12 big Metro hospitals hit ‘critical risk’ level

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.       12 big Metro hospitals hit ‘critical risk’ level As the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces begin a two-week lockdown today, 12 of the 22 major hospitals in Metro Manila are already at critical risk in terms of their ICU capacity.   Inquirer Plus starts at P149/month   Prices of Benguet vegetables soar​ BAGUIO CITY—Prices of vegetables from Benguet and nearby areas have spiked due to prolonged monsoon rains that disrupted supply and delivery to the main trading hub in the provincial capital of La Trinidad.   JAB OR BUST A throng besieges a vaccination center at Robinsons Manila shopping mall on the eve of the two-week enhanced community quarantine that starts today. The crush was prompted by fears that the unvaccinated would be forced to stay home or—worse— be disqualified from receiving aid.—RICHARD A. REYES   Sign up here   Cebu limits sale of medical oxygen​ CEBU CITY—Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has issued an order regulating the sale of medical oxygen amid panic buying and hoarding by families of patients waiting for admission into hospitals overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 cases.   Take our news quiz!   Opinion: 'Election giveaway'? There is urgent merit in Sen. Franklin Drilon’s push for a special audit of the P19 billion budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), amid that anti-insurgency body’s proposed P40 billion budget next year.     SUBSCRIBE | FACEBOOK | VIBER INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | SUGGEST     © 2021 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe