The San Juan City local government distributed on Thursday the17th wave of food packs to its residents as part of its efforts to help San Juaneños amid the ongoing Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in Metro Manila due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's...
The Muntinlupa police caught more than 6,000 people in August for violating city ordinances on quarantine rules. A report presented Wednesday by the Muntinlupa police headed by Col. Melecio Buslig showed that 6,639 people in Muntinlupa were apprehended for violating the curfew and not wearing face...
The national government is 'still on track" as far as its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) containment plan is concerned, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said during a virtual press briefing Wednesday, Sept. 1. The COVID-19 case projections presented by Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque during...
And what to expect in the next few months CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana There is an internet saying that goes, “This too shall pass. It may pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass.” I’ve never had a kidney stone, but I have had many patients who passed one. They all tell me...
The Quezon City government has set the deadline for unclaimed "ayuda" or cash aid from the national government until Tuesday, August 31. A total of 89,154 families have yet to claim their cash aid. The city government has completed its distribution on August 28 and distributed P1,000 to P4,000 to a...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III announced Monday that the unclaimed “ayuda” or financial assistance from the national government will be given to people who filed “grievance,” or appeal. He said the Pateros municipal government finished distributing the financial assistance last...
The Quezon City government has completed the distribution of the cash aid distribution to around 2.3 million residents. On August 26, a total of 747,520 affected families have received P1,000 to P4,000 from the national government. The city has started distributing the unclaimed ayuda to 89,154...
Three out of four intended beneficiaries have already received the national government’s “ayuda” or financial assistance in Muntinlupa. Latest figures showed that as of Aug. 28, the Muntinlupa City government has already distributed P327,302,000 or 74 percent of the total allotment of...
The cash aid (ayuda) distribution in Metro Manila is now around 90 percent complete three days ahead of the deadline set by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). DILG Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño said this month's cash aid distribution is faster than the...
The Muntinlupa City government has shifted to manual distribution of the national government’s “ayuda” or financial assistance for people affected by the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR). It started the ECQ “ayuda” distribution last Aug. 11 using...
A breath of fresh air during trying times. This seems to be the public’s general sentiment after a policy shift to granular instead of wide-scale lockdowns in areas with high coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infections is being mulled in September. If approved by the President, more people can...
The Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) has gained the approval of the government's pandemic task force on its request to reopen off-track betting (OTB) stations in Metro Manila for the duration of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). (Photo from Philracom) This was learned...
