About 114 families or 383 individuals in nine barangays in Pasig City evacuated early to evacuation centers as part of preemptive measures for Super Typhoon Uwan. As early as 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9, five evacuation centers in Pasig City already accommodated 31 families. By around 6:30 p.m.,...
Cainta, Rizal Mayor Keith Nieto is offering a P300,000 reward after one of the municipality’s pumping stations was robbed amid the expected onslaught of Super Typhoon Uwan. Nieto said the robbery occurred on Saturday night, Nov. 8, at the pumping station in Park Place, Barangay San Isidro,...
Mayor Ruffy Biazon has raised the status of the Muntinlupa Emergency Operations Center from blue to red alert due to typhoon “Uwan” (“Fung-Wong”). Metro Manila is now under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Saturday, Nov. 8, that evacuation centers in the city are now ready in case they are needed, as the city prepares for the expected impact of Typhoon Uwan. Sotto added that the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and Incident Management Team (IMT) have also been...
Metro Manila Council (MMC) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Saturday, Nov. 8, that all Metro Manila Local Government Units (LGUs) have been conducting preparations ahead of Typhoon Uwan, including mobilizing rescue vehicles and equipment and pre-positioning food boxes and...
As Typhoon Uwan threatens to bring heavy rains and flooding, Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro has ordered intensified declogging of waterways and the preparation of evacuation sites to ensure swift assistance to affected communities. On Friday, Nov. 7, Teodoro led a coordination meeting with the...
At least 200 residents received free medical and eye care services in an ongoing medical mission organized by first district Rep. Paolo Duterte and acting Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte II in Davao City. Among the beneficiaries was 58-year-old Felipe Sarmo of Barangay 34-D, who availed of services on...
Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval on Friday, Nov. 7, reaffirmed her commitment to help residents affected by the fire that struck Sitio 6, Barangay Catmon, as the city government continues to extend assistance and support their recovery. Sandoval said the local government remains focused on...
BAGUIO CITY – This city is bracing for the impact of oncoming tropical cyclone “Uwan.” Mayor Benjamin Magalong has suspended classes on Monday, Nov. 10, when the storm is expected to slam into Luzon. Magalong also suspended vehicle number coding to enable residents to use their vehicles in...
Heads up, commuters from Pasig and Cainta! Travel between Pasig and Cainta will now be easier after Mayor Vico Sotto and Mayor Keith Nieto on Thursday, Nov. 6, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) allowing tricycles to drop off passengers in both areas without paying passing-through fees and...
The local government of Cainta, Rizal, said around 400 informal settler families living along rivers and creeks in the municipality have been granted lots where they can build permanent homes. In a recent interview with the PaMaMariSan Rizal Press Corps, Cainta Mayor Keith Nieto said it is his...
As the nation marked All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, Cainta, Rizal Mayor Kit Nieto shared a moving story about a couple he had married just months ago, whose wife had since passed away, with her husband visiting her grave during Undas, reminding everyone to cherish the time they still have...