The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Gulayan sa Pamayanan project is expected to benefit around 10,000 underprivileged and malnourished children in Metro Manila and Cavite. (Photo by Abigail Lynn on UNSPLASH) The project entitled, “Employing Hydroponics and Vegetable Gardening...
An official of the One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) said Friday, Oct. 15, that the pilot implementation of the alert system in the National Capital Region (NCR) helped control the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the region. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Diplomatic ties between the Philippines and China formally started in 1975, but the partnership between the two countries dates several centuries back with trade and cultural exchanges flourishing between their peoples. Since the ancient times, Chinese citizens have...
Staycations in accredited hotels in Metro Manila are now allowed to accommodate guests following the decision of the government's pandemic task force to place the region under Alert Level 3 from Oct. 16 to 31. (Photo from Pixabay) Citing guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) All areas in Metro Manila are now at “moderate-risk” classification for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the OCTA Research group said Thursday, Oct. 14. In its latest monitoring report, OCTA said the COVID-19 reproduction number in the National Capital Region (NCR),...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
