Despite the shift to a more relaxed alert level and the increased passenger capacity in public transport, minors and the elderly are still not allowed to board public utility vehicles (PUVs) according to an official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). (Mark Balmores / File Photo / MANILA...
More families, including those with kids and seniors, will now be able to enjoy tourist destinations in the country with the easing of restrictions in Metro Manila after the capital region was placed under Alert Level 2 until Nov. 21. Kids swim in Boracay Island when the country’s most famous...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi said the City Council will enact rules for the implementation of the less strict COVID-19 Alert Level 2 community quarantine in the city. “The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Muntinlupa shall convene for its weekly session on 08 November 2021, Monday. Local...
The Taguig City government issued guidelines in the implementation of COVID-19 Alert Level 2 community quarantine classification. Resolution No. 147 of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) put the National Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level 2...
EDITORIAL Responding to an apparent widespread clamor, the government declared the de-escalation of the National Capital Region (NCR) from alert level 3 to alert level 2 from November 5 to 21. This de-escalation follows an emergent consensus among key stakeholders on the need for fast-tracking the...
The Philippine government will try to learn from its neighbor Thailand as the latter opens up to fully vaccinated foreign tourists for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic last year. Phra Nang Beach, Krabi, Thailand (Sumit Chinchane/ Unsplash) "Tinitingnan din po...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is brimming with optimism following the Inter-Agency Task Force's (IATF) sudden but welcome decision to de-escalate the National Capital Region (NCR) to alert level 2 in connection with the coronavirus disease...
As more business establishments open in Metro Manila starting November 5, Malacañang asked those who miss going to karaoke bars to keep their face masks on when belting their hearts out to prevent this leisure activity from being a superspreader event. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Presidential...
Malacañang reminded business owners to strictly enforce the "No vaccine, no entry" policy, saying their business will be affected if the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country would spike again. A customer scans a QR code at a restaurant in Taguig (Screenshot from Taguig City...
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar instructed all unit commanders in the National Capital Region (NCR) to prioritize their anti-criminality measures after the national government deescalated the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) status in the region to Alert Level 2...
With Metro Manila moving to Alert Level 2 starting November 5, 2021, and many areas in the country being placed under the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic response system, a lot of people may still be confused with the guidelines. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The COVID-19 Alert...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Eduardo Año reiterated Friday, Nov. 5, that the improving coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Metro Manila is enough proof to take risks and downgrade the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 2 although the government...
