The Manila City government celebrated National Heroes' Day on Monday, August 30, by breaking ground for the city's fifth housing project - the 20-storey Pedro Gil Residences. (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and Vice Mayor Dr. Maria Sheilah...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, also the chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), said about 80 percent Metro Manila residents already received their first dose of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Olivarez said 45 percent are already fully vaccinated. The MMC is now...
The Pasay City General Hospital announced Saturday that it is already accepting severe cases at their OB-Gyne section. Dr. John Victor de Gracia, officer-in-charge, said the hospital is referring all non-complicated OB cases to Dona Martha Lying-in clinic located in Don Carlos Village, Pasay City....
The Manila city government has set up a refrigerated container van which will be used to temporarily store the bodies of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Friday (Aug. 27) that they set...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help local governments in improving their capacity to provide high-quality public services, especially during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. ADB HQ In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral institution said Friday, Aug.27, that it has approved...
The Manila city government finished the distribution of the financial aid from the national government on Thursday (Aug. 26). (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW) Director Re Fugoso said about 380,820 families have received P4,000 each. MDSW...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has ordered the house-to-house distribution of financial assistance to qualified senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). According to Social Welfare and Development Department (SWDD) head Angie Roa-Yu, around 110 household heads in Barangay 183...
The Manila city government will set up special community vaccination sites on Thursday (Aug. 26) in some barangays to make vaccine deployment easier and more accessible to residents. (Ali vicoy / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) "Pupunta po tayo sa mga barangay na medyo mababa pa po 'yung vaccination...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed on Wednesday, Aug. 25, that it has extended the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the qualified beneficiaries in Metro Manila to August 31. Previously the DILG has set August 25 as the deadline for the handing out of the financial...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the city government has already inoculated 90.17 percent of the city’s target population with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of August 21. Olivarez said that out of the 446,923 target population, 403,014 individuals have already received their first...
Local government units (LGUs) have increased their collections from locally sourced revenues (LSRs) in the second quarter, but continue to rely heavily on internal revenue allotment (IRA), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu has warned local government units (LGUs) not to neglect proper waste disposal in the absence of open dumpsites. (Photo from DENR) Cimatu made the call after DENR received reports that some LGUs haven't been following the...
