BATANG MAYNILA Mayor Isko Moreno Hopefully this month, when the anti-COVID-19 vaccines finally arrive, Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna will lead the city in getting the jab. This is to allay the fears and doubts that some skeptics may be entertaining in their minds and boost confidence in the vaccines...
BATANG MAYNILA Mayor Isko Moreno I thank and am so proud of our health personnel led by Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna and Manila Health Department chief Dr. Arnold ‘Poks Pangan, for having achieved as of this writing over 94 percent completion of the campaign against measles among children in Manila....
BATANG MAYNILA Mayor Isko Moreno It has been an eventful week for us in the local government of Manila and we are but glad to announce that we are now more than ready with our vaccination program. All we need is just for the vaccines to finally arrive. We are also proud to report that we, Vice...
Nico Elorde, Jervy Cruz and Paolo Taha are flanked by team manager Bonnie Tan and agent Danny Espiritu after being given contract extensions by NorthPort on Tuesday. (Photo from Danny Espiritu) NorthPort signed veteran forward Jervy Cruz and guards Nico Elorde and Paolo Taha to contract...
BATANG MAYNILA Mayor Isko Moreno This week, we will be marking two important occasions. In this regard, allow me to greet in advance, our Chinese-Filipino brothers and sisters on the occasion of the Chinese New Year celebration on February 12 and everybody, a Happy Valentine’s Day this coming...
BATANG MAYNILA Mayor Isko Moreno I would like to take this opportunity to once again congratulate the men and women of our country’s premier police force, the Manila Police District (MPD) now headed by Gen. Leo Francisco, on the occasion of its recent 120 th founding anniversary. I and Vice...
NorthPort insists it has no plans of trading star big man Christian Standhardinger, even for the right price. “We won’t be trading Christian,” said NorthPort team governor Erick Arejola during Tuesday’s online session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum. “He’s a part of...
BATANG MAYNILA Mayor Isko Moreno Last week, Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna and I, along with fellow city officials led by the directors of our six city hospitals, did a simulation exercise of the vaccine rollout in preparation for when they finally arrive in the country. We did the first of a series of...
Rain or Shine forward Sidney Onwubere (PBA Images) Rain or Shine and NorthPort on Monday pulled off the first trade since the conclusion of the PBA bubble. Sources said Rain or Shine is sending forward Sidney Onwubere and guard Clint Doliguez to NorthPort in exchange for big man Bradwyn Guinto. The...
BATANG MAYNILA Mayor Isko Moreno First off, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the bosses of the Manila Bulletin for having given me the great opportunity to be a part of this very prestigious institution. As of this writing, this humble column is about to turn a year old...
Mayor Isko Moreno BATANG MAYNILA With the vaccines for COVID-19 already available and in fact being rolled out in some countries, we in the city government are inviting all the residents of Manila to register for the free vaccination we intend to implement once the vaccines reach us. Since we...
BATANG MAYNILA Mayor Isko Moreno Looking back on the year that was, it can be surmised that if there is anything good that the pandemic was able to do, it was to bring out the best in all of us and I can particulary say so in the case of the city officials, employees, and residents of Manila. In...
