Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), vowed on Tuesday, Aug. 31, swift action on the recommendation to dismiss five policemen tagged in a questionable shootout that killed Calbayog City Mayor Ronald Aquino in March this year. It was the Internal Affairs...
The much-vaunted Solid North may have started to crumble on President Rodrigo Duterte who declared his intent to run for vice president in the 2022 elections. Gov. Amado Espino III Pangasinan Speculations of a collapse of the usual united political stance of Regions I, II and the Cordilleras were...
The active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Pateros increased by 52 percent in one week. Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila, added 90 new COVID-19 cases on Aug. 30, bringing the total active cases to 512, an increase of 176 cases, or 52 percent from 336 last...
The Marikina City local government started vaccinating residents from the province of Rizal on Monday (August 30) against COVID-19. (Photo from Location:Marikina) The LGU (local government unit) said that it has vaccinated a total of 1,200 residents of Rizal at the Marikina Sports Complex as part...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the municipal government has temporarily shut down a vaccination site after health workers tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a live broadcast on Facebook Monday, Ponce said only two vaccination sites are open and the site at...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III announced Monday that the unclaimed “ayuda” or financial assistance from the national government will be given to people who filed “grievance,” or appeal. He said the Pateros municipal government finished distributing the financial assistance last...
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 City of Pasig celebrated on Sunday, August 29, its annual Nagsabado sa Pasig commemorating one of the most successful victories of Filipinos against the Spaniards in 1896. Mayor Vico Sotto "Tuwing ika-29 ng Agosto, inaalala ng mga Pasigueño ang Nagsabado sa Pasig. Noong Agosto 29, 1896, halos...
The San Juan City local government celebrated on Monday, August 30, its 125th Pinaglabanan Day by paying tribute tribute to frontliners whose dedication, courage, and selflessness mirror the country's Katipuneros’ valor during the battle against the Spaniards in San Juan Del Monte 125 years ago....
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, also chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), said the Metro Manila mayors are amenable to the extension of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) for another one week. The MECQ status in NCR should last up to...
Around 2,500 medical and non medical frontliners serving in San Juan City received cash assistance from the city government on Friday as it gave due recognition to their COVID-19 response and intervention efforts. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora led the distribution...
Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila, has seven Delta variant cases among its rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tally. This was according to a report presented by Dr. Alethea de Guzman, director of the Department of Health (DOH) Epidemiology Bureau, during an online...
