Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has issued guidelines on who can play and watch basketball and other contact sports in the municipality. Ponce issued Executive Order No. 34, adopting Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution 21-28, which he signed, providing guidelines in...
​Metro Manila mayors will meet over the weekend to discuss the resumption of the number coding scheme in the National Capital Region (NCR). Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday, Nov. 23, that a modified number coding scheme will be released by...
The Pateros municipal government said it will start administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to fully vaccinated senior citizens (A2 priority group) and persons with comorbidities (A3). It said the scheduling will be based on the date of the vaccine recipient's second dose. Based on the...
All regions in the country are now at minimal to low risk case classification for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as cases continue to dip in recent weeks, the Department of Health said on Monday, Nov. 22. DOH DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reported all regions have negative two week...
The Department of Science and Technology-National Capital Region (DOST-NCR) and the Philippine National Police-National Capital Regional Police Office (PNP-NCRPO) have joined forces to provide support to marginalized communities in Metro Manila. (DOST-NCR Facebook page) The DOST-NCR and PNP-NCRPO...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion said he'd rather leave it up to the Metro Manila mayors whether or not they would allow unvaccinated minors to enter local shopping malls amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Presidential Adviser for...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion received a plaque of appreciation from Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos during the launch of MMDA’s “I ♥ MM” campaign last Nov. 13. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (left) and...
Nine out of 10 people in the National Capital Region (NCR) have already been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) only fully protected close to two out of its 10 residents. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. attends...
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...
It is not impossible for Metro Manila to be deescalated to Alert Level 1 by December if the requirements for easing the current restrictions are attained, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, Nov. 15. (An official of the Manila Police District Plaza Miranda Police Community Precinct (PCP)...
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...
