The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the recommendation to lower the alert level in the National Capital Region (NCR) from alert level 4 to alert level 3, for the period of Oct. 16, 2021 to Oct. 31, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was bared in a statement late...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated some P9 million worth of smuggled agricultural products in a raid in a warehouse in Valenzuela City. The joint team from the MICP-CIIS and PCG (Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (MICP-CIIS) and operatives of...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Independent research group OCTA sees less than 1,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day in Metro Manila by the end of October, citing the "very fast" decline in the number of new infections over the past few weeks. "The decrease is very fast. It’s...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso is hoping the substitution of candidacy will not be allowed in future elections. PHOTO FROM MAYOR ISKO MORENO FACEBOOK PAGE/ FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN While the law allows it, Moreno said he personally dislikes the practice...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Amid the continuous decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he is in favor of placing Metro Manila under Alert Level 3. Although the health secretary was in favor of downgrading the...
Cesar Chavez resigned as chief of staff of Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso. (Photo courtesy of Adamson University / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed by Chavez in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Oct. 13. "MBC (Manila Broadcasting Company) management has actually offered...
The Ateneo community joined the pouring congratulatory messages for journalism Maria Ressa following her historic Nobel Peace Prize win on Friday, Oct. 8. Maria Ressa (Photo from Ateneo) In a statement, Ateneo President Roberto C. Yap SJ, lauded Ressa, saying she has shown herself "to be a true...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion has attested to the safety of cinemas as a venue when ti comes to controlling the spread of the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Jonatan Moerman/ Unsplash) While cinemas and movie houses have remained closed for...
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) alert level in Metro Manila will probably be lowered by Oct. 16 with the improved health situation in the area, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said Tuesday night, Oct. 12. Densing explained that the...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is batting for an "aggressive" lowering of alert level classifications in Metro Manila--similar to the aggressive imposition of a lockdown a couple of months ago during the initial attack of the coronavirus disease...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), reported on Tuesday that 80 percent of the eligible adult population in National Capital Region (NCR) had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). During a phone interview, Olivarez said the...
Trucks will be prohibited from passing through Nagtahan flyover in Manila until April next year due to damages it sustained from the recent earthquakes, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced Tuesday, Oct. 12. MMDA officials explained in a press conference that the banning...
