BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Last June 24, we celebrated our beloved city of Manila’s “Araw ng Maynila” marking our city’s 450 th Founding Anniversary. Apart from the activities attendant to the celebration which were carried out very carefully in observance of the health...
No other city in the country could evoke as much emotion and longing such as Manila. Manila is part of songs, paintings, dances, and even in books, such as the one authored by National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin. Joaquin wrote a monumental tribute to his beloved city through “Manila, My...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno I congratulate my fellow officials and workers at the Manila City Hall on the recent inclusion of our beloved city as one of the 50 finalists in the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2021 Global Mayors Challenge. A total of 631 cities and 99 countries participated in...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Last Monday, we in the city government of Manila inaugurated in simple ceremonies the Manila Islamic Cemetery located inside the city-run Manila South Cemetery. The said occasion was made all the more significant with the attendance of high-profile...
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) has accepted a total of 4,000 applicants as freshmen for academic year 2021-2022. (plm.edu.ph) According to PLM, some 55,000 high school students from all over the country applied and 13,500 applicants who were prequalified took the virtual PLM Admission...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Last week, we handed Manila Traffic Parking Bureau (MTPB) traffic enforcer a plaque and a cash award in recognition of his dedication to duty, when he exercised maximum tolerance and did not budge as a lady motorist he accosted for a traffic violation...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno A couple of days ago, we, along with the other heads of cities and municipalities, were directed by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to stop announcing the brand of vaccine slated for deployment in...
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) is set to resume its limited face-to-face education at the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Physical Therapy after securing the approval of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). (plm.edu.ph) CHED officials visited the PLM campus in April to assess...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno As we in the city of Manila continuously try our very best to embrace more people who need free swab testing, the Manila Emergency Operation Center (MEOC) under the Manila Health Department (MHD) has come up with an updated RT-PCR swab testing...
Jim Orencio Last March 21, a gallery within the historical Calvo Building in Escolta, Manila opened its doors to the public. The inaugural opening of The Art District Gallery coincided with its first art exhibit - a group show entitled “Maynila”. The exhibit ran for a month and featured 22 of...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Barring hitches, we in the city of Manila are looking forward to having a hospital that will cater exclusively to COVID-19 patients suffering from mild to moderate symptoms, two months from now. I and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna, after a 72-hour brainstorming...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno I am both happy and proud to announce that we in the city of Manila now have a new, high-tech CT scan machine that can identify, among many others, brain and lung conditions including COVID-related infections. The better news is this: The residents of...
