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Metro Manila and neighboring provinces Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal will remain under general community quarantine or GCQ "with restrictions" until June 15.The ever-changing quarantines at times cause confusion with the need for Malacañang to issue additional guidelines. Here ...
The government calls it a milestone.
The Philippines has fully vaccinated nearly one million people against COVID-19 versus the target to immunize at least 50 million people for herd immunity in urban centers, authorities said.Of the total 4,097,425 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered as ...
For assistance in cash or kind.
The fire at the Philippine General Hospital on Sunday morning prompted the evacuation of many patients, whether fighting COVID-19 or other illnesses. Several organizations have launched donation drives for assistance in cash and in kind to help affected patients recover. The ...
To help ramp up registration for 2022 polls.
The Commission on Elections said Sunday it was in favor of the distribution of voter registration forms at community pantries to help encourage Filipinos to sign up for the 2022 polls.In response to a question during a Vote Pilipinas forum, Comelec ...
There has to be a national strategy.
When diplomatic formalities failed to eject Chinese ships from the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said plainly, China should just GTFO or "get the f*ck out."While Locsin's outburst was "amusing," China is a "patient player" ...
The ban was imposed by his predecessor Aquino.
President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a nearly decade-old ban on new mining agreements imposed by his immediate predecessor Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, in a bid to support the government's ambitious infrastructure push.Duterte, through Executive Order No. 130, said new ...
The President has reemerged.
President Rodrigo Duterte's health is a "public matter," according to 65% of respondents in a Social Weather Stations survey.The 76-year-old Duterte disappeared from the public eye for two weeks, during the worst of the pandemic, before he reemerged ...
Is it a miracle drug?
Politicians around the world are advocating the use Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug that is commonly used on animals, to treat COVID-19. The Philippine Food and Drug Administration and it global counterparts have warned against it, saying its efficacy against the ...
Advice from the Vice President if you're thinking of leaving.
Vice President Leni Robredo admits to feeling "selfish" at times, thinking what would happen if she left the country for good, like many of her countrymen who seek better opportunities. Until she sees there's so much work to be done that ...
Here's what you need to know.
Malls in the greater Manila area will adjust their operating hours starting Monday, March 29, in adherence to the implementation of the week-long enhanced community quarantine or ECQ. The fresh ECQ restrictions, which will last until Easter Sunday, April 4, cover ...
Here's why it matters.
A Filipino scientist became one of the first humans to reach the third deepest spot on Earth, the Emden Deep, stirring nationalist pride.Microbial oceanographer Deo Florence Onda of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) successfully made the ...
On day one of NCR Plus Bubble.
Two more hospitals Metro Manila said their COVID-19 wards have reached full capacity on Monday, as the Philippines reported another all-time high in daily infections.After St. Luke's Medical Center said COVID wards in Quezon City and Taguig were ...
People are asking.
A resurgent coronavirus has driven daily cases to new record highs, prompting calls to restructure current restrictions. Fatigued by one year of lockdown, Twitter users tried to make sense of a proposal for either a "Hard GCQ" or "Soft MECQ".The suggestion ...
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