CAVITE - Governor Jonvic Remulla said the looming implementation of the nhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the province of Cavite will deal another blow to the province's manufacturing industry. The governor took to Twitter on Thursday (August 5) to express his concerns about the Inter-Agency...
BACOOR, Cavite - The city government placed the 678 wet and dry market in Barangay Molino IV under temporary lockdown after recording five cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among its employees. The lockdown began at 12 a.m. on August 5 and will last until 12 a.m. on August 9. The COVID-19...
The national government has surpassed at an impressive speed its target for this month to inoculate 700,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An airport employee takes a selfie while receiving a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site established at the Ninoy Aquino...
The Department of Education (DepEd) said Wednesday, Aug.4, that more than 90,000 public school teachers and non-teaching personnel have so far self-reported their vaccination status. (Deped Facebook page) Deped said 90,394 personnel reported that they have already been vaccinated against...
Bulacan province is now appealing for additional doctors and nurses as it is already running out of available medical workers due to the continuous rise in its new COVID-19 cases and the threat of the Delta variant. Provincial Gov. Daniel Fernando said Wednesday he already asked the Philippine...
Twelve out of 22 Level 3 hospitals in Metro Manila that are being monitored by the Department of Health (DOH) are now considered at "critical risk" in terms of the occupancy of their respective intensive care units (ICUs). MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (File photo/ Screengrab from Facebook live) The...
The community testing facility at Navotas Sports Complex has started to operate 24 hours a day, the Navotas City government announced Wednesday. (MAYOR TOBY TIANGCO OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE/ MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Toby Tiangco said the 24-hour operation of the facility would enable the local...
He even composed a song for her—sweet! Planning anything special in this pandemic isn't an easy task, more so that we're stuck at home with limited resources. But this didn't stop singer, songwriter, and music producer Thyro Alfaro from proposing to his long-time partner Arci Dela Peña....
The Quezon City government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive is expected to reach the 1 million mark on Thursday, August 5 . “By tomorrow we would have hit already 1 million persons, 1 million persons in Quezon City would have already received at least one dose,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a...
A prominent alumni association of the University of the Philippines (UP) has added its voice to the growing clamor for Vice President Leni Robredo to run for president in the 2022 polls. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) The SAMASA Alumni Association, Inc., which was formed 40 years ago by UP...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) There were 7,342 new people who were found positive with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, August 4. The tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country since last year is now at 1,619,824, of which, 63,171...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Wednesday, August 4, proposed to the government to use the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) assistance program for displaced workers to augment the ranks of contact tracers amid the threat of the Delta coronavirus variant. Members of the Philippine National...
