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...
(Maskmedicare Shop/ Unsplash) Health experts said it is not yet the right time to lift the mandatory wearing of face masks in the country. “It's too early to lift mask mandate even in outdoor,” said Dr. Rontgene Solante, head of adult infectious diseases at San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, in a...
Members of the Northern Police District (NPD) - Drug Enforcement Unit confiscated more than P290,000 worth of shabu and nabbed two suspects in a buy-bust operation along Pampano St., Barangay Longos, Malabon City, on Thursday, Sept. 1. The suspects were identified as Khurt Esteven A. Ramos, 22, a...
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos said he's willing to make Cebu City a pilot area for the optional use of face masks. (Maskmedicare Shop/ Unsplash) This was confirmed to congressmen by Abalos during the budget deliberations of the agency before the House...
CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama here is standing by his executive order (EO) that made the wearing of face masks in this city “non-obligatory.” RAMA Contrary to the pronouncement of Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr., Rama said he is not deferring the...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. has asked Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to defer the implementation of the decision that no longer mandates the wearing of face masks in open spaces. Abalos issued the statement after learning that Rama...
DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20. (MB Photo: Noel Pabalate) The Department of Health (DOH) urged all local government units (LGUs) to...
Malacañang said it is waiting for the Department of Health's (DOH) comment on whether or not to keep the policy requiring the public to wear face masks amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Passers-by walk in front of a tarpaulin with images of frontliners wearing face mask at Eastwood City in Pasig on...
CEBU CITY – The wearing of face masks here is no longer mandatory. Mayor Michael Rama on Wednesday, Aug. 31, signed an Executive Order (EO) “declaring the use of face mask within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Cebu as non-obligatory but a measure of individual self-preservation and...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Consulate General of China here is awaiting the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) decision on the date of the groundbreaking of the P19-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector Project. CONSUL General Li Lin Consul General Li Lin said the DPWH will be...
