Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon sent off on July 28 a team of volunteers from the Muntinlupa K9 Search and Rescue (SAR) to Abra which was severely damaged by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on July 27. The K9s, or police dogs, will assist in search and rescue operations in collapsed buildings and areas...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) ranked the Las Piñas City government No. 2 among Metro Manila cities in compliance with the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Mayor Imelda Aguilar announced that the city government got a 98.4 percent...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano supports the establishment of the Department of Disaster Resilience, which she and her husband, former Speaker and now Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, sponsored when they were representatives. This, after a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Abra on July 27, affecting...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III has ordered a one-week campaign against dengue as the number of cases has increased in the municipality. According to the Department of Health (DOH), Pateros recorded a dengue attack rate of 5.43 per 10,000 population from Jan. 1 to July 23 this year. This 2005...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano ordered the immediate structural assessment of the city hall to determine if there was damage after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Abra and parts of Luzon including Metro Manila on July 27. A team from the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO),...
NAVAL, Biliran Mayor Gretchen Espina (left). (FB) TACLOBAN CITY – Naval, Biliran Mayor Gretchen Espina confirmed that she tested positive for Covid-19. She disclosed that she and her son who were earlier non-reactive to an antigen test tested positive in the confirmatory RT-PCR test Sunday, July...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon said the city government should be consulted and must be part of the planning regarding the development of the vast New Bilibid Prison (NBP) land located in Barangay Poblacion. “My position on NBP land development is that the local government should not only be...
The Parañaque City government launched the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) on Monday, July 25, for 300 student beneficiaries. Mayor Eric Olivarez announced the launching of SPES during the regular virtual flag ceremony held at the Parañaque City Hall quadrangle. Olivarez...
LOAKAN Airport runway. BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong is keen on the reopening of the Loakan Airport here as an all-weather commercial airport after the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) informed him that funding for its...
SAN Fernando City, La Union Mayor Hermenegildo Gualberto (center) working in his office. (FB) SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (PNA) – Mayor Hermenegildo Gualberto here has tested positive for Covid-19 and is now under isolation. In a phone interview Monday, July 25, city corporate relations...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) mourned the passing of former Lamitan City, Basilan Mayor Rosita Rose Furigay who was killed inside Ateneo de Manila University campus in Quezon City Sunday, July 24, along with two others. EBRAHIM (FB)...
A tricycle driver was recognized by the Muntinlupa City government for returning P413,000 in cash to a “balikbayan” passenger. Dexter Pacquiao was hailed as a “Bayaning Munti” by Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon during the flag-raising ceremony on July 25. “Congratulations kay Dexter....
