Metro Manila

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente on Friday (Aug. 7) assured that no additional restrictions on international travel will be imposed while Metro Manila is under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).

Special Envoy to China Mon Tulfo believes Senator Cynthia Villar “might as well kiss her ambition goodbye” if she’s interested in running for the presidency because her statements show how out of touch she is with the public.

In a rare instance, Special Envoy to China Ramon Tulfo took exception to President Rodrigo Duterte’s allegation that health workers are planning a “revolution” after they asked that Metro Manila be reverted to enhanced community quarantine…

Malacañang just shrugged off Senator Leila de Lima’s short reaction to President Rodrigo Duterte’s “outburst” against the medical frontliners who earlier appealed for the reimposition of the stricter lockdown in Metro Manila due to…

Only 50 percent of government workers in Metro Manila and four neighboring provinces can report to work outside their home for the duration of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).

The Senate building in Pasay City will be placed on a two-week lockdown starting Tuesday (August 4) as senators heeded the plea of medical workers for Metro Manila to be placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) again.

The government should take advantage of Metro Manila’s return to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) to revisit and improve the response to COVID-19 pandemic, Senators Nancy Binay and Sherwin Gatchalian said Monday (August 3).

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he believes the government was moving in the right direction when it placed Metro Manila and neighboring provinces back to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), Malacañang said Monday.

Malacañang on Monday urged people not to engage in panic buying as Metro Manila and other nearby provinces revert to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) starting August 4.

ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro said the return of the modified enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces was not what medical frontliners were looking for.

President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the country's village chiefs to strictly enforce quarantine measures to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

President Rodrigo Duterte approved late Sunday the recommendation of the Cabinet to place Metro Manila and several nearby provinces under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from August 4 to 18.

Some Cabinet members met Saturday evening to discuss the medical community's plea to place Metro Manila under a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to reduce the number of coronavirus (Covid-19) infections.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin Jr. has expressed support for the call of several medical organizations to place Metro Manila under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) for two weeks due to the continued rise in COVID-19…

President Rodrigo Duterte asked the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to “immediately” ask on the concerns raised by medical frontliners who earlier called on the government to put Metro…

The Archdiocese of Manila has announced the suspension of religious activities from August 3 to 14 in response to the medical community’s call for Metro Manila to be placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the continued rise…

Cabinet officials are meeting Saturday night (August 1) to discuss the concerns of the medical community as doctors called for Metro Manila’s return to enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) for two weeks.

Malacañang has rejected the call of medical frontliners to declare enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila for two weeks to decrease pressure on an already overwhelmed healthcare system.

House Minority Leader Bienvenido Abante Jr. urged the two Metro Manila water concessionaires to ensure running water so the public can protect themselves from the Covid-19 virus.

The medical community is sounding off the alarm on the burden caused by the continued rise in COVID-19 cases, particularly in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces.

Face shields will be mandatory in Metro Manila and Calabarzon, Malacañang said Friday.