The Taguig City government has announced a fixed rate for tricycle fare in the city under Alert Level 1. It said that based on the Taguig City Transport Regulatory Board Resolution No. 1 for 2022, the new fixed fare for tricycle is P10 per ride from the designated terminal to the drop-off point...
The Las Pinas City government launched the “Vaxx to School, Bakunahan sa Paaralan” on Friday (March 11) at three private schools in the city as part of the three-day national vaccination drive. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the program aims to vaccinate students, teachers, and school personnel at...
Pangasinan 6th district Rep. Tyrone Agabas and Caloocan 2nd district Rep. Edgar Erice said that candidates running for local positions in the May polls may be put at a disadvantage when seeking campaign permits from municipalities led by incumbent rival candidates. Comelec logo (File photo) Agabas...
Local government units (LGUs) COVID-19 response amounted to P118.9 billion as of end June last year, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported on Sunday, Feb. 19. According to the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), an attached agency of the DOF, of the combined spending of LGUs on COVID-19...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) to pass an ordinance banning the sale of medicines in sari-sari (variety) stores. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año issued the call after reports disclosed that fake medicines have been proliferating in small...
The camp of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo apologized for the large crowd for its “Pink Sunday” grand rally at the Quezon Memorial Circle that “violated several restrictions.” Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez (OVP photo) Robredo’s spokesperson...
The first Renewable Energy (RE) Code ever concretized by a local government unit (LGU) has been launched in Dumaguete City in Negros, Oriental; which is a host community of a geothermal facility of Energy Development Corporation (EDC) of the Lopez group. In a statement to the media, the provincial...
Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar thanked the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Budget and Management for awarding the city with Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping (SGFH) for eight consecutive years -- from 2014 to 2021. Aguilar said the DILG recognized the...
The Taguig City government distributed 10,000 capsules of the oral coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drug molnupiravir under the brand name Molnarz to the City Health Office (CHO) that will be given to patients. Last Dec. 22, the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use...
The number of residents visiting the Las Pinas City’s vaccinations sites has increased after Mayor Imelda Aguilar issued last Jan. 6 an executive order adopting the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) resolution that limits the mobility and activities of unvaccinated individuals in the...
The Paranaque City government launched the “Resbakuna sa Botika” at The Generics Pharmacy (TGP) in Barangay Sun Valley on Jan. 21. Mayor Edwin Olivarez thanked Sec. Vince Dizon, Presidential Adviser for Flagship Program and Projects and Robina Gokongwei-Te, president of TGP, for gracing the...
The Paranaque City government distributed a total of 1,334 home care kits to COVID-19 positive residents isolating at home from 16 barangays in the city on Jan. 17 to 19. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said that based on the report of the city Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO), the...
