Support for the promising "Bakuna Bubble" proposal of Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion continues to snowball. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook page) Over 1,000 business...
Shorter curfew hours will be implemented when the National Capital Region shifts to general community quarantine (GCQ) with an Alert Level 4 classification, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) disclosed on Tuesday, Sept. 14. File photo (Maria Tan/AFP) From the 8 p.m. to 4 a.m....
World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) An official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is not yet the right time to ease the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Metro Manila even if more than half of...
Interzonal leisure travel has been allowed by the government's pandemic task force for Metro Manila residents as the National Capital Region is set to be placed under Alert Level 4, the second highest classification in the new lockdown scheme, from September 16 to 30. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Philippine government is looking at the possibility of vaccinating the general adult population against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) once there is “a stable vaccine supply” by next month. In his taped public address aired on Tuesday, Sept. 14, President Duterte said that the general...
UPDATED: October 1, 2021 Follow the author on Twitter: @argyllcyrus_MB The government's pandemic task force has finally issued the guidelines on the pilot implementation of the Alert Levels System for coronavirus (COVID-19) response in Metro Manila in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus and...
Metro Manila may enjoy herd immunity in the coming Christmas season as 87.5 percent of the region's total population are expected to complete their jab in December. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Benhur Abalos bared the news in a televised Cabinet briefing aired Saturday,...
President Duterte explained that the initially planned pilot implementation of the new granular lockdowns system in the National Capital Region (NCR) was deferred because it lacked specific guidelines that would cover possible contingencies. File photos Duterte made the statement after the...
Only ECQ and GCQ. After admitting that the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was not working as intended anymore , Malacañang has recently announced a new way the country will deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: Alert Levels . LOCKDOWN. Barangay tanods in Pasay City barricade a...
With the rising number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, the government's pandemic task force has "provisionally" approved the guidelines on the pilot implementation of the new alert levels system in the National Capital Region (NCR) that is targeted to be implemented from September 16 to 30, 2021....
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, Sept. 10, expressed her support for the call of local government officials for simpler quarantine classifications to avoid confusion in enforcement and among the public. Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a barangay in Sampaloc, Manila...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion sees the latest move of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) as being in harmony with his "Bakuna Bubble" set-up, which has the potential of speeding up the National Capital Region's (NCR) recovery from the...