(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said that the Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila has decreased to 16.4 percent, which could be an indication that the current wave of infections has already peaked. In an update on Twitter on Sunday, Aug....
Everyone has an opinion on the traffic problem. Most say it’s the lack of enforcement of traffic regulations that is the biggest contributor to the traffic problem in Metro Manila. And so, reckless, and semi-educated drivers follow their own rules in their attempts to just get to their...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila had slightly increased over the past three days, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Saturday, Aug. 13. However, David pointed out that the trend appears to have plateaued. In an update posted on...
The Metro Manila Center for Health Development (MMCHD) cited the EMI Habit audio-visual presentation (AVP) of the Pasay City government as one of the 11 local government units in the National Capital Region (NCR) with the best practices against Covid-19. The city government promoted minimum public...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila may have already peaked, which means infections in the central region may subside soon, the OCTA Research Group’s latest monitoring showed. In his tweet on Thursday evening, Aug. 11. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has joined several Metro Manila solons in calling on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to hasten the implementation of its Toll Interoperability Project. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) In particular, the solons want the...
FACE MASK (Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) are now under the moderate-risk classification for Covid-19 transmission. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that all areas in the Philippines are still...
EMERGENCY responders help evacuate residents of Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City after the area was flooded Thursday night, August 4. (Photo from Bantay Mandaue) CEBU CITY – Several areas in Metro Cebu were flooded following a heavy downpour that lasted for hours Thursday night, August 4. The...
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation reported a 24 percent growth in consolidated core net income to P7.5 billion for the first half of 2022, a post-pandemic high, from P6.0 billion a year earlier. In an online press briefing, MPIC Chief Finance Officer June Cheryl Cabal-Revilla said “improved...
(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David is hoping that the Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila will peak soon and start subsiding, as the central region saw a decrease in growth rate and reproduction number in the previous week. In an update shared on...
Prospective car buyers would need to show proof that they have adequate garage or parking space before they will be allowed to buy one. This is the conditon that Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco wants to institutionalize under House Bill (HB) No. 31. Vehicles are seen parked on...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina With a large population that continues to expand and further increases social and economic requirements, the country’s premier metropolis ought to be governed by a government agency with police power to solve chronic problems of traffic, flooding,...
