Malacañang has yet to receive a recommendation from Metro Manila mayors about the possible extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and other provinces partly because “it takes two weeks” before the impact of the total lockdown will reduce the...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said he and the mayors of the National Capital Region (NCR) will discuss the possible extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period in the metropolis this coming week. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Screengrab from...
Local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila were urged to come up with ordinances penalizing individuals who would be found carrying out unauthorized inoculations using government-procured COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) belied on Saturday, August 14, reports that mayors of the National Capital Region have recommended for the extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until August 30. Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the distribution of the national government’s “ayuda,” or financial assistance, will be finished in nine days. The municipal government started giving the financial assistance to qualified residents last Aug. 11. Chairman Benhur Abalos (center)...
Local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila that have finished inoculating their target population from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should accept and accommodate unvaccinated individuals from other LGUs in the metropolis. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (2nd from left, standing) oversees the...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos has appealed to Filipinos on Friday, Aug. 13 not to take a third dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, saying that the so-called "booster" shot is "illegal". MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/...
Do farm animals count as authorized persons outside of residence (APORs) during this enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)? (Photo from Edison Bong Nebrija's Facebook) Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison Bong Nebrija probably had this question in mind Thursday, Aug....
Wednesday, Aug. 11, marked the first day of the distribution of cash assistance to low-income Filipino families in connection with the ongoing enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). So how are things going so far in terms of the payout process? These photos shared by the monitoring team over at the...
The Taguig City government has prohibited outdoor exercise under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in compliance with the decision of Metro Manila mayors. On Aug. 9, the Metro Manila Council (MMC), composed of mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) including Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano,...
Metro Manila residents will no longer be permitted to exercise outdoors as per a new resolution from the Metro Manila Council (MMC). MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos makes his presentation on Zoom before President Duterte during the late evening public briefing on Aug. 9, 2021. (Screengrab from Facebook...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) lauded the continuous vaccination rollout in the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela--also known as the CAMANAVA area--amid the prevailing enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status in the National Capital Region (NCR). MMDA...
