All qualified beneficiaries of the national government's cash assistance (ayuda) in the National Capital Region during the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) are still entitled to receive it even if they have not yet been vaccinated, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on...
At least half of the population of Metro Manila could be fully vaccinated after the two-week strict lockdown in the capital region, Malacañang said Thursday. President Rodrigo Duterte welcomes the arrival of more than 3 million doses donated by the United States in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City on...
The Muntinlupa police are preparing for the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila starting at midnight, August 6. The government has placed the entire National Capital Region (NCR) under ECQ from Aug. 6 to 20 due to the rising number of coronavirus disease...
Twelve out of 22 Level 3 hospitals in Metro Manila that are being monitored by the Department of Health (DOH) are now considered at "critical risk" in terms of the occupancy of their respective intensive care units (ICUs). MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (File photo/ Screengrab from Facebook live) The...
Desperate times like the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) call for creative budgeting on the part of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), especially if it wants to give cash aid to displaced workers in a timely manner. (File photo/...
The public is encouraged to stay home and away from others as much as possible especially when Metro Manila reverts to a hard lockdown this month in a bid to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant. A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people...
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...
