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...
MB/ FILE PHOTO The Department of Health (DOH) said that a “thorough” assessment is needed before a disease can be declared as an "endemic" in a certain area. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that it is not just local authorities who will conduct such an assessment but also...
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...
The Manila City Hall clock tower is seen illuminated with colorful lights display (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the consistent decline in the Philippines’ coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being reported daily is not artificial. Based on their metrics,...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Thursday that it has already breached the 900,000 mark of its total vaccine deployment as the city continues to inoculate its residents against COVID-19. The City Health Office (CHO) said that a total of 909,444 vaccines have been administered to...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The percentage of Filipinos who are willing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has doubled in the past four months, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Friday, Nov. 5, showed. The non-commissioned survey, which...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / MANILA BULLETIN) The seven-day average of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila is down to less than 500 for the first time since February 18, independent research group OCTA said on Friday, Nov. 5. In an update via Twitter, OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David...
Local government units (LGUs) have no more excuse to justify their snail-pace vaccination process rate now that there is an overwhelming supply of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shots in the country, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has noted. DILG...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Friday, Nov. 5, announced that the conduct of limited face-to-face classes for all degree programs in the tertiary level in Metro Manila and other areas under Alert Level 2 will now be allowed. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “In the IATF ,...
Local government units (LGUs) need more time gain ground as the national government had set its sight in ramping up the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive, the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) announced Friday, Nov. 5. League of Provinces of the Philippines...
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...
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...
