(OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila has increased to 16 percent, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Friday, July 22. The region’s positivity rate—the number of individuals who yielded positive results from among those who were...
Despite the multi-trillion peso borrowings amid the prolonged-pandemic, the Philippine government’s risk of falling into a debt crisis remains low, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said. According to the regional think tank, the likelihood of the government falling into debt...
(OCTA FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David on Friday, July 22, noted that Metro Manila’s daily Covid-19 positivity rate is “increasing again,” just three days after the central region registered lower daily positivity rates. Positivity rate refers to the...
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said the Marcos administration needs to expedite the pace of fiscal consolidation given the national government’s tight buffer to absorb future shocks. In AMRO’s Annual Consultation Report released on Wednesday, July 20, the think tank raised...
(PIXABAY) OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David on Tuesday, July 19, said that Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate—or the number of individuals who yielded positive results from among those who were tested for Covid-19–has decreased in the past two days. “We could see that the highest...
(PIXABAY) OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David projected that the Omicron subvariant-driven wave of new Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila will likely begin to decline “around this week or by next week.” “We might be seeing the peak around 1,000 cases if the peak happens this week. It will be...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER The Covid-19 positivity rates in five provinces in the country have increased to over 20 percent, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said on Sunday, July 17. Positivity rate refers to the number of individuals who yielded positive results from among those who were tested for...
Taguig City’s total active Covid-19 cases increased to more than 600, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Data from the DOH’s Covid-19 Tracker showed that Taguig added 84 new Covid-19 cases on July 16 to bring the total active cases to 646, up from 542 active cases recorded on July...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila may peak within seven days, as manifested by the slower pace of increase in infections in the past week, said OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David on Saturday, July 16. “New Covid-19 cases in the NCR (National Capital Region) continued to...
Metro Manila’s Covid-19 positivity rate has increased from 10.9 percent to 11.5 percent as of July 13, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Thursday, July 14. This increase in the positivity rate could lead to over 1,000 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, July 14, said David in a tweet....
The top official of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) believes that nuclear power could offer the country with the cleanest source of baseload power at a lesser cost. The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is seen during a tour around the BNPP...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David on Tuesday, July 12, said that the Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila “may be close to peaking, or may have already peaked,” based on the slower increase in growth in the central region over the past week. In an update shared on Twitter, David...
