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Metro Manila mayors want GCQ throughout holidays
Metro Manila mayors want their cities retained under general community quarantine until after the Christmas holidays, National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said yesterday. → Read More
DPWH orders execs, personnel to explain
The Department of Public Works and Highways has issued 11 show cause orders against various officials and personnel who could have been involved in irregularities in government projects, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said yesterday. → Read More
Villar: P28 billion megadike to solve Marikina flooding
The Department of Public Works and Highways is building a P28-billion megadike project to solve flooding in Marikina and other flood-prone areas, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar announced yesterday. → Read More
Galvez: COVID-19 cases in NCR on downtrend
Coronavirus cases in Metro Manila continue to decrease, National Task Force against Coronavirus Disease 2019 response chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said yesterday. → Read More
Task Force: Let wives cut your hair
Men who really want to have their hair cut should look to stylists very close to home: their wives. → Read More
Roads closed for weekend repairs
The Department of Public Works and Highways advised the public yesterday to brace for traffic gridlocks until tomorrow morning as it will repair sections of various national roads in Metro Manila. → Read More
Manila gov’t gets e-trikes from Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE) has donated at least 100 e-tricycles to the Manila city government. → Read More
Political dynasties crumble; Estrada clan shut out
This year’s midterm elections saw the downfall of some political clans in Metro Manila after they were toppled in their quest for top posts in different cities. → Read More
Manila exec denies Erap has Alzheimer’s
The camp of reelectionist Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada yesterday slammed former vice mayor Isko Moreno for allegedly spreading fake news that he is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. → Read More
Jiggy Manicad hits Mar Roxas on incompetence, negligence
There may be “fake news” surrounding the misuse of government funds following Super Typhoon Yolanda, but the public must not forget the government’s incompetence and negligence during the crisis, broadcast journalist and senatorial candidate Jiggy Manicad said yesterday. → Read More
Joma Sison: Alliance of Concerned Teachers not communist front
Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Ma. Sison has denied that the Alliance of Concerned Teachers is a front organization of the CPP. → Read More
Carlito Galvez: ‘MNLF has equitable representation in Bangsamoro Transition Authority’
Members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) have equitable representation in the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), presidential adviser on the peace process Carlito Galvez Jr. said yesterday. → Read More
Joma Sison: ‘Gay rebels molesting Baste Duterte a fake story’
President Duterte just invented the story that members of the New People’s Army kissed his son Baste during the turnover of policemen who were captured by the NPA, Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Ma. Sison said yesterday. → Read More
For 1st time, no Fidel Ramos leap during EDSA anniversary
For the first time, former president Fidel Ramos skipped the anniversary rites yesterday for the 1986 EDSA people power revolution in which he played a key role. → Read More
Explain absence from Manila Bay meet, mayors told
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will issue an order to have mayors who did not attend yesterday’s meeting on the rehabilitation of Manila Bay explain their absence, a source said yesterday. → Read More
No final list of BTA appointees — OPAPP
Contrary to reports on social media, there is still no final list of appointees to the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) clarified yesterday. → Read More
No more swimming: Manila Bay to be fenced off
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu led yesterday the installation of a fence along the Manila Bay boardwalk on Roxas Boulevard to prevent residents from swimming in the polluted waters during the rehabilitation of the bay. → Read More
Lanao leaders asked to protect plebiscite
Local leaders of Lanao del Norte have been asked to protect the integrity of the plebiscite on Feb. 6 for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). → Read More
Manila Police District gets electric motorcycles from Chinese embassy
The Chinese embassy has donated 50 electric motorcycles to the Manila Police District. → Read More
Manila Zoo shut down indefinitely due to untreated sewage
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada has ordered the indefinite closure of Manila Zoo after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources identified it as a major pollutant of Manila Bay. → Read More