Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities in the municipality may start in the first week of November. “It is possible that we will start (the vaccination) by November 2 or November 3 depending on whether November 2 will be a regular...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte delivered her third State of the City Address (SOCA) on Monday, Oct. 25. In her speech, Belmonte said that amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the administration's promise to have a government that prioritizes the people is now being fulfilled. (QUEZON CITY PIO/ MANILA...
San Juan City once again saw a sharp decline in active COVID-19 cases, Mayor Francis Zamora said on Monday, Oct. 25. Mayor Francis Zamora In a Facebook post, Zamora said that the city has 140 active COVID-19 cases as of Oct. 24, a 88 percent decline from 1,123 cases last Sept. 16. "Let us all...
In response to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s query on how best the Hugpong ng Pagbabago can help make former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” E. Marcos her father’s successor, Kilusang Bagong LIpunan (KBL) senatorial bet Larry Gadon urged her to join the 2022 polls as Marcos's running mate....
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno As usual, it has been a very busy week for us in the city of Manila with three major activities highlighting it, among others. First off, I and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna personally led the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the President Corazon Aquino...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Pateros received more than 1,000 applications for new voters in the last two weeks. Comelec extended the voter registration from Oct. 11 to 30 for the May 9, 2022 elections. In the National Capital Region, voter registration is from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m....
Nothing has changed in the political bids of presidential aspirant former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City re-electionist Mayor Sara Duterte in the wake of the many speculations that pervaded the political atmosphere following their Cebu encounter on Saturday, Oct. 23....
Antique province has pledged support to the presidential bid of Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, believing that he has the "competence and right skills to lead the country". (Photo courtesy of IM Media / MANILA BULLETIN) Domagoso's father, Joaquin Domagoso, was from the town of Hamtic...
The Pasay City government inoculated a total of 84 children with comorbidities at the start of the city’s “Vacc to the Future” vaccination program for minors aged 12 to 17 on Oct. 22. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano (Pasay PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora expressed his gratitude on Saturday to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for choosing the city as the host for its mock elections in preparation for the 2021 national polls. (Photo from Patrick Garcia) The mock election was held at the San Juan Elementary...
A newly constructed high school building in Barangay BF, ParañaqueCity was inaugurated on Friday, Oct. 22. According to Mar Jimenez, Public Information Office (PIO), the four-storey building of Mashville National High School can house around 1,000 Grade 6 students. It was funded by the local...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso plans to create a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR) which will be independent from the existing Department of Agriculture (DA) if he wins as president in 2022. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) Domagoso...
