In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces uses a megaphone to remind shoppers to practice social distancing during a government imposed enhanced quarantine as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Manila....
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, May 24, appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to imposes measures to control the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in northern Mindanao. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri...
The government will closely guard provinces with reported surge in coronavirus cases, readying contingency plans to deploy more testing kits, vaccines, and possibly health workers to help slow down the transmission. A resident of Paranaque gets vaccinated at a vaccination site inside a mall in...
Mayor Fritzie Gapasin has placed the whole town of Bacarra in Ilocos Norte under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) starting Monday until further notice. After months of zero cases, several residents of Bacarra sounded the alarm to declare MECQ with the increasing number of confirmed...
The government's pandemic task force has placed Iloilo City and retained Apayao, Benguet, and Cagayan under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until the end of the month due to the surge of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. More areas placed under MECQ until May 31, 2021 Based on...
Photos and videos of resort guests in a resort in Caloocan City alerted authorities of a mass gathering in an area under MECQ. Guests were asked to leave the resort, and on the way out, three guests mauled a TV crew member, blaming them for the interrupted holiday. Caloocan City Mayor Malapitan...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is bringing back the truck ban next week to go with the return of the metropolis to the general community quarantine (GCQ) status. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) "In view of the classification in the National Capital...
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) is now allowing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and its authorized agents to resume the selling of Lotto, Keno, Scratch-It and Small Town Lottery tickets nationwide even under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). Philippine Charity...
It will be extremely difficult to track down and perform contact tracing on the patrons of a Caloocan City resort where coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related health protocols have been gleefully violated. Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (Screengrab...
Makati Mayor Abby Binay said the Metro Manila Council (MMC) is “united in position” to gradually ease quarantine restrictions. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) “I think we are united in a position na magiging gradual yung opening (for the opening to be gradual) and that...
Malacañang said on Tuesday the new quarantine classifications imposed on Metro Manila and four nearby provinces in the NCR Plus Bubble will be announced on May 14, the last day of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). (Maria TAN / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) MECQ is the second strictest...
The OCTA Research Team projected that the number of daily coronavirus cases in Metro Manila may decrease to around 1,000 cases per day by the end of the month should the government extend the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the metropolis. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) OCTA...
