A man was injured Monday night, Aug. 3, when an object he had picked up outside his home exploded in his hands as he sat on his motorcycle near Sta. Ana Market. Police identified the victim as Dominic Garcia, 34, a resident of Barangay 889, Sta. Ana. Initial investigation showed Garcia and his...
Around 100 members of labor groups and workers’ coalitions staged a protest outside the Pasig City Regional Trial Court on Monday, Aug. 3, opposing the temporary restraining order (TRO) that halted the implementation of the P85 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila. The rally took place outside...
A total of 150 students and out-of-school youth in Manila secured short-term jobs under the government’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). The beneficiaries signed contracts on Monday through the city’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO) for an 11-day work program, giving...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has ordered Meralco to clear and replace more than 12,000 damaged and leaning electric poles across the city, flagged through government mapping that assessed over 33,000 posts. City data showed more than 6,000 poles were damaged while another 6,000...
A 12-year-old boy was injured after being dragged several meters by a company service pickup truck inside a church parking lot in Barangay E. Rodriguez, Quezon City, on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 1. The Grade 7 student had been playing in the rain with other children in the vacant lot when the...
A total of 2,494 residents of Sampaloc, Manila, received medical assistance from the city government through its Kaagapay Program, part of efforts to bring healthcare support closer to communities. Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso personally led the distribution of aid to beneficiaries who sought...
Quezon City has institutionalized long-term support for cooperatives through a comprehensive Cooperative Code, making it the first local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila to adopt a unified policy framework for cooperative development. Through Ordinance No. SP-3526, S-2026, or the Quezon City...
Commuters can expect more accessible and cost-free travel as the Quezon City Government strengthened its Q City Bus Service, rolling out updated routes, improved schedules, and upgraded units to better serve thousands of daily passengers. The city government on July 30 said the libreng sakay...
An 11-month-old baby was among five people who died after a fire swept through a two-story apartment building in Barangay 8 before dawn Sunday, August 2. The fatalities, three females and two males, included a mother and her child, who were trapped inside as flames spread through the structure....
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. will deploy desludging trucks to selected barangays in Manila this August as part of its ongoing septic tank cleaning program. Areas included in the August schedule are Port Area, Quiapo, San Miguel, San Nicolas, Sta. Cruz, and Sta. Mesa. In an advisory, the company...
A literary forum in Manila revisited the work of Filipino poet Dr. Epitacio Ramos Tongohan, also known as Doc PenPen Bugtong Takipsilim, as part of discussions on visual poetry in the Philippines. The forum, held at the National Museum of the Filipino People in Manila, brought together scholars and...
An emergency water supply interruption will affect parts of Manila on Saturday, Aug. 1, due to urgent repair works on a major pipeline. In an advisory, authorities said the shutdown is necessary to fix a defective 800-millimeter primary line gate valve located in the Muelle area. The service...
