The government is committed to implement a swift and orderly distribution of financial aid to Metro Manila's poor and vulnerable population affected by another round of strict lockdown. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Karlo Nograles/Facebook) According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, the...
To achieve Malacañang’s goal to make the reimposition of a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila the country’s “last ever lockdown,” Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, August 4, offered to help and made several recommendations. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The mayors of Metro Manila want Social Amelioration Program (SAP) funds to be directly transferred to local government units (LGUs) for faster distribution to beneficiaries during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) on August 6-20. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
The government is aiming to "maximize" the Metro Manila-wide strict lockdown and step up its pandemic response in a bid to slow down the coronavirus spread and avoid extending the movement curbs. Go Negosyo hosts a virtual town hall on NCR lockdown on August 4, 2021 (Go Negosyo/ Facebook...
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...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that nine cities in Metro Manila have recorded at least one patient infected with the Delta variant of the coronavirus. "Nine out of the 17 cities in NCR (National Capital Region) are with Delta variants as of August...
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...
Malacañang announced on Tuesday, August 3, Metro Manila will be given an additional four million doses of coronavirus vaccines by the national government during the two-week enhanced community quarantine. A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has suspended the voter registration in the National Capital Region (NCR) during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine. Comelec/MB "ECQ in NCR means a shutdown of the physical offices of Comelec in NCR. Voter registration will be effectively...
