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Mayor Isko: More Manila streets 'to take a bath;' curfew declared for minors

Published Jul 1, 2025 09:23 am  |  Updated Jul 1, 2025 04:10 pm

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno Domagoso vowed to continue giving Manila's streets and major thoroughfares a bath and thorough scrubbing to restore their cleanliness after years of neglect. He also ordered the imposition of curfew for minors in the city.
Under Executive Order No. 2, minors are prohibited from staying in public spaces from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
The mayor personally inspected, together with the Manila Police District (MPD) units and barangay officials, Radial Road 10 or R-10, a known route for informal settlements, street vendors, and transient foot traffic, as well as Welcome Rotonda, Espana Boulevard, and R. Papa Street in Tondo.
According to Domagoso, these areas have historically seen incidents involving minors exposed to criminal elements or solvent abuse.
In a Facebook post, Domagoso showed photos of a cleaned-up Divisoria in stark contrast to how it used to look – mountains of garbage, vendors occupying the streets, and sidecars and e-trikes plying everywhere.
A cleaned up Recto Avenue in Divisoria. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso/ Facebook Page)
A cleaned up Recto Avenue in Divisoria. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso/ Facebook Page)
“Good morning, Manila! Narito ang sitwasyon ng Recto Avenue, Divisoria ngayong umaga (Here is the situation on Recto Avenue, Divisoria, this morning),” he wrote.
“Patuloy ang pagpapaligo natin sa mga lansangan at hindi tayo titigil hanggang hindi nawawala ang kadugyutan (We will continue cleaning our streets and give them a bath and we will not stop until we have erased all traces of dirt and decay),” the mayor said.
Domagoso's first day in office started and ended with a series of cleanup activities in major streets in the city which included Taft Avenue corner Padre Faura, Delpan Evacuation Center, Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Lagusnilad Underpass, United Nations Avenue, and A. Bonifacio Avenue corner Tagaytay, City Boundary.
During his inspection, Domagoso stated that no more trash was visible on the streets after days of garbage pileups in the city.
He confirmed that the area had already been flushed and cleaned the day before.
“Ganyan namin iniwan yan eh, for three years. Consistency lang (That’s how we left it, for three years. This is about consistency),” he said.
Domagoso vowed to solve the city's garbage crisis and peace and order situation.
He declared a health emergency in the city after two new garbage collection contractors terminated their operations.
“I opted to declare and request the city council tomorrow, first session day, declare a state of health emergency in the entire city of Manila,” Moreno said in a press conference.
“For the past so many weeks, we've been receiving a lot of complaints and requests from the people of Manila to confront the garbage situation of the city,” he added.
According to Domagoso, the two contractors, PhilEco and MetroWaste, stopped their operations in the city due to unsettled payments, including the unpaid services of former contractor Leonel.
Moreno said around P950 million of payments remain unsettled for the garbage collection services from the past administration.

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