls. Enhanced Community...
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Saturday, Aug. 7, announced that lottery and all other games are allowed in areas under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The agency informed the public that pursuant to the Omnibus Guidelines...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is offering free rides for commuters who are considered as authorized person outside of residence (APOR) as the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) limits the availability of public transportation. The Armed Forces of...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has temporarily closed its head office in Pasay City amid the imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). GSIS (Facebook) Its branch office in Mindanao Ave., Quezon City will also be closed to the public until Aug. 20. Claim and loan...
The Social Security System (SSS) offices within Metro Manila will operate on a skeleton workforce following the imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the region. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an advisory, SSS said its main office, SSS Makati Building, and all SSS branches in...
The cash aid for qualified beneficiaries in the National Capital Region (NCR) placed under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20 will be released mid-next week, DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said on Saturday, August 7. In an interview over GMA’s Dobol B TV, Densing...
