The San Juan City local government started on Wednesday, August 4, its house to house vaccination of bedridden citizens to protect them against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook Live) San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora witnesses the inoculation of the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should do overtime work during weekends to cover for the two-week suspension of the voter registration due to the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday, August 4. Gatchalian said...
It's a tall order, but it will be done. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos gave this assurance to National Capital Region (NCR) residents Wednesday, Aug. 4 during Go Negosyo's virtual town hall...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) Central Office in Batasan Hills, Quezon City, along with five regional offices will observe the work-from-home arrangement during the imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from August 6 to 20. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The CSC announced this in a...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) advised people and groups that are planning to set up community pantries during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period in Metro Manila to seek first the approval of the Local Government Units (LGUs). PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said there is...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said the private sector made the right decision in suggesting placing the National Capital Region (NCR) under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) as something "more challenging" will face the country if the government did not decide to...
There will be a liquor ban in Muntinlupa under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status from Aug. 6 to 20. Majority Floor Leader and lawyer Raul Corro told the Manila Bulletin that Muntinlupa has an existing ordinance on liquor ban. Police manning a quarantine control point at the...
The cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the qualified recipients in Metro Manila will possibly begin on August 6, Department of the Interior and Local Interior (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Wednesday, August 4. In an interview over ABs-CBN’s TeleRadyo, Año said that about P11.2 billion has...
Malacañang has ordered government offices in the National Capital Region (NCR) to have at least 20 percent of their workers on-site during the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period in the region. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the pandemic task force members...
CAVITE - A stricter community quarantine status in the province is possible if coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to surge, Governor Jonvic Remulla said on Tuesday (August 3). Municipal Government of GMA, Cavite / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN Speaking during the oath-taking ceremony of...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the distribution of cash aid or “ayuda” to residents of areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) may be done manually due to limited time. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The DSWD noted that such mechanism “worked” during the...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will ask the national government for an additional budget of P2 billion in order to sustain its one-time cash assistance program for workers who have been affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III...
