As the country with the longest Christmas celebration in the world starting in September, inmates at the San Juan City Jail have started their "parol" (Christmas lantern) making since August in preparation for the yuletide season. In a report from GMA, San Juan City Jail Warden Jail Senior...
The San Juan City local government announced that it will launch satellite Covid-19 vaccination sites in all barangays on Wednesday, Sept. 7, as part of its efforts to curb the spread of disease and its more contagious Omicron subvariants. According to San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, the city...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte of the First District of this city has expressed his wish for the quick ratification of a bill that seeks to protect the rights of independent contractors, whose numbers are anticipated to skyrocket as the nation moves toward a digital economy. Rep. Duterte and...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sees the need to harmonize the policy of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) with that of the local government units (LGIs) amid the controversy brought by the decision of Cebu City...
CEBU CITY – The optional wearing of face masks in open areas here is only temporary, according to an Executive Order (EO) issued by Mayor Michael Rama on Monday, Sept. 5. Rama’s EO No. 6 contained supplementary provisions to EO No. 5 entitled “Declaring the use of face mask within the...
CEBU CITY – Barangay officials here have cited the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO 7) for offering free Theoretical Driving Course seminars. LTO 7 Director Victor Caindec. (FB) Barangay Sudlon 1 Captain Dante Tabucal said the seminar spearheaded by LTO 7 Director Victor Caindec is...
The city government of Pasig City and the local school board have approved the P444 million supplemental Special Education Fund (SEF) for 2022 that will cover the Schools Division Office (SDO)’s expenses in preparation for the 100 percent face-to-face classes this coming November. Pasig City...
The Pasig City local government donated P3 million as financial assistance to the provincial government of Abra to aid in their on-going relief efforts of the devastation left by the magnitude-7 earthquake last July. Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto's Twitter Page Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia defended Mayor Michael Rama here from Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire who lamented Cebu City’s recent policy that made the wearing of face masks in open spaces non-obligatory. Rama recently issued an...
Pet lovers, owners, and their furbabies in Pasig City can now avail of free microchipping services through the newly launched “Pet Identification Project,” utilizing pet “i-chip” or microchip technology. Photo courtesy of Tiendesitas Facebook Page Led by the city’s Veterinary Services...
Afternoon classes in all levels for public and private schools in Pasig City are suspended on Friday, Sept. 1, the local government announced, following the yellow rainfall warning issued in Metro Manila due to Typhoon Henry. Metro Manila, along with Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, and Rizal...
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has denied shelving the implementation of the non-mandatory wearing of face masks in open spaces after supposedly acceding to the request of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. DILG “Yesterday (Sept. 1), Mayor...
