The government is prepared to allocate additional 2 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for Metro Manila to help boost the residents' protection against the transmissible disease. A senior citizens is vaccinated with the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine at the Justo Lucban...
A two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is what the Metro Manila mayors want as a response to the Delta variant threat, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos stressed in a virtual press briefing Thursday, July 29. WE WANT ECQ--Metropolitan Manila Development...
The government is keeping the strict quarantine restrictions in several parts of the country next month to stem the surging cases of the Delta coronavirus variant. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a taped public address on July 29, 2021. (RTVM screenshot) President Duterte has approved to retain...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Wednesday that he is in favor of imposing a stricter quarantine status in Metro Manila to mitigate the spread of the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora Zamora, in an interview with CNN Philippines, said the Metro...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila have been implementing "circuit-breaker" lockdowns against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) long before the OCTA Research group made the suggestion. MMDA Chairman Benhur...
As longer curfew hours will be implemented in Metro Manila tonight, July 25, the Philippine National Police (PNP) urged the public to cooperate by observing the rules and respecting the people who would enforce the stricter measures against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PNP chief Gen....
President Duterte has maintained high approval and trust ratings more than a year and half into the country's coronavirus crisis which heavily impacted the lives of many Filipinos, according to an independent pollster. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) In the survey conducted by...
A good balancing act between maintaining the country’s economic recovery and protecting Filipinos against the dreaded Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez speaks during President Duterte's pre-recorded public briefing on Saturday, July 24, 2021....
Longer curfew hours will be implemented in the National Capital Region (NCR) starting Sunday, July 25, amid the rising cases of COVID-19 Delta variant. In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces uses a megaphone to remind shoppers to...
The local economy will likely destroyed if Metro Manila will placed anew on the most stringent lockdown in the face of the coronavirus threat, according to Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. Manila residents line up for the second dose of coronavirus vaccine outside a...
President Duterte has approved bringing back the National Capital Region (NCR) to general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions and changed the quarantine classifications of other areas, Malacañang revealed. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
The OCTA Research group underscored the need to prepare for a possible surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, as it observed a significant increase in the number of daily infections in Metro Manila. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In its latest monitoring report, the independent research group...
