Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna announced on Thursday, Jan. 11, that the service-oriented fora "Kalinga sa Maynila" will resume on Friday, Jan. 12.
Kalinga is conducted in different barangays to provide all basic services normally sought by residents going to the Manila City Hall.
The fora was suspended in December due to the holidays as the city government units needed to utilize the provision of payouts and Christmas food boxes to almost 900 households, including senior citizens and the payouts.
The mayor said that the areas that will be covered by Kalinga sa Maynila will be barangays 696, 697, 698, 699, 702, and 703 in Malate.
She said residents in the covered barangays will be provided with free medical consultation, basic medicines, deworming, rabies vaccination, civil registry, parking registration, registration of persons with disability, solo parent, and senior citizens, clearing and flushing operations, water, electricity and building permit inquiries, notary services, police clearance, and job vacancies.
This year's first Kalinga will be held at the corner of Vasquez and Nakpil Streets in Malate, District 5, Manila at 8 a.m. on Friday.
Among the offices of Manila City Hall that will be joining the fora will be Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau, Department of Public Services-Manila, Department of Engineering and Public Works, Manila, Manila Police District, Manila Barangay Bureau, Manila Civil Registry Office, City Legal Office, Manila Health Department, Manila Department of Social Welfare, Public Employment Service Office - City of Manila, Manila Office of Senior Citizens' Affairs, Manila Veterinary Inspection Board and the City Treasurer’s Office.
Lacuna-Pangan said that all inquiries and requests for assistance will be entertained during the forum just like in the previous ones already held in the different barangays in the city.
She said Kalinga sa Maynila is meant to bring the basic services of the city government to grassroots communities so the residents will no longer have to go to city hall and will save on time and transportation money.