One step forward towards the eventual return to on-site learning, the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU), on Thursday, Jan. 27, announced that it passed the Quezon City (QC) local government’s school health and safety inspection. Photo from Ateneo de Manila University’s Facebook page “This...
As The Manila Hotel’s famed Café Ilang-Ilang and the romantic Champagne Room reopens on Jan. 28 and Feb. 2, 2022, respectively, it will be much safer for guests to visit and dine in the outlets as the historic hotel takes a technology-driven solution to create a safer environment for guests by...
Malacañang said that the "No Vaccine, No Ride" policy being implemented in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be lifted if and when Metro Manila gets deescalated to Alert Level 2 since the said restriction only applies to Alert Level 3 and higher. A “No Vaccination, No Ride” sign is seen...
The government's pandemic task force is set to discuss Metro Manila's possible deescalation to Alert Level 2 for the first half of February 2022 and will make the announcement on the weekend. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID) From a risk classification of "severe outbreak" last week, Metro Manila is now at a "high risk" level for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), based on the internationally-developed COVID Act Now indicators used by OCTA Research Group. In a tweet on Wednesday, Jan. 26, OCTA Research...
Police seized some P680,000 worth shabu from two Koreans during a buy-bust operation in Malate, Manila on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Manila Police District (MPD) director Brig. Gen. Leo M. Francisco identified the two suspects as Je Cho Woo, 55, and Lee Jong Bum, 46, both unemployed and residing in Pasay...
The City of Manila presents the best of two worlds—its historical aspect and its modern facet. One of the locations that best exemplifies this is Santa Ana, which is both a center of heritage and also a progressive district where business and commerce thrive. The district of Santa Ana also...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) As coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases steadily decline across the region, a fellow of the independent research group OCTA projected that daily cases in Metro Manila will further go down to 500 by Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. Citing the data from the Department of Health,...
This summer, a new bridge connecting Binondo and Intramuros in Manila will be available to motorists. Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) Undersecretary and ‘Build Build Build’ program chief implementer Emil Sadain, middle, leads the inspection of the new bridge connecting Binondo and...
Joanne C. De Guzman, 34, took a liking to gardening after leaving her job as a music and arts teacher to be a full-time mom. De Guzman began seeking comfort from plants at a time when she needed them the most. It was in 2018 when she and her husband agreed that she should stay at home to care for...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reproduction number, or the average number of secondary infections by each infected individual, was down to 0.91 for the first time since Dec. 31, 2021, the OCTA Research Group said on Monday, Jan. 24. OCTA Research fellow...
After three weeks of being under critical risk case classification for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the country and the National Capital Region (NCR) has gone down to high-risk case classification, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Jan. 24 Shoppers flock to bargain stores...
