Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte vehemently denied Wednesday (Aug. 25) night reports that she has been harboring a grudge against Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, who is regarded by many as President Rodrigo Duterte’s 'adopted son' for being very close to the chief...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano urged the more than 1,000 beneficiaries of Tulong Panghanabuhay sa Ating Disadvantage/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) to make good use of the benefits they received from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the city government. In her speech via Zoom,...
The Pasay City Health Office (CHO) reported that seven out 10 active cases of COVID-19 in the city are all unvaccinated individuals. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said based on the report of the CHO on August 23, the city recorded a total of 764 COVID-19 active cases, majority of whom have not received...
A total of 1,000 houses were placed under a calibrated granular lockdown by the Paranaque City government starting Wednesday, August 25, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. According to Mar Jimenez, Public Information Office chief, the president of the Annex 35 Homeowners Association Barangay Don...
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...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Thursday night (August 24) said all the buildings located near the cracks that appeared on Topaz Road in Ortigas Business District are safe. (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) “All buildings in the area are safe,” the mayor declared in a Facebook post. “Our engineers...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso has recovered from COVID-19 and was discharged from the Sta. Ana Hospital on Wednesday (Aug. 25) where he was confined for nine days. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso was discharged from the Sta Ana Hospital on Wednesday, August 25, where...
Caloocan City Mayor Oscar Malapitan on Wednesday, August 25 said he has tested positive for COVID-19. CALOOCAN CITY MAYOR OSCAR MALAPITAN (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Ikinalulungkot kong ipabatid na ako ay nakumpirmang positibo sa COVID -19 (I am sorry to inform you that it was confirmed that I...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III issued an executive order Tuesday outlining the rules and guidelines for the municipality under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), which will be in effect in Metro Manila until Aug. 31. Under Executive Order No. 26, “only persons eighteen...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso continues to work from his hospital bed at the Sta. Ana Hospital where he's admitted after testing positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Sta. Ana Hospital director Dr. Grace Padilla (left) visits Mayor Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso as she...
The San Juan City local government said on Monday that its residents may now register in the city's COVID-19 vaccination program via text as it continues to boost its vaccination efforts amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) San Juan...
A 10-year-old garbage collector who later became the Mayor of the City of Manila. (Manila Public Information Office photo/ File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "Isipin mo, basurero lang ako, naging Mayor pa ako ng Maynila. Lahat ng masasakit na salita, akusasyon, pandurog ng pagkatao, matitikman (mo)(I...
