True to its word, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reopened on Tuesday, June 22 the Dario Bridge U-turn slot in Quezon City in a bid to help ease traffic congestion on the northbound lanes of EDSA. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (fourth from left) is seen overseeing an inspection...
Ampalaya, or bitter gourd (Momordica charantia), is a crop that is suitable for year-round cultivation in the Philippines, though thrives best if grown from October to February. It must be planted in soil with pH levels 6 to 6.7. Image by Vishnu Vasu from Pixabay. Ampalaya is the main...
A businessman was arrested for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccination slots in Manila, police reported Monday. (Photo courtesy of Manila Police District Special Mayor’s Reaction Team / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Police District Special Mayor’s Reaction Team (SMART) conducted an entrapment...
Malacañang has declared June 24, Thursday, a holiday in the city of Manila in celebration of its 450th founding anniversary. The Manila City Hall clock tower is seen illuminated with colorful lights display (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The special non-working holiday in Manila was issued through...
The Vaccine Express will start inoculating tricycle and pedicab drivers, as well as delivery riders, from Manila on Tuesday, June 22, as part of the partnership between the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Manila city government. Health workers prepare for the COVID vaccine rollout for A5...
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will not be able to attend the installation of Cardinal Jose Advincula on June 24. "Cardinal Tagle will not attend. He is in Rome," Father Reginald Malicdem, the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Manila, said in an interview Sunday, June 20. Tagle is the current...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno I congratulate my fellow officials and workers at the Manila City Hall on the recent inclusion of our beloved city as one of the 50 finalists in the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2021 Global Mayors Challenge. A total of 631 cities and 99 countries participated in...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has told shipyard users that he is bent on solving Manila Bay's water pollution problem, which the latter may be exacerbating. (Photo from Undersecretary Benny Antiporda's Facebook) This, as Antiporda held a...
Minors or individuals aged below 18 years still shouldn't be loitering outside their residences, a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) official clarified on Sunday, June 20. (Photo from MMDA Facebook page) "Dapat po sumunod pa rin tayo sa mga protocols pagdating sa COVID . Nandyan pa...
Since the original marker that listed the 32 names of the past Archbishops of Manila is now full, the Manila Cathedral has put up a new marker containing the name of Archbishop-elect Jose F. Cardinal Advincula. Photo courtesy Manila Cathedral "He is now part of the great history of pastors who used...
His dad carried him on his shoulders, now he carries his children and an entire city on his “I know to have nothing,” recalls the 46-year-old mayor of Manila. To a great extent, this sums up the motivations behind what Francisco Domagoso, more popularly known as Isko Moreno or these days simply...
ILOILO CITY (PNA) – Incoming Manila Archbishop Jose Advincula received his insignia as cardinal in a bestowal rite at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Capiz, Roxas City Friday, June 18. Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, His Excellency Most Rev. Charles...
