Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced, on Sunday, Jan. 2, several restrictions to be imposed in Manila following the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force’s (IATF) implementation of Alert Level 3 in the National Capital Region (NCR) . During a Facebook live stream, Domagoso announced...
The conduct of face to face classes in pilot schools located in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been suspended, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday, Jan. 2, said. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) Issuing a statement, DepEd confirmed that face to face classes for pilot schools in NCR...
Starting Monday, Jan. 3, face-to-face classes in Metro Manila schools have been suspended in compliance on the Alert Level 3 status over the metropolis, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said the decision was reached during the meeting...
The planned expansion of limited face to face classes in basic education has been put “on hold” until Jan. 15, 2022, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a phone interview on Sunday, Jan. 2, Education Secretary Leonor Briones told the Manila Bulletin that...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will conduct a random antigen test on passengers of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) as part of the measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the upsurge of cases in Metro Manila. But DOTr SEc. Art...
Following the surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases throughout the National Capital Region (NCR), Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso urged the public to follow health and safety protocols in order to lessen the burden faced by medical frontliners. Domagoso made it a point to...
Fresh from her disaster relief operations in the Visayas and Mindanao region, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo revisited her office’s pandemic response initiatives last year. OVP staff and volunteers pack medical supplies for their COVID-19 response project in Palawan (Photo from...
BUENOS AIRES. Argentina -- Argentina registered 20,020 new cases and 12 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday. With these figures, the total number of cases in the country rose to 5,674,428 and the death toll to 117,181, the ministry said. On...
DOH The Philippines saw 4,600 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections on Sunday, Jan. 2, based on the latest bulletin of the Department of Health (DOH). The last time that the single-day tally was over 4,000 was on Oct. 30, 2021 with 4,008 cases. As of Sunday, the country's cumulative number...
A case of “Florona” infection or the simultaneous infection of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and influenza was detected in a pregnant woman in Petah Tikva, Israel on Saturday, Jan. 1. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the first Florona patient is unvaccinated for both flu and...
Following the detection of more Omicron variant and the surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases after the holiday break, the National Capital Region (NCR) will implement a stricter Alert Level 3 beginning Monday, Jan. 3, to try and arrest the increasing infections. People flock to Ilaya...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III announced that the municipal government will go after people who are not wearing face masks outside their residence amid an increase in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. The Pateros municipal government reported that as of Dec. 31, there are 38 active...
