The Manila city government finished the distribution of the financial aid from the national government on Thursday (Aug. 26). (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW) Director Re Fugoso said about 380,820 families have received P4,000 each. MDSW...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has ordered the house-to-house distribution of financial assistance to qualified senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs). According to Social Welfare and Development Department (SWDD) head Angie Roa-Yu, around 110 household heads in Barangay 183...
The Manila city government will set up special community vaccination sites on Thursday (Aug. 26) in some barangays to make vaccine deployment easier and more accessible to residents. (Ali vicoy / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) "Pupunta po tayo sa mga barangay na medyo mababa pa po 'yung vaccination...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed on Wednesday, Aug. 25, that it has extended the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the qualified beneficiaries in Metro Manila to August 31. Previously the DILG has set August 25 as the deadline for the handing out of the financial...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the city government has already inoculated 90.17 percent of the city’s target population with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of August 21. Olivarez said that out of the 446,923 target population, 403,014 individuals have already received their first...
Local government units (LGUs) have increased their collections from locally sourced revenues (LSRs) in the second quarter, but continue to rely heavily on internal revenue allotment (IRA), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu has warned local government units (LGUs) not to neglect proper waste disposal in the absence of open dumpsites. (Photo from DENR) Cimatu made the call after DENR received reports that some LGUs haven't been following the...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said Metro Manila has already administered first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to 70 percent of its target 10 million eligible adults. “Doon po sa vaccination napakaganda po sa buong National Capital Region. Pumapalo na po tayo sa kabuuan, ‘yung atin pong...
The Pasay City government on Thursday asked the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to extend the distribution of financial aid to qualified residents in the city up to September 11. According to Angie Roa-Yu, head of the city’s Social Welfare and Development Division (SWDD),...
The family of former Las Pinas City Mayor Vergel “Nene” Aguilar announced the passing of their patriarch on August 20 at the age of 74. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said her husband succumbed to a heart ailment at about 4:12 a.m. at St. Luke’s Medical Center-Global City. In her statement, Aguilar...
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto- Rubiano said on Friday that she will extend all the necessary assistance to the families of five infants and their mothers who were admitted at the Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) who contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Rubiano said lauded the PCGH personnel for...
Pasay City’s lone public hospital — Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) — temporarily shut down its obstetrics and gynecology division for nine days after medical officers contracted COVID-19. Dr. John Victor de Gracia, PCGH officer-in-charge, issued a memorandum order on the temporary closure...
