(DSWD FACEBOOK PAGE) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, Jan. 20, provided assistance to 99 Badjaus who have been stranded at the Manila North Port Terminal since Jan. 17. Each family has been given P5,000, including food packs and hygiene kits. The stranded Badjaus...
PITMASTER Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the booming electronic sabong or e-sabong Pitmaster, has given away P100 million worth of cash donations and testing kits to the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in response to the alarming spread of the dreaded Covid-19 in...
Metro Manila’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) growth rate has further dipped to -20 percent, but an OCTA research fellow reiterated that despite the decrease of infections, the region remains at critical risk. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “The one-week growth rate in the National Capital Region...
As part of efforts to make vaccination accessible, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will roll out a mobile COVID-19 inoculation drive at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) next week. Coronavirus vaccines have been...
More than 500 people received their COVID-19 vaccines at the newly-refurbished Manila Zoo vaccination site in Malate, Manila as of Thursday, Jan. 20, the city government announced. Since the launch of the Manila Zoo vaccination site on Wednesday, Jan. 19, medical workers onsite have vaccinated 533...
The solemn declaration of the Parish Church of St. Nicholas of Tolentino Shrine of Señor Sto. Cristo Milagroso in Sinait, Ilocos Sur as a minor basilica will be held on Feb. 16. Photo Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia FB CBCP News said it will be the first minor basilica in the Archdiocese of Nueva...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade reiterated that passengers going home to their provinces are not covered by the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy as "returning home" is considered essential travel. (FILE PHOTO / PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY) This, after Tugade received...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Jan. 19, rallied her "kakampinks" or supporters to keep their fighting spirit in the campaign towards the May elections. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks during the virtual meet and greet with her supporters from Metro Manila on...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila is on a "downward trajectory" as cases fall below 10,000 for the first time in two weeks, the independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Jan. 19. " NCR (National Capital Region's) new cases on a...
Several residents in Manila Engineering Compound on Bonifacio Drive in Port Area, Manila were seen playing basketball on Tuesday, Jan.18, despite the Alert Level 3 restriction on contact sports. Witnesses raised complaints after seeing several adult men and even children playing basketball, not...
Manila Water has deployed one of its mobile treatment plants (MTP) to Siargao to provide potable water to communities severely affected by super typhoon Odette. Manila Water volunteer-employees set-up the MTP near a water source in Siargao. MTP can process raw water -- river water, flood water,...
Manila Water Company has put into motion its water supply contingency and augmentation plans in preparation for the coming summer months and in light of lower-than-projected levels at Angat Dam. The firm said in a statement that it is working and coordinating closely with the Metropolitan...
