The number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases daily in the country may exceed more than 20,000 by early September, independent research group OCTA said Sunday, Aug. 29. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Hindi pa naman siguro natin masasabi na aabot ng 25,000. Pero it’s very...
A residential community in Barangay Tunasan in Muntinlupa has been placed under granular lockdown due to an alarming rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Based on the recommendation of the City Health Office (CHO), Mayor Jaime Fresnedi ordered a 15-day Extreme Localized Community...
Another community in Muntinlupa has been placed under granular lockdown due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Mayor Jaime Fresnedi issued an order and imposed a 15-day Extreme Localized Community Quarantine (ELCQ) at Dizon Compound, Number 22, St. Bernard Street, San Jose Village in Brgy....
Cost sharing between the national government and local government units (LGUs) in providing food packs to communities under granular lockdowns in Metro Manila is now under discussion. LOCKDOWN. Barangay tanods in Pasay City barricade a street in an area placed under a 'special concerned lockdown'...
(MALACANANG PHOTO) It may be too early to shift purely to granular lockdown in Metro Manila at this time as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases remain high, the OCTA Research said on Friday, Aug. 27. "One of the things we struggle in a large city like Manila is we cannot really control mobility in...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders to coordinate with their respective Local Government Units (LGUs) for the preparations of protocols that would be enforced for the possible implementation of the granular lockdown. While the...
Multiple studies have found that during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, women have been disproportionately affected by job loss, burnout, and were at greater risk of domestic violence. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The pandemic has proven to be a major challenge for gender equality across...
A breath of fresh air during trying times. This seems to be the public’s general sentiment after a policy shift to granular instead of wide-scale lockdowns in areas with high coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infections is being mulled in September. If approved by the President, more people can...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi ordered barangay captains to strengthen the use of isolation facilities and implementation of prevent-detect-isolate-treat-reintegrate (PDITR) strategy to stem the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city. He convened city officials and...
Adapting to the changing times, the country may shift to granular instead of wide-scale lockdowns by September in the continuing efforts to slow down the transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Friday,...
Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila, has seven Delta variant cases among its rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tally. This was according to a report presented by Dr. Alethea de Guzman, director of the Department of Health (DOH) Epidemiology Bureau, during an online...
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua on Thursday, August 26, expressed optimism that the Philippines' economy will recover to a pre-pandemic level late next year or in early 2023. NEDA Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua (Malacañang Photo) During the first hearing of the House Committee...
