With a very progressive and aggressive vaccination drive in place, the National Capital Region (NCR) is set to achieve close to 100 percent of its target population to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) early next year. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Eduardo Año reiterated Friday, Nov. 5, that the improving coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Metro Manila is enough proof to take risks and downgrade the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 2 although the government...
Metro Manila residents will wake up to the relaxed protocols of alert level 2 on Friday, Nov. 5. But what exactly changed in terms of can and can't be done with the the National Capital Region's (NCR) de-escalation to alert level 2 from alert level 3? Well, there are a handful of changes under the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque bared on Thursday night, Nov. 4, 2021 that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has approved the de-escalation of the National Capital Region (NCR) from alert level 3 to alert level 2. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This is in connection with the alert...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is now looking to resume the 24-hour operations of public utility vehicles (PUVs), particularly passenger buses, in Metro Manila to cater to the expected influx of passengers with the lifting of curfew hours in the region. (Photo from Department of...
For Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion, the plunge in new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to just 1,591 cases last Nov.3 is vindication for his controversial call for an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila last August. Presidential Adviser on...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said Metro Manila should stay under COVID-19 Alert Level 3 until the end of November. During the “Laging Handa” public briefing on Nov. 2, Ponce was asked by Unsersecretary Rocky Ignacio if he was in favor of downgrading the alert level in Metro Manila...
The Muntinlupa City government is set to lift the existing curfew of midnight to 4 a.m. following the approval of a resolution by Metro Manila mayors. Metro Manila local chief executives under the Metro Manila Council (MMC) including Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi signed Metropolitan Manila...
More than 310,000 people in Muntinlupa are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office, as of Nov. 2, 310,011 individuals have received their full dose of the vaccine consisting of 304,537 vaccinated by the city government and...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion urged the government's pandemic task force to downgrade the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 2 because the Philippines will "lose a lot" if this move will not happen. Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17,...
House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero on Sunday, October 31, called for the full reopening of the National Capital Region (NCR) economy as target population vaccination moves close to 100 percent. The House leader and 1-PACMAN Party-list congressman urged the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management...
The latest data were sufficiently encouraging. Metro Manila is now classified as low risk, having recorded only 953 cases per day on a seven-day average from Oct. 20 to 26. The COVID reproduction rate stands at 0.52 percent, while the incidence rate is at 6.73 percent per 100,000. These positive...
