A total of 19 barangays in Metro Manilave have been declared as drug-free based on the parameters set by the government in its campaign on community-clearing of illegal drugs influence, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Wednesday, June 16. NCRPO director Maj. Gen. Vicente...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday called on community leaders to avoid engaging in partisan politics. Drilon made the call after a supposed letter of a barangay chairman in a village in Bulacan made the rounds in social media. The letter supposedly asked residents of Barangay Pagala...
The barangays are the ‘weakest link’’ in the strict enforcement of mass gathering regulations amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) admitted Tuesday night, May 25. In an interview over CNN Philippines, DILG...
Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Undersecretary Antonio Perez III is pushing the concerned agencies to use its in-house demographic vulnerabilities tool (DVT) to help them in their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Pasay City local government unit (LGU) has declared 120 barangays in the city as COVID-19-free after recording zero case on Sunday, May 9. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city has a total of 201 barangays and only Barangay 183 remains with 18 COVID-19. Rubiano had earlier placed under...
Operating hours should be set aside for the community pantries in barangays to avoid large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic, President Duterte proposed Wednesday. (Mark Balmores / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) According to the President, implementing a schedule should be put in place to...
