President Duterte has approved a total of P3.693 additional cash aid (ayuda) not only for the low-income individuals of Metro Manila but also for those in Bataan and Laguna areas, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Thursday, Aug. 12. Of the figure, P2.715...
Wednesday, Aug. 11, marked the first day of the distribution of cash assistance to low-income Filipino families in connection with the ongoing enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). So how are things going so far in terms of the payout process? These photos shared by the monitoring team over at the...
What started as a sincere announcement on the existence of “tiny bubbles” within Metro Manila ended with a deluge of jokes and memes on social media—mostly in reference to a popular song and dance of the same title in the late 1960s. But Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo...
The country’s economic managers would still set the percentage rate of the tax relief that will be given to the manufacturers of medical-grade oxygen, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, August 10. RELATIVES of COVID-19 patients purchase medical grade oxygen in a pharmacy in...
Malacañang on Tuesday, August 10, welcomed the 11.8 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter, saying that it is proof of the government’s ability to balance saving lives and livelihoods despite the pandemic. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO /...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the municipal government is aiming to fully vaccinate 100 percent of its target population in less than a month. “Based on my estimate, in less than one month, we will finish 100 percent of the second dose of our target population,” said the mayor...
Vice President Leni Robredo has lauded the national government’s vaccination efforts but stressed the need to administer one million COVID-19 vaccine doses per day amid the new mutations of the coronavirus. Vice President Leni Robredo (FEDERICO CRUZ / MANILA BULLETIN) "That's big. Several months,...
As new mutations of the coronavirus spread, Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, August 10, said government strategies should evolve to cope with evolving COVID-19 variants. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) In an interview on CNN’s The Source, Robredo noted the surge...
Acknowledging the need to stock up more medical oxygen supplies in hospitals, President Duterte said he will talk to Congress about giving tax relief to manufacturers. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the nation on August 9, 2021. (Malacañang) During his prerecorded public...
President Duterte has advised unvaccinated individuals, especially the elderly, to stay home amid the rising cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address on August 9, 2021. (Malacañang) According to the President, the unvaccinated...
How Delta precipitated a pre-emptive ECQ of Metro Manila CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Last June 21, 2021 ( https://mb.com.ph/2021/06/22/delta-covid-19-variant-very-dangerous-tag-member/ ), the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Department of Health was asked to brief the...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the Philippines still has enough supply of medical oxygen, as the country battles the threat of the highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A scene in Cebu City went viral where cars are seen lining up in front of a private...
