To celebrate the birthday of her daughter, a homeless mother taped a cardboard box inscribed with “Happy 7th birthday, Janella” and nearly inflated balloons on the roll-up door of a closed establishment in Makati City. Photo courtesy of Kim Raytos/ MANILA BULLETIN The heart-warming scene was...
The number coding scheme will be reimposed in Makati City starting May 15 as the metropolis is placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) anew. In a Facebook post, the local government unit (LGU) of Makati City said the scheme will be reimplemented, except on weekends and holidays. “The...
Makati Mayor Abby Binay said the Metro Manila Council (MMC) is “united in position” to gradually ease quarantine restrictions. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) “I think we are united in a position na magiging gradual yung opening (for the opening to be gradual) and that...
The local government unit (LGU) of Makati City has started administering Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines to its residents at the Makati Medical Center (MMC) on Wednesday (May 12). The inoculation was conducted at the Auditorium on the 8th floor of MMC’s Tower 2. In an online forum, Mayor...
The Makati City local government will open on Friday, May 7, its first drive-thru vaccination site to accommodate persons with disabilities (PWD) and bedridden constituents. Makati City Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor Abby Binay said the drive-thru vaccination site is located at the Circuit...
Two zones in Barangay Pio del Pilar, Makati were placed under a three-day lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the community, Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay announced on Saturday (March 13). (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Makati City spokesperson Don Camiña said around 300 individuals are...
Redco Transit Development Pte Ltd. (Redco) of Singapore has terminated its planned acquisition of shares in Makati City Subway Inc. (MCSI) from Philippine Infradev Holdings Inc. (PIHI) and Hong Kong Binjiang Industrial Limited (HK Binjiang). The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on March 9,...
Philippine Infradev Holdings, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Makati City Subway, Inc. has executed a legally binding Term Sheet with Richer Today, Inc. (RTI) for a new joint venture. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said the Term Sheet provides that MCSI...
More than P100 million worth of suspected shabu was seized by policemen during a drug sting in Makati City on Monday night (March 8). (MAKATI POLICE / MANILA BULLETIN) Police said around 16 kilos of shabu were seized from Kevin “Taba” Manisi and Abdulrahman “Indeg” Ysmael, both residents of...
All the 300 doses of Sinovac vaccine allocated by the national government to Makati City were administered to health workers at the Ospital ng Makati (OsMak) during the first day of vaccination rollout on Friday (March 5), Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay said. (MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Vergel P. Binay,...