GUEST COLUMNIST By MAYOR FRANCIS ZAMORA The barangay is the most basic political unit in the Philippines. Its concept dates back long before the Spaniards came to our country. It originated from the word “balangay”, the traditional boat used by early Filipino settlers who built their...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Mayor Francis Zamora Historically, a caravan is a group of people or a company of travelers, particularly traders or pilgrims traveling together from one place to another to transport their goods or go to a place of worship. We can also see biblical references to...
San Juan City Mayor and Metro Manila Council (MMC) President Francis Zamora on Thursday, Oct. 19, announced that the first day of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) campaign went without a hitch and expressed hope that this will continue until the end of the campaign...
Heads up jobseekers! The San Juan City local government announced on Thursday, Oct. 5, that it will hold a back-to-back mega job fair for San Juaneños who are qualified and who wish to be employed in the newest establishments and businesses that will open at Greenhills Mall in November. San Juan...
GUEST COLUMNIST By MAYOR FRANCIS ZAMORA Allow me to give my answer by first inviting you to take a look at the big picture of the war on drugs. Illegal drugs remains to be one of the biggest social problems in the Philippines—one major catalyst of crimes which compromises the country’s...
GUEST COLUMNIST By MAYOR FRANCIS ZAMORA Aug. 30 was a special non-working holiday in the City of San Juan, as ordered by the President. The wordings of Presidential Proclamation No. 328, "it is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of San Juan be given the full...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) on Tuesday, Sept. 12, said the single-ticketing system (STS), while still on its pilot run, will soon transition into full implementation after the council is able to iron out issues on the digital payment services in the National Capital Region (NCR). The council...
The San Juan City local government, together with the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), held a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing and ceremonial turnover of an RxBox to Barangay Pasadena on Monday, Sept. 11. The event was organized after the city was...
The San Juan City local government on Friday, Sept. 8, announced the start of the disbursement of financial aid to its rice sellers and retailers affected by the rice price cap mandated by the national government on Sept. 5 amid the increase of its prices. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora...
The San Juan City local government on Tuesday, Sept. 5, inspected the prices of rice being sold in Agora Market as part of its efforts in ensuring the strict compliance of rice sellers and retailers with the national government's rice price ceiling order. Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior...
GUEST COLUMNIST By MAYOR FRANCIS ZAMORA Ever since I became mayor in 2019, I have always envisioned San Juan City to have smart classrooms as this was part of my 10-point agenda in local governance. Why? Because I strongly believe in empowering our students through progressive and up to date...
The San Juan City local government commemorated on Wednesday, Aug. 30, the 127th Araw ng Pinaglabanan or the Battle of San Juan del Monte, which is considered as the very first major battle of the Philippine Revolution which sought the country's independence from Spain. (Photo from Mayor Francis...
