Gov’t says no lockdown even as hospitals start hitting full capacity

Donna Pazzibugan 03/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Hospitals in Metro Manila and the Cordillera Administrative Region are running out of beds for critically ill COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases surge to post the highest daily count this year. In Metro Manila,…

Metro Manila, 9 other areas to remain under GCQ in March

Katrina Hallare 02/27/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila and nine other areas will remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) for the whole month of March, Palace spokesman Harry Roque announced Saturday. In an announcement made over state-run PTV, Roque said…

34 hospitals to get initial batch of Pfizer vaccine — DOH

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 02/15/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Personnel from 34 hospitals in the country will receive the initial batch of Covid-19 vaccines from US drugmaker Pfizer, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. In an online press briefing, DOH Undersecretary and…

QR-ed, ID-ed, bar coded, tracked, tagged

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 02/11/2021

Wired magazine published the article “Digital IDs are more dangerous than you think” by Brett Solomon, founder of a global conference that addresses human rights in the digital age. It says that digital identification systems are meant…

‘Pork holiday’ looms in Metro Manila

Jhesset Enano 02/08/2021

MANILA, Philippines — An agricultural group has pressed the Department of Agriculture (DA) for support to hog raisers battling steep production and transport costs amid calls by traders and vendors for a “pork holiday” to protest price…

Cold weather in Metro Manila, most parts of PH due to amihan

Katrina Hallare 02/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — It’s going to be a cold Tuesday in Metro Manila and most parts of the Philippines due to the northeast monsoon or amihan, the state weather bureau said. In its 4 a.m. live weather…

Metro Manila records coldest morning yet

JHESSET O. ENANO 02/01/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila recorded its lowest temperature yet this monsoon season on Sunday, the weather service said. In the Pagasa Science Garden in Quezon City, the temperature was recorded at 19.9 degrees Celsius at 6…

Andanar: Roll out of vaccines for frontliners to start by mid-February

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Communications Secretary Martin Andanar assured Cebuanos that they are part of the top priority for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines by mid-February 2021. Andanar, in his visit to Cebu on January 19, 2021…

Metro Manila, 9 other areas to start 2021 under GCQ

Krissy Aguilar 12/29/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila and nine other areas will remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) as they welcom 2021. In a pre-recorded speech on Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte announced the extension of the GCQ in Metro…

BREAKING: Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes parts of Metro Manila, provinces on Christmas Day

Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @ConsINQ 12/25/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 6.3 earthquake was recorded in several parts of Luzon on Friday morning, Christmas Day. In an initial bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the epicenter of the quake was…

Duterte: Metro Manila, 6 other areas stay under GCQ in December

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 11/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has extended anew the implementation of general community quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila for the entire month of December. Apart from Metro Manila, areas also under GCQ until the end of…

When working together works

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 11/24/2020

Those of us in Metro Manila and Calabarzon were spared from Supertyphoon “Rolly’s” worst fury, through what many believe was yet another proof of prayer power. But make no mistake: Rolly badly debilitated the Bicol Region with…

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