BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno As we in the city of Manila continuously try our very best to embrace more people who need free swab testing, the Manila Emergency Operation Center (MEOC) under the Manila Health Department (MHD) has come up with an updated RT-PCR swab testing...
Jim Orencio Last March 21, a gallery within the historical Calvo Building in Escolta, Manila opened its doors to the public. The inaugural opening of The Art District Gallery coincided with its first art exhibit - a group show entitled “Maynila”. The exhibit ran for a month and featured 22 of...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Barring hitches, we in the city of Manila are looking forward to having a hospital that will cater exclusively to COVID-19 patients suffering from mild to moderate symptoms, two months from now. I and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna, after a 72-hour brainstorming...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno I am both happy and proud to announce that we in the city of Manila now have a new, high-tech CT scan machine that can identify, among many others, brain and lung conditions including COVID-related infections. The better news is this: The residents of...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno On Friday last week, April 9, the whole nation observed its ‘Araw ng Kalayaan.’ The Day of Valor commemorates the heroism of Filipinos and American soldiers who fought side-by-side when the Japanese occupied the Philippines during World War II. Apart...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno We in the city of Manila are indeed very fortunate and still blessed to be ahead of so many challenges being hurled our way by the ongoing pandemic. Last March 25, I signed Ordinance 8739...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno I am at a loss for words and highly-elated after signing before the weekend Ordinance No. 8730 containing the implementing rules and regulations pertaining to the Manila local government’s in-city housing program. My deepest gratitude goes to Vice Mayor...
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno BATANG MAYNILA Once again, with a very heavy heart, I was constrained to issue over the weekend two Executive Orders (EOs) both of which are aimed at effectively addressing the current alarming spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the city of Manila which is...
BATANG MAYNILA Mayor Isko Moreno Last March 8, the City of Manila joined the entire nation in celebrating the International Women’s Day, even as we continue to fete women during this National Women’s Month. On behalf of the city’s officialdom and the people of Manila, I salute and give...
BATANG MAYNILA There’s a mix of good and bad news in Manila this past week. Mayor Isko Moreno First, the good news. Manila led the way in the formal vaccination roll out of the first batch of the anti-COVID-19 vaccines that arrived in the country. It was held at the Philippine...
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....
