Tag: MMC

MMDA official: Metro Manila mayors to recommend 3 post-May 15 scenarios in NCR to IATF

(Eagle News)–Metro Manila mayors will recommend three scenarios on the fate of the community quarantine in the National Capital Region after May 15. Metropolitan Manila Development Development Authority general manager Jojo Garcia said these were the following: An extension of the ECQ for two more weeks, from May 16-30. A lifting of ECQ and imposition of general community quarantine in the entire Metro Manila Imposition of modified GCQ, where LGUs can impose a lockdown on […]

Mayors eye another 15-day extension of ECQ in NCR, may formalize recommendation on Saturday

Final decision still rests on IATF, MMC chair says (Eagle News) — Metro Manila mayors are eyeing another 15-day extension of the enhanced community quarantine in the National Capital Region. This is according to Paranaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez, who is also the chair of the Metro Manila Council, the policy-making body of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. The MMC is composed of the mayors of the cities and municipalities within NCR. In a television interview […]

DOH Sec. Duque agrees with MMC, says Sen. Pimentel violated quarantine protocols

  (Eagle News) – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III agrees that there was a breach in quarantine protocols when Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III went to the Makati Medical Center when he knew that he was a person under monitoring (PUM) for COVID-19. “Kami po ay sumasang-ayon na nagkaroon ng breach sa quarantine protocols at hindi dapat nangyari ito,” Duque said in a virtual press briefing on Thursday, March 26. He said that this was […]

Hike in fines for illegal parking in Metro Manila approved

(Eagle News) — The Metro Manila Council has approved the increase in fines for illegal parking in the National Capital Region. The fine for attended illegally parked cars was increased from P200 to P1000. The one for unattended illegally parked cars, on the other hand, was hiked to P2,000 from the original P300, The amount is exclusive of the cost of the towing of the vehicle. According to the MMC, the hike in the fines […]