Metro Manila Film Festival Here’s hoping the 2021 edition of the Metro Manila Film Festival can redeem the local movie industry from its sorry state of dormancy, not bankruptcy. The announcement by the MMDA on Nov. 12 that the December festival shall be held in movie houses that, hopefully, shall...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is looking at four options to address the current traffic situation in the National Capital Region (NCR), which is already returning to pre-pandemic levels. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday, Nov. 16, these are reimposition of the truck...
Health officers from all the local government units of Metro Manila will meet Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 16, to discuss about policies on minors going to malls following the deescalation of the alert level status in the National Capital Region (NCR). Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)...
President Duterte has asked local government units (LGUs) to create ordinances that would prohibit minors of a certain age from entering shopping malls amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) This, despite the relatively lenient...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Independent research group OCTA observed a higher coronavirus disease (COVID-19) growth rate and reproduction number in Metro Manila compared to the previous week. OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David on Monday, Nov. 15, said the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded an...
In an effort to help Filipinos recover under the new normal, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has launched an advocacy “I Love Metro Manila (MM)” that hopes to uplift the spirits of Metro Manila residents and get back in life after the struggles the country experienced in...
The Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has decided to keep Metro Manila under its current alert level 2 status until the end of the month, while Catanduanes will be placed under alert level 4 of the country's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic...
Metro Manila mayors have agreed and recommended to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) the conduct of contact sports in the National Capital Region (NCR), provided that players and spectators are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. Under Metropolitan...
The celebration of the 2021 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) will push through this coming December as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced that the event will be held physically for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said Friday that...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the use of face shields in the municipality is “optional” outdoors but required in indoor spaces. Ponce made the announcement ahead of the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) regarding its use. Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III (left) and a...
People stroll near a mall in Pasay City on Nov. 7, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The positivity rate in Metro Manila has decreased to 3 percent, which is within the 5 percent benchmark set by the World Health Organization (WHO), the OCTA Research said Thursday, Nov. 11. OCTA fellow Prof. Guido said...
Another lucky bettor won the jackpot prize of Superlotto 6/49 and this time, the winner comes from the National Capital Region (NCR). (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Nov. 10, announced that a solo bettor from Quezon...
