Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has reiterated that his policy of tagging houses with identified coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive cases and their close contacts are voluntary. “I repeat, our to put a ribbon on the houses of those who test positive and close contacts is voluntary...
The Pateros municipal government started on Friday the vaccination of people who have long waited for their second dose of the Sputnik V vaccine. Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III announced on Thursday that the supply of the Sputnik V second dose from the national government arrived last...
Police arrested the alleged leader of a notorious crime group in Brgy. Sta. Ana, Pateros Tuesday evening. They identified the suspect as Roland Sanchez, 46, who is the leader of the notorious Roland Sanchez drug group. The shabu and gun recovered from the suspect (Pateros police, SPD PIO) According...
Tying yellow ribbon on the houses of people with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in Pateros does not violate the law, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday, Sept. 21. “So yun ang sagot ni Mayor (Miguel Ponce) (That is the reply of the...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Benhur Abalos said Tuesday, Sep. 21, that he will look into alleged discrimination against COVID-19 patients in the municipality of Pateros after the local government supposedly placed yellow ribbons in front of the houses of infected...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III defended his controversial policy to put yellow ribbons on houses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-positive individuals and their close contacts. Houses of COVID-19 patients and their close contacts are put under granular lockdown for 14 days in Pateros....
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III backed down on his plan to tag houses with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases with yellow ribbon after it was criticized as discriminatory. In a Facebook post Saturday, the Office of the Mayor issued a statement to say that the tagging will now be...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has issued the rules covering houses or areas that will be placed under granular lockdown. He earlier said houses with confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases will be tagged with a yellow ribbon for easy identification. Contact tracers in Pateros...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has announced that houses with positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be tagged as part of new rules in the municipality under the General Community Quarantine Alert Levels System implemented by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) starting...
The number of cases of the highly contagious Delta variant increased in Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila. Based on a report presented by Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire during the “Laging Handa” online briefing on Sept. 14, the number of Delta...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III is in favor of a proposal to relax rules for vaccinated individuals as an incentive. “Together with the other mayors, we are also looking at a direction of easing up, at least a little of our economy because we want to give benefits to those who got...
The Municipality of Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila, recorded nearly 700 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. According to the tally by the municipal government, active COVID-19 cases totaled 695 as of Sept.9 as it added 125 cases for the day, an increase...
