Metro Manila residents will wake up to the relaxed protocols of alert level 2 on Friday, Nov. 5. But what exactly changed in terms of can and can't be done with the the National Capital Region's (NCR) de-escalation to alert level 2 from alert level 3? Well, there are a handful of changes under the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque bared on Thursday night, Nov. 4, 2021 that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the de-escalation of the National Capital Region (NCR) from alert level 3 to alert level 2. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This is in connection with the alert...
Will Metro Manila's alert level status be downgraded in the next Nov. 15 quarantine period? Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos, who serves as the coordinator of all mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) amid their COVID-19 response, believes so. In a radio...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said Metro Manila should stay under COVID-19 Alert Level 3 until the end of November. During the “Laging Handa” public briefing on Nov. 2, Ponce was asked by Unsersecretary Rocky Ignacio if he was in favor of downgrading the alert level in Metro Manila...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said on Wednesday, Nov. 3, that the city is prepared for the possible downgrade to Alert Level 2 on Nov. 14. "At this point, we are already prepared because I was thinking that after Undas, magkakaroon na po tayo ng downgrade. In fact, kaya nagawa na nga namin yung...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has called on government to downgrade from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2 the lockdown status of the National Capital Region as COVID-19 infections have started to wane. Crowd at flea market In a press statement, Velasco said he fully supports proposals to ease the COVID...
The alert level 4 placed in the whole of Iraq for overseas Filipinos has been downgraded to level 3 following improvements in the foreign land's security situation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) From alert level 4, which...
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...