Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) has approved the business plan for the third stage of San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) P24-billion Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project (BBWSP). According to a statement, the MWSS Board of Trustees already approved the Updated Business Plan (UBP) that...
The first batch of trains that will be deployed for the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project is expected to arrive in the country by the first week of September, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said. In a Facebook post, Tugade said these trains, consisting of six...
An alleged high value target (HVT) drug suspect was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) after he yielded P102,000 worth of suspected methampethamine hydrochloride (shabu), a gun, and live ammunition in a buy-bust operation in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan on Thursday night,...
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) in Bulacan said that despite the alarming increase in COVID-19 cases in the province, the number of recovered patients remains high. In a report to Governor Daniel R. Fernando, the PHO said that from Monday to Thursday, the province recorded a total of 2,126 new...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC)'s P740-billion New Manila International Airport in Bulacan will be the first "pacesetter for green cities" in the country, addressing social and environmental concerns to be both sustainable and equitable, according to top urban planner Felino “Jun” Palafox Jr....
Two barangays in San Rafael town in Bulacan have been placed under granular lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. San Rafel, Bulacan Municipal Hall San Rafael Mayor Cipriano D. Violago Jr. said the Purok 3 and 4 in Barangay Capihan and the Paseo de San Roque Village of Brgy. San Roque have been...
The shortfall of 250,000 doses in daily vaccination target in Metro Manila should prompt government to extend the reach of COVID-19 immunization to immediately include localities adjoining the National Capital Region (NCR). Vaccine COVID 19 Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles said instead of...
Aside from violating the rules on non-essential travels, some motorcycle riders are also defying law on the use of helmet which experts said is not only protection from accident but another line of defense from infection of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This, as the Inter-agency Council for...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Monday, Aug. 16, announced that a solo winner from Bulacan won the P48.5-million Superlotto 6/49 jackpot. PCSO said that a winning ticket bought in San Jose Del Monte City in Bulacan bagged the multi-million peso...
Governor Daniel R. Fernando has ordered the strict implementation of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) protocols in the province from August 16 to 31, 2021. Fernando issued Executive Order No.30, Series of 2021, detailing the guidelines for the strict implementation of MECG which is...
A tour of heritage houses in Batangas, Bicol, Bulacan, and Boac Wala Lang … there’s no place like home. Most unusual was a Taal (Batangas) bahay-na-bato that was a bahay kubo in disguise. You wouldn’t notice the masquerade from outside. The home had the usual stone-walled ground floor and...
Bulacan Governor Daniel R. Fernando directed the Provincial Task Force (PTF) to be more vigilant and to tighten preventive measures after the province recorded seven confirmed cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Fernando issued the directive after three more cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant...
