LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The municipal council here passed the “Bawal Bastos” ordinance imposing penalty to gender-based harassment in public spaces and online. The Municipal Ordinance Number 109 series of 2022, authored by Councilor Rasel Cuaresma, though is still awaiting the concurrence of...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) to pass an ordinance banning the sale of medicines in sari-sari (variety) stores. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año issued the call after reports disclosed that fake medicines have been proliferating in small...
The Marikina City government passed City Ordinance No. 003, Series of 2022, extending the deadline of business permit renewal for local business owners, the city government announced on Wednesday, Jan. 12. Under Ordinance No. 003, the deadline of business permit renewal was moved from Thursday,...
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco signed on Saturday, Dec. 11, an ordinance providing tax discounts to residents and exemptions to housing program awardees. "We would like to thank and give back to the individual and business taxpayers who pay their dues promptly even during this difficult time. For...
President Duterte has asked local government units (LGUs) to create ordinances that would prohibit minors of a certain age from entering shopping malls amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) This, despite the relatively lenient...
Muntinlupa City’s active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have dropped below 100 in the last three days. Based on data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), as of Nov. 13, the city’s active cases totaled 93, adding only seven new COVID-19 cases for the day, out of 27,519 confirmed...
The Muntinlupa City Council has enacted an ordinance scrapping the mandatory use of face shields in the city. Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro told Manila Bulletin that the City Council enacted the ordinance on Nov. 8. The ordinance, he said, lifted the mandatory use of face shields except in...
The Muntinlupa City Council opted not to pass an ordinance imposing curfew for minors in Muntinlupa but approved a measure restricting their movements under Alert Level 3. According to Majority Floor Leader Raul Corro, they passed Ordinance No. 2021-283 “regulating the movements of minors below...
Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi is supporting the proposal for the non-mandatory wearing of face shields. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos said on Monday, Nov. 8, that the official position of the 17 Metro Manila mayors during their meeting on Nov. 7 was to do away...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso signed on Friday, Oct. 1, an ordinance regulating the use of modified muffler/exhaust pipe and similar devices on all types of motor vehicles. Manila Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso signed on Friday, Oct. 1, an ordinance regulating the use of...
The Muntinlupa City Police Station apprehended 218 individuals for violating general community quarantine (GCQ) rules on the use of face masks and face shields, and curfew in just 24 hours in the city. According to the police, the violators were cited for infracting city ordinances on GCQ policies,...
The Caloocan City council has proposed a measure called "Anti-Epal Ordinance" in a bid to prohibit city officials from affixing their identities on any ongoing or completed projects owned by the local government. Under proposed Ordinance No. 11-170, public officials of the city will be prohibited...
