All qualified beneficiaries of the national government's cash assistance (ayuda) in the National Capital Region during the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) are still entitled to receive it even if they have not yet been vaccinated, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Wednesday, August 4, that the local government will receive P98 million from the national government for the financial aid or ayuda for its marginalized citizens to be affected by the reimposition of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Thursday (August 5) said the city government will not be imposing a liquor ban in the city during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) But, the mayor said that congregating and having drinking sprees outside homes...
At least half of the population of Metro Manila could be fully vaccinated after the two-week strict lockdown in the capital region, Malacañang said Thursday. President Rodrigo Duterte welcomes the arrival of more than 3 million doses donated by the United States in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City on...
The Muntinlupa police are preparing for the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila starting at midnight, August 6. The government has placed the entire National Capital Region (NCR) under ECQ from Aug. 6 to 20 due to the rising number of coronavirus disease...
Unlike other local government units (LGUs), the city government of Pasig will not be issuing quarantine passes to its residents. Mayor Vico Sotto said that Pasig residents are allowed to leave their homes to purchase essential goods, for emergencies, and to go to work. ‘“Yung huling ECQ...
Following the public uproar created by the strict rule on “hatid-sundo” of essential workers during the August 6-20 Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has set new requirements to prevent fetchers, who are not authorized to go out and make...
CAVITE - Governor Jonvic Remulla said the looming implementation of the nhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the province of Cavite will deal another blow to the province's manufacturing industry. The governor took to Twitter on Thursday (August 5) to express his concerns about the Inter-Agency...
When he was still the commander of the Joint Task Force COVID Shield, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar was flooded with reports from the field about motorists using the ‘hatid-sundo’ as frequent alibi to pass the strict border control in Metro Manila. Those...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, August 4, asked the Philippine National Police to "take a second look" on its plan to prohibit fetching of authorized persons outside of residence (APOR) to and from their workplaces during the hard lockdown in Metro Manila from August 6 to 20. (Mark...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already downloaded more than P3.57-billion worth of “special” cash assistance to the local government units (LGUs) in areas under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Western Visayas and Northern Mindanao. Milo Patarata Sr. of...
Desperate times like the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) call for creative budgeting on the part of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), especially if it wants to give cash aid to displaced workers in a timely manner. (File photo/...
