The national government, business leaders, and medical experts are set to hold a town hall on how the National Capital Region (NCR) can maximize the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to arrest the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Presidential...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, August 2, said there is still no enough evidence yet that there is already a community transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant. DOH/MB "The assumption is there but we cannot still pronounce or declare because we still do not have...
The Senate will not hold plenary sessions from August 9 to 11 as the government imposes anew the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. Senate of the Philippines' plenary hall (Senate PRIB) Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri confirmed to reporters on Monday, August 2, that...
Malacañang has urged Filipino families to not rely on the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and to impose their own household lockdown to save their loved ones from the dreaded Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Pixabay / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said the quarantine pass system that was used during the past implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) would again be observed when the National Capital Region (NCR) returns to ECQ later this month....
A public health expert hopes that the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will result in a "drastic" decrease of the projected Delta cases in Metro Manila. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Without intervention, active cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines...
Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate President Vicente Sotto III have decided to postpone the formal announcement of their candidacies for presidency and vice presidency in the 2022 elections. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (left) and Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (right) say prayers at the...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is banking on its experience on the past strict border control in Metro Manila to address the monstrous traffic jams that are expected to hit the entry points of the National Capital Region once the Enhanced Community Quarantine is fully implemented. But this...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is now looking for funds that it can use as source for "ayuda" or cash aid to workers that would be affected by the impending imposition of an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in some parts of the country, including the National Capital Region (NCR)....
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, August 2, said health authorities might have to reconsider and advance the schedule of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) lockdowns in high-risk areas instead of waiting for one week to fully impose the same. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson The Inter-Agency Task...
A youth group on Monday, Aug. 2, urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend voters' registration period to allow those severely affected by the pandemic to register "at a more convenient and safe time." (JANSEN ROMERO / MB FILE PHOTO) In a statement, the College Editors Guild of the...
BACOOR CITY, Cavite - The city government has recorded its third coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Delta variant case, this time in a resident of Ciudad de Strike socialized housing project in Barangay Molino 1. The local government unit (LGU) has placed Buildings 19 and 20 of the housing project...
