The cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the low-income individuals in the National Capital Region (NCR) that were affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was already 97.92 percent completed, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Tuesday night, Sept. 7. In the...
While many were taken aback by the sudden decision of the government to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) for another week, President Duterte's most recent pre-recorded public address did not give any clarity as to why the pandemic task...
The switch to a general community quarantine (GCQ) along with the pilot-testing of granular lockdowns in Metro Manila won't push through on Sept. 8 after all. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, as members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), the marketing arm of the Department of Tourism (DOT), will resume the subsidized reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for approved domestic tourists in Metro Manila starting Wednesday, Sept. 8. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) This, after...
The govenrment will be "reasonable" in the implementation of granular lockdowns in the National Captial Region (NCR) or Metro Manila despite the delayed release of the guidelines for it, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, Sept. 7. (Ali Vicoy/ File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
The national government again failed to provide guidelines for the pilot-testing of the so-called granular lockdowns in the National Capital Region (NCR) despite its scheduled implementation tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 8. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque speaks during the virtual press briefing...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced on Tuesday that the city is ready to implement granular lockdowns in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting Wednesday, September 8. Mayor Abby Binay “Makati is the first local government unit (LGU) to implement a localized or granular lockdown last...
The implementation of granular lockdowns will be successful only if coupled with continuous pandemic response such as testing, contact tracing, and vaccinations, an expert said Tuesday, Sept. 7. Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a barangay in Sampaloc, Manila after it...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded more than 220,000 quarantine violators in Metro Manila since it was placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) on August 21. The large number of violators accosted during the entire MECQ period in the National Capital Region raises...
Subjecting areas in Metro Manila under "granular lockdowns" or strict localized lockdowns is an idea that Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion can get behind. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo Founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the first day of registration in the National Capital Region (NCR) while under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) saw a heavy turnout of registrants. Comelec/MB In a statement, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez reported that long queues were...
Individuals who are vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may be allowed to do more essential activities as the government recalibrates its pandemic response and tries the enforcement of granular lockdown in the National Capital Region (NRC), an official of a task force on pandemic...
