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Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts

June 15, 2021

Metro Manila, Bulacan Moves To "GCQ With Some Restrictions" from June 16 to 30


Metro Manila is loosening its community quarantine restrictions from June 16 to 30. It shifts to “GCQ with Some Restrictions.” The rest of the so-called NCR-Plus—Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite continue under “GCQ with Heightened Restrictions.”

June 1, 2021

NCR-Plus Shifts To "GCQ With Restrictions"


Hello folks from the NCR-Plus bubble. The government has managed to coin yet another community quarantine classification, and it’s the one that you’ll have to live with from June 1 to 15, 2021: GCQ with Restrictions.

May 14, 2021

NCR-Plus Shifts To "GCQ With Heightened Restrictions"


Get ready for more confusion as Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal—the members of the so-called NCR-Plus is shifting to General Community Quarantine or GCQ, but with “heightened restrictions.”

April 22, 2021

It's Official: The 47th Tokyo Motor Show 2021 Is Canceled


It’s official: the 47th Tokyo Motor Show 2021 is canceled. This marks the first time the biennial motor show has been canceled since its inception 1954.

April 10, 2021

LTFRB Says Public Transportation Now at 76 Percent of Pre-COVID-19 Numbers


In a bid to curb the operation of illegal or colorum public utility vehicles, the Department of Transport (DOTr) through the LTFRB is expanding the number routes where PUVs can ply.

March 28, 2021

DOTr Sets Guidelines on Public Transport in NCR+ ECQ Season 2


With the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine once more over Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has finally set its guidelines surrounding public transportation.

March 27, 2021

Here's What You Can Expect with ECQ Season 2 from March 29 to April 11 (UPDATED)


UPDATE: The ECQ has been extended from April 4 to April 11. The dates have been changed in the story to reflect the changes. (4/3).

It feels like a nightmare, but Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal is back to the strictest Enhanced Community Quarantine or ECQ effective 12:00 AM of Monday, March 29, 2021 to 11:59 PM of Sunday, April 11. This, after the recent spike in COVID-19 cases.

February 19, 2021

Chery Auto is Taking Passenger Health and Safety Seriously


The worry surrounding COVID-19 has pushed Chery Automobile to put customer health and safety first in its vehicle design. With that, Chery engineers have taken extra steps to ensure that the air you breathe in their vehicles is 100 percent safe and clean.

February 18, 2021

Drive Thru Saliva COVID-19 PCR Test Now Offered in Araneta City


Araneta City partners with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to open an accessible drive-thru saliva collection center for COVID-19 testing in Metro Manila.

January 12, 2021

Detroit Auto Show Canceled for 2021


The 2021 Detroit Auto Show has been canceled. Already rescheduled because of the pandemic, it will be scraped altogether, and replaced by an outdoor auto-centric event called Motor Bella in September.

December 8, 2020

Have You Seen this "Christmask" LRT Train?


Every year, the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), dresses up the LRT-1 trains to spread the holiday cheer for its passengers. This time, however, the holiday themed train is having a special focus in light of the extraordinary situation the country experienced with the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 26, 2020

Yes, Toyota Will Now Sell You a Foot-Operated Sanitizer Stand


We’ve seen enterprising Filipinos come up with their own version, but nothing beats one manufactured using the Toyota Production System. It’s for this reason that you can now buy your very own Toyota made “Shodoku Taishi”—a foot-operated sanitizer stand.

November 25, 2020

Meet the Possible COVID-19 Vaccine Transporters


Centro Nippon Fruehauf Cooltech Inc. (CFCI), is now studying the possible development of ref vans that can transport the vaccines for COVID-19 once they become available in the country. It is a joint venture between leading truck body builder Centro Manufacturing Corporation and Nippon Fruehauf Ltd., one of the biggest truck body builders and wing van manufacturers in Japan.

October 9, 2020

Can You Claim Insurance If Alcohol Explodes in Your Car?


Everyone has been on the defensive since the pandemic broke out earlier this year, and one of the must-have essentials for disinfection, especially in the car, is a bottle of alcohol.

September 19, 2020

DOTr Backtracks on Reduced Social Distancing in PUVs


After announcing that public commuters will have to deal with reduced social distancing, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has backtracked on the idea after President Rodrigo Duterte himself spoke against the idea.

September 15, 2020

Philippine Vehicle Sales Down 48 Percent So Far This 2020


Philippine vehicle sales are down 48 percent for the first eight months of the year compared to last year as consumer demand remained weak amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

September 12, 2020

Less Distance Between Commuters, Standing Room to be Allowed in PUVs Starting on Monday


Social distancing will soon leave the chatroom as The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the proposal to reduce the physical distance between commuters.

September 9, 2020

Over 10,000 Medical Front Liners Have Benefited from San Miguel's Free Toll Assistance


Six months since it was first implemented at the start of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in March, San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) free toll assistance to medical front liners has already reached P72.4 million and covered over 10,000 medical front liners in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

September 7, 2020

4 Tips to Consider When Servicing Your Car in the "New Normal"


Just about every car brand has talked about car servicing in “the new normal.” Talking about disinfection, sanitization, proper social distancing measures, and all that has become so common place that to discuss again here would be like beating a dead horse.