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No Luneta 'Traslacion'? Quiapo Church eyes changes in Black Nazarene feast amid pandemic

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Updated as of Oct 01 08:39 AM

How will the Catholic Church celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene in the time of COVID-19? Read more »

Metro Manila Council chair hopes for eased quarantine by November

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Posted at Sep 30 11:13 PM

The chairman of the Metro Manila Council floated the possibility of a more relaxed quarantine status by November.  Read more »

Makati students to get flash drives with learning materials for distance learning

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Posted at Sep 30 12:56 PM

Public school students in Makati will receive flash drives containing materials that they can use for distance learning, which will be implemented in the upcoming school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city government said Wednesday. Read more »

Metro Pacific Tollways group says P28-billion road infrastructure projects done by 2022

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Posted at Sep 30 11:59 AM

The Metro Pacific Tollways Corp said Wednesday it was eyeing the completion of some P28-billion road infrastructure "stimulus projects" by 2022.   Read more »

COVID-19 task force says hospital bed occupancy rates in NCR still high

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Posted at Sep 29 09:34 PM

Slow recovery rates of COVID-19 patients in the Philippines prevented officials from easing the quarantine status of Metro Manila. Read more »

Bong Revilla offers to mediate between FDCP's Diño, MMDA, film producers

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 04:57 PM

Former actor, now Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. on Tuesday offered to mediate between several film industry stakeholders that have been feuding about various issues, including the upcoming Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) in December. Read more »

NLEX hiring 1,500 workers to ramp up connector project

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Posted at Sep 29 03:32 PM

Displaced OFWs will be given priority in the hiring, said NLEX president and general manager Luigi Bautista.  Read more »

LIST: Globe says rolling out 5G in more Metro Manila areas

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Posted at Sep 29 01:40 PM

The telco said the 5G services will also be available to its prepaid subscribers as well as TM customers who have 5G devices and are within 5G areas. Read more »

San Juan City fights off COVID-19 with hundreds of contact tracers

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Posted at Sep 29 11:47 AM

San Juan employed hundreds of contact tracers for a more effective targeted testing and imposed localized lockdown to reduce active COVID-19 cases in the city, Mayor Francis Zamora said Tuesday. Read more »

Alokasyon ng tubig sa Metro Manila muling ibababa sa Oktubre

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Posted at Sep 29 10:15 AM

Ibababa ang alokasyon ng tubig sa Metro Manila simula Oktubre 1 dahil sa patuloy na pagsadsad ng water level sa Angat Dam, ayon sa National Water Resources Board (NWRB).  Read more »

Metro mayors want 'stable decline' in COVID-19 cases before shifting to MGCQ: Zamora

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 11:54 AM

Metro Manila mayors want to see a continuous decline in the number of COVID-19 cases before seeking a shift to the lowest quarantine level, the chief executive of San Juan City said on Tuesday. Read more »

Metro Manila, other areas to stay under GCQ in October

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Updated as of Sep 28 11:33 PM

(UPDATE) Metro Manila and several areas will remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) in October, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III announced Monday night, as the country keeps most of its virus restrictions in place. Read more »

3 nursing student patay sa pananaksak sa Caloocan

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Updated as of Sep 29 08:48 PM

Natagpuang patay ang 3 nursing student sa Caloocan City matapos umanong saksakin ng mga construction worker.  Read more »

Govt to decide on Metro Manila lockdown later Monday: Palace

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Posted at Sep 28 10:37 AM

The government's inter-agency task force against COVID-19 will decide later Monday whether to ease Metro Manila's lockdown as its general community quarantine status (GCQ) is set to end Sep. 30, Malacañang said. Read more »

U-turn slot sa EDSA-North Ave isinara

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Posted at Sep 28 08:03 AM

Isinara ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority mula ngayong Lunes ang U-turn slots sa EDSA-North Avenue upang bigyang daan ang lanes na ekslusibo para sa mga bus.  Read more »

Metro Manila seen staying under GCQ until end of October

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 09:47 PM

MANILA - Metro Manila may remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) until the end of October, Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said Sunday, ahead of the meeting of metro mayors Sunday evening when they discuss recommendations for October. Read more »

'COVID-19 cases sa PH posibleng umabot sa 410,000 sa Oktubre 31

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Posted at Sep 27 09:19 PM

Nagbabala ang isang research group na posibleng umabot sa 380,000 hanggang 410,000 ang kabuuang COVID-19 cases pagsapit ng Oktubre 31.  Read more »

5 suspek, kabilang ang 2 Chinese, huli sa Las Piñas drug bust

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Posted at Sep 27 12:48 PM

Arestado ang 5 tao, kabilang ang 2 Chinese national, sa buy-bust operation sa Las Piñas City, sabi ngayong Linggo ng pulisya.   Read more »

'For a very nice Christmas', gov't urged to place Metro Manila under GCQ until end-October

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Updated as of Sep 27 10:30 AM

A public health expert on Sunday urged government to keep Metro Manila under general community quarantine (GCQ) until Oct. 31 to better prepare the country for the holiday celebrations in December. Read more »

UP experts note COVID-19 downtrend but says Metro Manila should remain in GCQ

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 26 09:13 PM

MANILA— A UP research group on Saturday noted a downtrend in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the country but said epicenter Metro Manila must remainder under general community quarantine (GCQ), warning that a premature easing would lead to an "exponential" rise come Christmas time. Read more »