The province of Bulacan has downgraded to Alert Level 2 from Nov. 1-14, 2021. Bulacan Provincial Capitol building (Freddie C. Velez / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases guidelines, the movement of persons shall be allowed...
The latest data were sufficiently encouraging. Metro Manila is now classified as low risk, having recorded only 953 cases per day on a seven-day average from Oct. 20 to 26. The COVID reproduction rate stands at 0.52 percent, while the incidence rate is at 6.73 percent per 100,000. These positive...
Regardless of degree programs, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said that all tertiary students should be vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “Our target is 100 percent, all students should be vaccinated ,” said CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera...
The House Committee on Justice has endorsed the passage of a bill for the segregation of high-level convicts from other prisoners through the establishment of a separate facility for the former. Prison cell Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, one of the principal authors of...
The Department of Science and Technology–Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) has extended the online applications for its 2021 Junior Level Science Scholarships (JLSS) Program until Nov. 30. (DOST-SEI) “Applications will now be accepted up to November 30, 2021,” the DOST-SEI said in a...
By the end of November 2021, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is determined to vaccinate against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at least 80 percent of students at the tertiary level nationwide. Inoculation of student-athletes as part of CHED's vaccination drive for tertiary level (MARK...
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 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) is taking the "slow but careful" approach in downgrading the alert level in the National Capital Region (NCR) under the Alert Level System (ALS). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has decided to maintain the alert level classification of the National Capital Region (NCR) to alert level 3 for the first two weeks of November. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesperson...
As it strengthens its vaccination campaign for tertiary level, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is eyeing to tap medical students who are in their senior year and those who have recently graduated to serve as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinators in schools. (ALI VICOY / MANILA...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that allowing businesses to fully operate is a more sustainable approach than providing government subsidies to sectors that lost their income as result of the prolonged lockdowns. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua...
Citing the continued downtrend in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has pushed for the further lowering of alert level in the National Capital Region (NCR). (Ali Vicoy/ File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “Business establishments are...
