Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III temporarily closed down basketball courts starting on Dec. 31 as he expressed alarm over the sudden increase in the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the municipality. Ponce held an emergency meeting on New Year’s Eve together with...
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco urged his constituents to get vaccinated after the city's total COVID-19 active case rose to 68 on Wednesday, Dec. 29, In a Facebook post, Tiangco said the city government recorded a total of 44 postive cases as of Dec. 29 which is much higher than the three active...
Pateros Mayor Miguel "Ike" Ponce III warned residents against using, selling, and bringing in firecrackers and fireworks in the municipality to welcome the New Year. During a live broadcast on Facebook on Dec. 29, Ponce said Pateros has an existing ordinance against firecrackers. A 2014 campaign...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez on Thursday, Dec. 30, said that due to the alarming transmissibility of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which is wreaking havoc around the world, the National Capital Region (NCR) will remain under Alert Level 2 until Dec. 31 and...
The number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Municipality of Pateros has increased to 19 from four amid the threat of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III announced on Dec. 29 that COVID-19 has made its comeback to Pateros, which experienced...
The Pateros municipal government has launched the registration for the vaccination of minors aged 5 to 11 years old. Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III made the announcement after the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech...
The Marikina City local government passed on Tuesday, Dec. 28, an ordinance which exempts all local footwear and leather goods manufacturers in the city from paying tax as the country continues to grapple with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a set of photos posted on the city's...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has returned to the Municipality of Pateros in Metro Manila, its mayor announced on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Pateros enjoyed being coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-free for weeks but Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the municipal government has recorded one new case...
By Cherrylin Caacbay Around 215 street sweepers will get a salary increase starting January 2022, the Pasig City local government announced on Monday, Dec. 27. During Monday's (Dec. 27) flag ceremony, Mayor Vico Sotto said the street sweepers from the City Environment and Natural Resources...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay urged Makatizens on Monday, Dec. 27, to get themselves boosted amid the threat of COVID-19 and its Delta and Omicorn variants. Binay said that after the Department of Health (DOH) amended the protocols in administering booster shots, the local government unit (LGU)...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III urged the remaining unvaccinated minors aged 12 to 17 years old to get their vaccinated against COVID-19 amid the threat of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Ponce made the announcement as the government approved the vaccination of children 5 to 11...
The Mandaluyong City local government, together with Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos, distributed grocery packs and other assistance to victims of the fire that hit Barangay Old Zañiga on Christmas Eve. On its official Facebook page, the local government...
