The San Juan City local government conducted on Monday, Aug. 15, a misting and clean-up drive as part of the city's intensified campaign against dengue. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora led the program together with other city government officials in Barangay Corazon de Jesus. Zamora said San...
SAN JUAN, Batangas -- A police officer was ambushed by a motorcycle-riding tandem suspects while on his way to Batangas Police Provincial Office on Sunday afternoon, August 7, at Barangay Calicanto in this town. The BPPO reported that the victim was Police Executive Master Sergeant Romel Mapa...
Neil Magpantay is a rice farmer who earns additional income from selling coco bonsai. Neil Magpantay, 44, spends his days working on his uncle’s rice farm in San Juan, Batangas. The farm makes its harvest every three months, meaning Neil only earns every quarter. He said he is able to make do and...
Where can we travel and still enjoy despite the rainy season? This is probably the question for most of us in the Philippines when the monsoon months arrive. As we all know, June is the start of the rainy season while July and August receive the most rainfall. This wet season can stretch to...
The number of dengue cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) soared to more than 7,000 this year with over 1,300 new cases added in the last two weeks. Data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that 7,451 dengue cases were recorded in the NCR from Jan. 1 to July 23 this year, an increase...
Quezon City, Caloocan, and Taguig recorded the highest number of dengue cases in the National Capital Region from January to July this year but Malabon has the highest attack rate. Data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that from Jan. 1 to July 9, the NCR tallied 6,079 dengue cases...
Parents whose children are Xavier School students were wondering why all varsity activities were cancelled, with rumors of a student of theirs who collapsed on the basketball court. Manila Bulletin reached out to the School President Fr. Ari Dy, SJ for more details, “A Grade 8 basketball athlete...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – Two men were killed while another was critically wounded in separate shooting incidents in Batangas and Quezon Tuesday, July 5. The Police Regional Office 4-A (PRO 4-A) identified the fatalities as Marco Ibañez, 45, of Sitio Tala, Barangay...
From left: Ortigas Land Chief Finance Officer, Davee Zuniga; Maritess Ortigas, San Juan City Vice Mayor; Ortigas Malls Vice President, Arch. Renee Bacani; San Juan City Mayor, Francis Zamora; Ortigas Land CEO & President, Junie Jalandoni; Cong. Bel Zamora; Javier Ortigas; and Ortigas Land Vice...
DOH Five areas in Metro Manila are now under the "moderate risk" status for Covid-19 following the continuing uptick in the number of cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said. These areas are Pasig, San Juan, Quezon City, Marikina, and Pateros, said Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire....
Over 300 patients were given free medical and dental services during the joint medical mission of the City Health Office (CHO), City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), SM Foundation, and SM City San Jose del Monte (SJDM) on Thursday, June 16. SM City medical mission. (Photos courtesy of...
The National Capital Region (NCR) has exceeded its target population for the “Chikiting Bakunation Days,” which aimed to inoculate children aged zero to 23 months old against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Department of Health earlier said the program’s goal was to vaccinate at least one...
