NCR declares granular lockdowns in 135 areas – PNP

Sep 22, 2021 | Metro

The Philippine National Police on Wednesday said 135 areas in the National Capital Region (NCR) have been placed under granular lockdown.The areas were reported in 53 barangays of nine cities and municipalities in Metro Manila. A total of 247 PNP personnel and 452...

San Juan Mayor Zamora advises DOH to count Covid-19 cases based on local residence

Sep 14, 2021 | Metro

San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora advised the Department of Health (DOH) to tally coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections based on the patients’ local residences and not on the hospitals they are currently in when analyzing the alert level of an area. Zamora...

Calabarzon will not be under ECQ – NTF

Aug 4, 2021 | Regions

The Calabarzon region will not be under an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) the strictest lockdown level to contain the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19.The National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 chief implementer...

‘NCR plus’ to remain under GCQ, other areas placed under MECQ

Jun 1, 2021 | Top Stories

Palace spokesman Harry Roque in a press release announced the new quarantine classifications for the month of June as approved by President Rodrigo Duterte following the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 31,...

700,000 Filipino workers still displaced — DTI

May 17, 2021 | Top Stories

About 700,000 Filipino workers have yet to return to their jobs even after movement restrictions were eased to the general community quarantine (GCQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Bulacan, also known as “NCR-Plus,” the Department of...