The government's pandemic task force has ordered the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 to implement an increase in the availability of bed capacity in the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal (NCR-plus) as the country continues to experience a spike in coronavirus...
The Pasay City’s lone public hospital, the Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH), has reached full capacity and will no longer admit severe and critical COVID-19 patients. Dr. John Victor De Gracia, PCGH officer-in-charge, announced on Thursday, Jan. 6, that the hospital’s confirmed ICU beds, ward...
Passenger capacity of road-based public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Metro Manila will remain at 70 percent this holiday season, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said. Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the...
Christmas parties in 50 percent venue capacity are now allowed in Alert Level 2 areas as long as health standards are observed, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed Friday, Dec. 3. DILG logo DILG spokesperson Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya warned that the business...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles will be speaking again for President Duterte after he was named as acting presidential spokesman following the departure of Harry Roque from Malacañang . Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) President Duterte made the announcement...
More than 200 erring public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers in Metro Manila were flagged down by the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) due to "overloading" on the first day of the implementation of the 70 percent passenger capacity in public transport. A Muntinlupa police officer checks...
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...
Passenger capacity in the rail and land-based public transportation services in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces is set to increase to 70 percent starting Thursday, Nov. 4. Passengers observe safe distancing as part of the COVID-19 preventive protocols inside the MRT. (Mark Balmores/ FILE PHOTO...
Passenger capacity in road and railway-based public transportation in Metro Manila will be gradually increased to full capacity beginning next week, Nov. 4, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced Friday, Oct. 29. Passengers observe safe distancing as part of the COVID-19 preventive...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) would not blink in its recommendation to increase passenger capacity in public transportation, road, and rail in Metro Manila to up to 100 percent amid concerns on the continuous threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In fact, DOTR Assistant Secretary...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) now wants to boost passenger capacity from 50 percent to 100 percent in public transportation, road, and rail, based on available medical literature, with pilot implementation in Metro Manila. DOTR123 The transport agency declared it is ready to defend its...
DOTR123 The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has recommended increasing the passenger capacity in public utility vehicles (PUVs) to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) after the National Capital Region (NCR)'s quarantine status was downgraded...
