The August 2021 Social Workers Licensure Examination (SWLE) in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been cancelled. PRC/MB On Sunday, Aug. 22, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced the cancellation of the Aug. 24 to 26 SWLE in NCR in view of the resolution of the Inter-Agency Task...
The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) has implemented strict access and movement restrictions in all its four campuses during the reimposition of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila. (Photo from Ateneo.edu) In an advisory, AdMU said those with essential work in...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año clarified on Monday, August 23 that it is leaving to the Local Government Units (LGUs) the decision on whether or not they would require quarantine passes for individuals availing of essential goods and services in areas...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) have accosted more than 26,000 violators of minimum public health standard and quarantine protocols in the first two days of the implementation of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine in Metro Manila. photo: PNP-PIO PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar...
The police’s tiny bubbles will still be in effect in Metro Manila despite the downgrading of the quarantine status to the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) until the end of this month. photo: PNP-PIO The tiny bubbles refer to the 17 Local Government Units (LGUs) in Metro Manila—each...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has stretched the deadline for the filing of various tax returns in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified community quarantine (MECQ). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay said the extension was in...
Regular plenary sessions of the House of Representatives resume on Monday, August 23 with the chamber’s leadership expecting the submission by the executive department of the National Expenditure Program containing the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. House of Representatives...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Sunday all police commanders in Metro Manila to coordinate with their respective Local Government Units (LGUs) for the implementation of the limitations on outdoor exercises. photo: PNP-PIO This, as...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced Saturday, Aug. 21, that outdoor exercises in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be allowed during the duration of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) However, Metro Manila mayors were...
Caloocan Mayor Oscar “Oca” Malapitan ordered a stricter implementation of quarantine guidelines in Caloocan now that the city is under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). (Mayor Oscar "Oca" Malapitan Facebook page) In a command conference on Friday, Malapitan ordered the Caloocan...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that its consular offices (CO) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and all Temporary Off-Site Passport Services (TOPS) facilities will now resume operations after the region was downgraded to a less stringent quarantine classification. (FILE...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is all set for the strict implementation of granular lockdowns after the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) on Saturday, Aug. 21. Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Chief of the Philippine National Police (File photo...
