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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to build a station in Laguna de Bay to strengthen community engagement and expansion of command in the area.

A total of 133 houses were destroyed by a huge fire in Barangay San Andres, Cainta, Rizal on Tuesday afternoon (June 29), according to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

The government pandemic task force has allowed certain establishments such as gyms and indoor tourist attractions located in Metro Manila and two nearby provinces to operate at higher capacity.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced Wednesday, June 23, that the manual distribution of the emergency cash subsidy under the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) has already started in San Mateo, Rizal.

It is a charming and, in its own way, fascinating correspondence... the letters they exchanged also illustrate something that is very rare, the evolution of a purely intellectual friendship. —Leon Ma. Guerrero.

More than a hundred households have been placed under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) due to the clustering of COVID-19 cases in a barangay in Baras, Rizal.

Some customers of Manila Water in Quezon City, Pasig City, Makati City, and the province of Rizal will experience water service interruption starting May 25 until May 28.

The local government of Angono, Rizal is implementing again the one-passenger per tricycle policy after President Duterte placed the National Capital Region and the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Bulacan and Rizal (NCR Plus) under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions.

About 300,000 workers are expected to go back to their jobs following Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, and Rizal’s recent switch to a more relaxed quarantine status.

Tanay, Rizal will retain its curfew hours at 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. even with the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus easing to general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions.

Nearly P6 million worth of suspected shabu was seized from an alleged drug peddler and a minor during a buy-bust operation in Rodriguez, Rizal on Saturday afternoon (May 15).

The Department of Tourism (DOT) is crossing its fingers for the gradual revival of the country’s tourism industry as it welcomes the decision of the government’s pandemic task force to ease travel restrictions in the national capital region (NCR)-plus bubble.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has called the village youth council of a town in Rizal province as an “inspiration”.

President Duterte has asked for the public’s understanding following his decision to extend for another two weeks the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area, saying it was necessary due to the spike of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.

President Duterte has extended the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area until May 14, 2021 days after the country reached its millionth coronavirus (COVID-19) case this week.

We’ve been in prison for over a year now. And any chance I get to go out, as long as it’s safe, I go for it. When we did the show for “Footprints” and had to travel to the north of Luzon, it reminded me of what life was like before this pandemic. There were hardly any crowds gathered, the fresh air and breeze outside Metro Manila had become a safe haven.

Constancio E. Estuye Jr., 60, a chief marine engineer in a foreign vessel, also grows grapes and strawberries in the city.

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