TAGUIG City Mayor Lani Cayetano has ordered the concerned local departments to step up the campaign against rabies through mass vaccination of pet dogs.

“Rabies is a grave concern for pets, their owners and the public in general. By having their pets vaccinated, they not only protect them from rabies but also contribute in preventing the spread of rabies-related incidents,” Cayetano said.

For this year, the mayor said, a six-man team from the City Agriculture Office is going to conduct anti...

TO IMPROVE the health condition of pregnant women in Quezon City, the QC government has given free health insurance coverage through the Philhealth, to some 200 pregnant women in two barangays in the city.

The distribution of QC-sponsored Philhealth cards is part of the drive of QC to watch over the health of expectant mothers, especially the indigent ones.

With the number of women dying of childbirth unabated, the insurance serves as an intervention to maternal deaths by providing health benfi...

THE city government of Malabon has released the mid-year pay and cash gift of its 900 employees

Malabon Mayor Canuto "Tito" Oreta said the mid-year bonus and cash gift was meant to provide the city employees with the cash needed for tuition fees and school supplies this opening of classes.

The mid-year pay is equivalent to half of an employee's regular salary plus a P2,000 cash gift from the local government unit.

Oreta said the City Treasurer’s Office (MCTO) has assured him that there is suff...

CALOOCAN Mayor Enrico Echiverri has instructed Liga ng mga Barangay President, Councilor Ricojudge “RJ” Echiverri, to form risk reduction teams in all barangays of the city as a way of preparing for any possible disaster that may hit the country.

He said this is necessary so each barangay may immediately respond to the need of residents wherever fires, typhoons, earthquakes or any other type of disaster strike.

Echiverri said the volunteers who would be picked from each barangay will underg...

METROPOLITAN Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis N. Tolentino clarified that its speed guns used to monitor overspeeding vehicles along Commonwealth Avenue could be used to monitor and apprehend overspeeding vehicles even at night. 

This clarification was made in the wake of an erroneous statement uttered by MMDA Deputy Chairman Alex Cabanilla during a House committee hearing on Wednesday (May 25). Cabanilla reportedly said the speed guns could not work at night because photos...

THE United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) has named Makati City a ‘Role Model City’ in its global campaign to make cities resilient to disasters, including those brought about by climate change.

Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay said the recognition came as a ‘pleasant surprise’ to the city government since it was their duty as public servants to exhaust all possible means to minimize the impact of disasters on the lives and properties of city resident...

NAVOTAS Mayor John Rey Tiangco said the city government is now putting the finishing touches on its contingency measures for the opening of classes on June 6.

According to Tiangco, the ongoing preparations also involve the local Police Department, City Traffic and Parking Management Office (CTPMO), Engineering Department, Public Information Office (PIO), Barangay Operations Center (BOC), Health Department, and the School Division.

As part of the preparations, Tiangco ordered the deployment of t...

CALOOCAN Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri has ordered the inspection of all dormitories, boarding houses and similar buildings in the city as a means of looking after the safety of students who will be moving in to their temporary homes upon the opening of classes this June 6.

Based on Executive Order (EO) No. 12-11 issued by Echiverri, a task force for the inspection of such building will be formed, to be led by City Administrator Russel Ramirez; Fire/Supt. Roel Jeremy Diaz will serve as de...

THE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said it received from the Department of Health some 167 kits of medicines against Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) inside its jails.

BJMP officials said the medicines were donated by the regional office of the DoH-National Capital Region (NCR), one of the many agencies who have waged war with the disease common among inmates.

BJMP Chief Jail Director Rosendo M. Dial said PTB remains the second leading cause of death among inmates in Philippine jails...

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has ordered Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino to implement the centralized ticketing system and put up designated passenger waiting areas in all bus terminals to avoid chaotic situations during holiday seasons where thousands of commuters flock to the provinces.

The President issued the directives to Tolentino when he visited the Araneta Center bus terminal in Cubao, Quezon City recently where he personally check the securi...

THE city government of Makati has distributed cash assistance to fire victims at Laperal compound to encourage them to voluntarily leave the fire-razed property in Barangay Guadalupe Viejo.

Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay said the city is providing P3,000 for individuals and P5,000 for families as cash assistance, particularly for individual boarders and families renting rooms inside the compound.

Based on a census conducted by the city Social Welfare Department (SWD), 90 per cent of the settl...

QUEZON City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista, Pag-ibig Fund Chairman Darlene Marie B. Berberabe, and Habitat for Humanity director Ricardo N. Jacinto agree to pool  resources for Quezon City's massive, socialized housing and resettlement program. 

Mayor Bautista unveiled the city's 1.58 hectare eco village at Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, which will house from 300 to almost 500 families. QC-LGU purchased the property and will invest P23 million in road, drainage, streetlights and other infrastructur...

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to provide one million  peso fund assistance to local government units to level up solid waste management compliance in Metro Manila.

“The DENR is ready to provide as much as one million pesos to each local government unit within Metro Manila to assist them in monitoring the compliance, particularly of subdivisions and condominiums, in the implementation of Republic Act (RA) No. 9003,” DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje said.

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