San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the Alert Level 4 quarantine status in the National Capital Region (NCR) should be extended despite the declining number of COVID-19 cases. The General Community Quarantine (GCQ) Alert Level 4 in Metro Manila is due to end on Thursday, Sept. 30, . Mayor...
Manny Pacquiao (AFP) It’s official. Manny Pacquiao is done with boxing. Pacquiao, an eight-division world champion who built a legendary career with his "never say die" attitude that mesmerized fans from around the globe, bid the sport farewell after 26 years as a professional boxer. He last...
A year before the pandemic hit in 2019, the Philippine agri-food sector turned in a strong showing, accounting for an estimated P6.1T to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The same year also saw the sector employ 42.7 percent of the national workforce. In the new normal that changed...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the country and adversely affect the livelihood of the people, the San Juan City local government distributed food boxes and other pandemic supplies from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to the city's solo parents. (Photo from...
The San Juan City local government has distributed the P3,000 cash assistance to various non-medical frontliners and Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) drivers and operators in its bid to help them amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook)...
Political party Lakas-CMD will field businesswoman Katrina Gloria Ponce Enrile, daughter of former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, as its official congressional bet in the first district of Cagayan. Lakas-CMD President Ferdinand Martin Romualdez The young Enrile will attempt to regain political...
To protect women's health amid the pandemic, government agencies and private firms have been utilizing digital avenues to provide more women access to reproductive health products and services. (Photo from Unsplash) According to the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM), family planning...
The San Juan City local government, together with the Department of Information and Communications (DICT), launched on Thursday a vaccination program for the Information Technology – Business Process Management (IT-BPM) sector in its bid to protect more people against COVID-19 and its more...
In celebration of "World Car Free Day"on Wednesday, September 22, the San Juan City local government relaunched its "Bisikleta Para sa Bakuna" program to promote the use of bicycles as an alternative mode of transportation and urge its residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. (Photo from...
The Philippine Embassy in Libya has announced the demise of one of its key officers who succumbed to COVID-19 at a hospital in Mitiga on Monday, Sept. 20. Attaché Jose Arcel Donato of the Philippine Embassy in Libya (via Facebook/CDA Jed Dayang) “It is with the most profound sorrow that the...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora slammed yesterday the malicious social media post circulating online falsely tagging the city as the area where a jewelry store robbery recently took place. Zamora clarified that the robbery occurred in Serramonte Mall, Daly City, in California, USA and not in...
Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Friday, Sept. 17 spent a few minutes tinkering on his Facebook account while celebrating 64th wedding anniversary with wife, Cristina, to defend celebrity vlogger Toni Gonzaga from social media bashers. Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile Enrile, now 97, commiserated...
