As the deadline set by the national government for the distribution of financial aid looms, the Parañaque City government said it will complete it before the end of this week. In a text message sent by City Administrator Ding Soriano, he said 80 percent of the city's beneficiaries have received...
As far as the leader of a group of supermarket owners in the country is concerned, the recent reimposition of stricter community quarantine measures felt like both a "death sentence" and a "lifeline" to the retail industry. A restaurant staff cleans a table in preparation for the resumption of...
More needs to be done to generate jobs and reduce hunger among Filipinos, Malacañang admitted Friday after a survey showed many families had little or nothing to eat during the coronavirus pandemic. A woman receives food items from a community pantry located at the Polytechnic University of the...
Metro Manila's intensive care unit (ICU) utilization rate has decreased to 71 percent following the reimposition of a stricter quarantine measure, according to Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP / FILE PHOTO) In an interview over CNN...
An epidemiologist said Monday, April 26, that the National Capital Region (NCR) is not yet ready to revert back to general community quarantine (GCQ) status. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual Palace briefing, Dr. John Wong of Epimetrics Inc., bared indicators that will tell if the...
The return of ECQ has prompted Sir Wil Online Challenge to revive the virtual pageant that started it all - Queen of bECQi. Queen of bECQi 2020 was originally conceptualized and organized by pageant innovator and leading LGBT influencer Wilbert Tolentino to primarily provide “ayuda” or...
Employers have expressed relief following the decision of the government Sunday to relax a bit or the 2-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring provinces even as they urged the government never to implement the ECQ again unless it is the last...
A former Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) housemate slammed Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. for lack of details on quarantine status in Metro Manila and other places. On Twitter April 11, Yen Santos said that Roque should not delay the explanation on the difference between enhanced community...
Given the re-enforced enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) measure in the NCR plus bubble, state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) has moved by two weeks or until April 23 this year the submission of tenders for the privatization of the 650-megawatt Malaya...
The extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and nearly provinces will push more than 100,000 additional Filipinos into poverty as these stringent lockdowns are seen take a heavier toll on the economy, jobs and household income. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III and...
Despite stifled demand because of the re-imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the so-called NCR plus bubble, prices in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) have been hitting record-spikes in recent trading days because of the combined impact of simultaneous power plant...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) is today (April 5) increasing the speed of Light Rail Transit (LRT)-1 to a maximum of 60 kilometers per hour. The operator has secured a safety certification from an international testing facility to lift the LRT-1 speed restriction...
