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The downward trend in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila and neighboring areas has slowed down, the OCTA Research group said Monday.

By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published May 18, 2021 3:15pm The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday flagged an upward COVID-19 trend in Visayas and Mindanao as it noted a “marked decline” in infections and hospital occupancy in Metro Manila and neighboring provinces. DOH Epidemiology Bureau director Dr. Alethea De Guzman said 10 regions posted a positive case growth rate and increased average daily attack rate (ADAR) in the past two weeks: Regions 4B, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Caraga...

Comelec suspends voter registration until May 14 in NCR Plus Published May 2, 2021 9:50pm New voter applicants wait for their turn at a local Commission on Elections branch in Manila on Saturday, February 20, 2021, during the start of the Saturday schedule of Comelec voter registration. DANNY PATA The Commission on Elections on Sunday suspended voter registration in the National Capital Region Plus to May 14 amid the extension of the modified enhanced community quarantine. According to Co...

SWIC is granted £1.5m A green energy project that is receiving more funding, is calling on its partners and other businesses - such as the Port of Milford Haven and Valero - to prepare for comprehensive changes to the industry. The South Wales Industrial Cluster (SWIC) was recently awarded £1.5m to make south Wales a net zero carbon region by 2050. As well as the Port of Milford Haven and Valero, many other companies and businesses across the area have partnered with the project, which ...

An expert from OCTA Research on Monday said he is expecting a downward trend of COVID-19 cases with the implementation of modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) until April 30.

MANILA: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) intensified its anti-colorum operations to urgently combat what it calls “COVID- 19 smuggling” or the illegal transport of untested individuals to or from the NCR Plus bubble using colorum vehicles. During the Holy Week break, 12 colorum vehicles were caught ferrying passengers from NCR to Bicol Region. The Bicol Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported that 79 of the colorum vehicles’ passengers te...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published April 6, 2021 11:21am People living in high-rise condominiums as well as in small residential houses in Makati City stay in their homes on Monday, April 5, 2021, as the enhanced community quarantine in NCR Plus is extended for another week, or from April 5 to 11, 2021. The OCTA Research group on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, said the COVID-19 reproduction rate for March 30-April 5 went down to 1.53. DANNY PATA The reproduction rate of COVID-19 in Metro Manila h...

By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News Published April 5, 2021 10:57am Updated April 5, 2021 11:08am Few people could be seen in Tutuban in Divisoria, Manila on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, as the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) remains in effect in the NCR Plus bubble. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, April 5, 2021, said extending the ECQ for the third consecutive week is unlikely. DANNY PATA Extending the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) for the third consecutive week i...

Residents in NCR Plus areas who are qualified for subsidy from the government may receive the aid by Tuesday, April 6, or Wednesday, April 7, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Sunday.

By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published April 3, 2021 2:38pm President Rodrigo Duterte is set to announce the COVID-19 quarantine protocols beginning April 5 later in the day, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Saturday. In a text message, Roque told GMA News Online that the Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 has an “ongoing” meeting on what appropriate quarantine classification will be imposed starting Monday in the NCR Plus area. On April 4, Sunday, the enhanced community quara...