(Photo from DSWD) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) released on Sunday, Aug. 8, a photo showing that Joint Memorandum Circular No. 3 or the guidelines for the implementation of financial assistance in the National Capital Region (NCR) has already been signed. The DSWD said the...
Vice President Leni Robredo hopes that local government units (LGUs) have already learned from the “best practices” of the past year in distributing “ayuda” or cash aid to millions of beneficiaries living in areas under the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Vice President Leni...
The Manila city government will start its 24/7 vaccination on Sunday (August 8) at 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. on Monday (August 9). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government has allotted 2,000 doses each on the three vaccination sites for the 24/7 vaccination which...
The bed occupancy rate of Mega COVID-19 Field Hospital reached 88 percent, Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Saturday (August 7). (Manila Public Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN) The COVID-19 Field Hospital has a 344 bed capacity, 302 of which are now occupied with patients...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) lauded the continuous vaccination rollout in the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela--also known as the CAMANAVA area--amid the prevailing enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status in the National Capital Region (NCR). MMDA...
How the return to Manila from seven years of living in Kuala Lumpur and Berlin is teaching this diplomat’s wife how to find happiness wherever she finds herself MANILA JEWEL I Palacio de Memoria interior Toward the end of our time abroad for my husband’s diplomatic posting, I was often asked...
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua raised his initial estimated losses from the two-week lockdown from P210 billion to P300 billion after other areas outside the National Capital Region (NCR) were also placed under varying levels of strict quarantine controls. Enhanced Community...
The Manila city government is set to distribute more than P1 billion “ayuda” (financial aid) from the national government on Wednesday, August 11. A resident of Baseco Compound in Manila received the emergency fund assistance given by the national government to those affected by the...
Randy Maranan, 62, a former executive of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), grows food in his backyard garden in San Pedro, Laguna. Randy Maranan, a retired executive of BPI, is also a backyard gardener from San Pedro, Laguna. This longtime hobbyist was influenced by his late father who...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Friday conveyed its “deep appreciation” to the Filipino fishermen and the Philippine authorities for the rescue of two distressed Chinese fishermen off the coast of Palawan. Statement of the Chinese Embassy in Manila (via Twitter) In a statement, the Chinese...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Friday, Aug. 6, that it will keep an eye on the distribution of more than P10.89-billion worth of financial assistance to low-income individuals and households affected by the reimposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the...
Here's where you can get yours September is the month where many gear up for the holidays. And for the Filipino-Chinese community, this month is when they prepare for the annual Mid-Autumn Festival. Based on Chinese tradition, the festival is held in celebration of the autumn equinox and the moon,...
