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Taekwondo: For Pauline Lopez, name of the game is flexibility as she eyes Olympics

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Aug 05 11:43 PM

The Southeast Asian Games champion has been busy with her academics and taekwondo training, both done virtually given the pandemic. Read more »

Face shields are now required for all passengers of Cebu Pacific flights starting August 15

ANCX
Posted at Aug 05 09:02 PM

This is an added, government-directed requirement for those hopping on a plane this month. Read more »

According to WHO, the Philippines leads the Western Pacific Region in total COVID cases

ANCX
Posted at Aug 05 08:47 PM

In the last WHO report, the PH was reported to have more cases than countries like China, Japan, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, and Malaysia. We are also the only country in the cluster with community transmission. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

Business group official says gov’t should not rely on China vaccine alone

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 07:15 PM

An official of the Management Association of the Philippines said on Wednesday that the government should not “hinge” the country’s economic recovery on China’s possible discovery of a vaccine against COVID-19.  Read more »

Globe shifts to electronic billing until end of the year due to pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 04:42 PM

Globe Telecom said Wednesday it will be sending customers bills electronically as the surge in COVID-19 cases limits messengerial delivery services. Read more »

Meralco to continue business operations, meter readings despite lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 02:15 PM

Meralco is also appealing to local government units and barangay officials to recognize meter readers as among the essential workers granted permission to work amid MECQ.  Read more »

Ilang tsuper sa Maynila nagbebenta ng buko para mairaos ang tigil-pasada

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 03:35 PM

MAYNILA - Ngayong ilang buwan na silang hindi makapasada dahil sa coronavirus quarantine protocols, nagbebenta ngayon ng buko ang ilang jeepney driver sa Maynila.    Read more »

Lalaking walang face mask, nahulihan ng hinihinalang shabu sa Taguig

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 07:13 AM

Kalaboso ang isang construction worker nang mahulihan ng hinihinalang shabu sa isang border checkpoint sa Taguig City nitong Martes ng hapon.  Read more »

Countries tighten measures as global coronavirus death toll nears 700,000

Ron Lopez, Agence France Presse
Posted at Aug 05 04:23 AM

The global coronavirus death toll approached 700,000 Tuesday, as France and the Netherlands began tightening restrictions, and the Philippines placed millions of people back under lockdown.   Read more »

Higit 300 pulis dineploy sa mga checkpoint sa Bulacan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 12:30 AM

Nasa 346 na mga pulis ang dineploy sa mga checkpoint sa Bulacan at mga boundary nito sa ibang mga probinsya nitong Martes. Read more »

Gov't stimulus spending sought as new lockdown seen further weakening economy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 11:36 PM

Marikina Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo said stimulus spending was needed as the economy stands to suffer more losses as Metro Manila reverts to MECQ.  Read more »

Construction worker, naglakad ng 18 kilometro para makapasok sa trabaho

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 09:44 PM

Dahil walang public transport, marami ang napilitan na maglakad papasok sa trabaho.  Read more »

The PH COVID recovery rate falls to 58.7% from a high of 73%, below both the global and regional average

ANCX
Posted at Aug 04 09:20 PM

Recoveries have been scant the past few days in comparison to our ballooning number of cases. We now have 44,429 active cases from a low of around 20,000 just the previous week. BY BENJAMIN CO MD Read more »

'Shoot to kill' sa mga pasaway at lalabag sa MECQ?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 08:39 PM

Ayon sa head ng QC Task Force Disiplina, nadismaya siya sa pagbalik sa MECQ kaya niya ito nai-post sa social media. Read more »

San Miguel Brewery income down 62 percent in first half due to pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 07:35 PM

San Miguel Brewery said its net income stood at P5 billion in the first half of the year.    Read more »

Tricycle, papayagang bumiyahe sa ilalim ng MECQ sa ilang kondisyon: MMDA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 12:30 PM

MAYNILA - Papayagan na ang mga tricycle na bumiyahe sa ilalim ng Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) para maghatid ng medical frontliners, para sa emergency, at sa mga taong kailangang bumili ng essentials. Read more »

Employers group flags concern for workers' welfare during modified lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 11:48 AM

Companies likely have contingency plans to survive another lockdown but the government should be able to assist workers who would jobs or income as restrictions tighten anew, a group of employers said Tuesday.  Read more »

Pag-angkas ng frontliners, puwede na sa ilalim ng MECQ: Eleazar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 10:41 AM

MAYNILA - Papayagan na ang magka-angkas sa motorsiklo na bumiyahe sa ilalim ng Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) sa Metro Manila pero para lamang sa mga frontliners at essential workers, ayon kay Joint Task Force COVID Shield Commander Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar.   Read more »

Dahil walang commute, construction worker kailangang maglakad nang 18km papunta sa trabaho

Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 07:14 PM

MAYNILA - Hindi pa pumuputok ang araw ng Martes ay marami nang residente ng Metro Manila ang maagang naglakad para makarating sa kani-kanilang mga trabaho. Read more »

Balik-MECQ: Checkpoints muling ipinatupad sa Metro Manila, ibang probinsiya

Jervis Manahan at Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 06:56 PM

Muling nagpatupad ng mga checkpoint sa iba-ibang kalsada papasok at palabas ng Metro Manila kasabay ng pagbabalik sa capital region at mga karatig-probinsiya sa modified enhanced community quarantine. Read more »