The National Capital Region formally reverted to a rigid enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) on Friday midnight, August 6, all but confirming that the end remains unclear for the Philippines’ pandemic ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the proposal of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and mayors to place Metro Manila under ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it would have to look into the government’s excess revenues this 2021 should more financial aid be needed if the enhanced ...

MANILA, Philippines — The province of Bataan has been added to the list of areas on lockdown as the government tries to contain the more transmissible variants of COVID-19. Presidential spokesman ...

Nobody likes it. Nobody wants it. Nobody can accurately quantify its effectiveness, but NCR plus is essentially in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). A long time ago—early 2020—we, meaning the whole ...

(1st UPDATE) Rappler compiles news you can use during the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila, Laguna, Iloilo City, and Cagayan de Oro City The national task force against COVID-19 has ...

MANILA, Philippines — Laguna will be on lockdown until Aug. 20 to address the surge in COVID-19 cases in the province. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the ...

Leading mobile wallet and digital payment solutions provider GCash is extending a new service called GCash Padala. GCash Padala is a more affordable, faster and easier way for Filipinos without an ...

The government has announced that it is imposing the third enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in certain areas across the country, the strictest form of quarantine in which everyone, except essential ...

Malacañang said Tuesday it is hoping that the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to be imposed in the National Capital Region (NCR) from August 6 to 20 to curb transmission of the Delta variant will ...

Veteran journalist and filmmaker Arlyn Dela Cruz-Bernal won Best Screenplay for her work in ECQ Diary (Bawal Lumabas) in this year’s Autumn 2021 edition of the International Film Festival Manhattan ...

File photo: A barangay police officer stands guard over one of the communities in Pasay City placed on “special lockdown” due to the high incidence of coronavirus cases in the area. Prompted by a rise ...