Metro Manila residents will wake up to the relaxed protocols of alert level 2 on Friday, Nov. 5. But what exactly changed in terms of can and can't be done with the the National Capital Region's (NCR) de-escalation to alert level 2 from alert level 3? Well, there are a handful of changes under the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque bared on Thursday night, Nov. 4, 2021 that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the de-escalation of the National Capital Region (NCR) from alert level 3 to alert level 2. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This is in connection with the alert...
Will Metro Manila's alert level status be downgraded in the next Nov. 15 quarantine period? Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos, who serves as the coordinator of all mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) amid their COVID-19 response, believes so. In a radio...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said Metro Manila should stay under COVID-19 Alert Level 3 until the end of November. During the “Laging Handa” public briefing on Nov. 2, Ponce was asked by Unsersecretary Rocky Ignacio if he was in favor of downgrading the alert level in Metro Manila...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said on Wednesday, Nov. 3, that the city is prepared for the possible downgrade to Alert Level 2 on Nov. 14. "At this point, we are already prepared because I was thinking that after Undas, magkakaroon na po tayo ng downgrade. In fact, kaya nagawa na nga namin yung...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has called on government to downgrade from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2 the lockdown status of the National Capital Region as COVID-19 infections have started to wane. Crowd at flea market In a press statement, Velasco said he fully supports proposals to ease the COVID...
The alert level 4 placed in the whole of Iraq for overseas Filipinos has been downgraded to level 3 following improvements in the foreign land's security situation, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, Nov. 2. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) From alert level 4, which...
The province of Bulacan has downgraded to Alert Level 2 from Nov. 1-14, 2021. Bulacan Provincial Capitol building (Freddie C. Velez / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases guidelines, the movement of persons shall be allowed...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion urged the government's pandemic task force to downgrade the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 2 because the Philippines will "lose a lot" if this move will not happen. Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17,...
The government's task force against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has released its updated quarantine classification list for areas in the country that are not covered by the new Alert Level System (ALS). (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) The updated list is based on Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF)...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) is taking the "slow but careful" approach in downgrading the alert level in the National Capital Region (NCR) under the Alert Level System (ALS). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has decided to maintain the alert level classification of the National Capital Region (NCR) to alert level 3 for the first two weeks of November. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesperson...