Metro mayors may push for 15 more days under ECQ

Jovic Yee, Krixia Subingsubing 05/09/2020

Mayors of the local governments making up the National Capital Region (NCR) are likely to recommend in their meeting today another 15-day extension of the lockdown being imposed on the metropolis since March 16, to allow their…

More LGUs joining project ARK

Roy Stephen C. Canivel 05/09/2020

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion said more local government units in Metro Manila and nearby provinces will be joining the Project ARK (antibody rapid test kits) initiative. To date, Project ARK is…

SM builds seven Emergency Quarantine Facilities in Metro Manila

PR 05/04/2020

SM, through SM Foundation, Inc. (SMFI), recently constructed seven (7) insulated emergency quarantine facilities (EQFs) in Pasay and Quezon City to house and treat patients affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Built by the SM Engineering Design…

Mass testing in Metro Manila under way

Mariejo S. Ramos, Nikka G. Valenzuela 04/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines  — The first localized, targeted COVID-19 mass testing began in Valenzuela City on Saturday, with the procedure being administered for free to medical front-liners, returning overseas Filipino workers and residents being monitored for coronavirus symptoms.…

PNP records 2nd death from COVID-19

Melvin Gascon - Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/04/2020

Another Philippine National Police (PNP) officer has died due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), its spokesperson said on Friday. Police Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac said the latest casualty, identified only as “PNP-8,” a 48-year-old police officer…

DOTr orders transport sector to limit number of passengers in PUVs

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 03/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will be limiting passengers in all public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Metro Manila to boost the implementation of social distancing as part of a health protocol to further contain…

Health workers at PHC, Rizal Medical Center now PUIs for coronavirus — DOH

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 03/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Health personnel at two Metro Manila hospitals are now considered persons under investigation (PUIs) for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after they were exposed to patients who contracted the new coronavirus, the health department…

3 dioceses suspend Masses, weddings, baptisms, ‘Pahalik’

Delfin Mallari, Jovic Yee, Julie Aurelio 03/14/2020

At least three Catholic dioceses in Metro Manila have decided to suspend the holding of Masses, weddings, baptisms and other religious activities as the National Capital Region goes into a “community quarantine” starting this Sunday to contain…

BREAKING: Metro Manila placed under ‘community quarantine’ due to COVID-19

Darryl John Esguerra 03/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the imposition of a “community quarantine” in the entire Metro Manila as the government scrambles to contain the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. The recommendation…

Face masks disappear from Metro Manila stores

Dexter Cabalza, Krixia Subingsubing, Roy Stephen C. Canivel 01/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Prices of face masks in Metro Manila soared and supply ran out in a matter of hours after Taal Volcano erupted on Sunday sending ashfall toward the metropolis and leaving people at the mercy…

Pogo sector overtakes IT-BPO in office space use

Doris Dumlao-Abadilla - Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/17/2019

The fast-growing Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) industry has overtaken the information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry as the biggest market for new office space in Metro Manila and could contribute as much as $11.6 billion to…

Trough of LPA to bring rains over Mindanao — Pagasa

Faye Orellana - INQUIRER.net 09/01/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The weather bureau said on Sunday that the trough of low pressure area (LPA) will bring rainy weather over the Mindanao region. In its 4 a.m. weather forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical…

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