Mayor Vico Sotto of Pasig City
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto may not have pets at home, but he's pushing for an animal care program by implementing a permanent registration system for pets in the city.
"Wala po akong pets sa amin," admits Vico when asked about animals at home, during the launch
About half a million informal settler families in the National Capital Region are living in poor conditions, including in high-risk areas, according to the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development.
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Friday emphasized the importance of harnessing the support of Metro Manila's local government units (LGUs) and putting them on board to ensure the success of priority programs in the region. As he continuously engages with local officials, DHSUD Secretary Jose Acuzar said LGUs are key components to gradually address and eventually put an end to the challenges in the housing sector. "They are our allies in development," he said in a statement. "We have the all-out support of our President to finally realize the dream of every Filipino family to have a decent, safe, and sustainable shelter of their own. Now is the time. Let us unite and grab the opportunity." So far, Acuzar had met with mayors Marcelino Teodoro of Marikina, Ruffy Biazon of Muntinlupa, Vico Sotto of Pasig, Jeannie Sandoval of Malabon, Dale Malapitan of Caloocan, Francis Zamora of San Juan, and Imelda Calixto-
HEROES. The Pasig City government, led by Mayor Vico Sotto (seated, front), honors medical workers and other frontliners in a "graduation ceremony" on Friday (July 29, 2022). The workers were assigned the Rizal High School quarantine facility, which has stopped operations as cases go down and the institution is being prepared for the opening of school year 2022-2023 in August. (Photo courtesy of Vico Sotto Facebook) MANILA - The Pasig City government paid tribute to health care workers for their relentless and exemplary service amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Mayor Vico Sotto, in a social media post over the weekend, thanked all their medical frontliners who kept the city's centralized isolation facility in Rizal High School (RHS) running for more than two years. "Words cannot express how thankful, how proud I am of these people," Sotto said. Two weeks before the imposition of the first strict lockdown in 2020, Sotto said three staff from the Disaster Risk Reduction
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