The Philippine National Police (PNP) lauded all its personnel, soldiers and other force multipliers from various government agencies for their contributions in what it described as peaceful, orderly and successful inauguration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. on Thursday, June 30, at th
By Jaleen Ramos and Aaron Dioquino
Improving the standard of living of the people of Manila will be the top priority of mayoral candidate Amado Bagatsing should he become the city's chief executive next year.
"I'm willing and ready to provide the leadership in government, i-angat ang anta
Published April 19, 2021, 2:47 PM
By Jonathan Hicap, Allysa Nievera, Jaleen Ramos, Carla Bauto Deña, Andrea Kate Aro, Minka Klaudia Tiangco, and Joseph Pedrajas
Inspired by the Maginhawa Street, Quezon City community food drive, community pantries have sprouted in Metro Manila and in the provinces with the aim of giving food and supplies to everyone in need.
Community pantries in (clockwise from top left) in Putatan, Muntinupa; Intramuros, Manila; San Pablo City, Laguna; Sampaloc, Manila; and P. Noval St., Manila (Photos: Muntinlupa Food Drive, Toots Vergara, Intramuros Administration, MHTP Food Bank, Charlon Kim/ MANILA BULLETIN)
“Magbigay ayon sa kakayahan, kumuha batay sa pangangailangan (Give what you can, take what you need)” is the main mission of the community pantry.
The Manila City Hall clock tower is seen illuminated with colorful lights display
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Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, Officer-In-Charge of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) alone will be deploying more than 9,600 of its personnel on the streets as early as the scheduled start of curfew time at 10 p.m.
“We will also be deploying additional personnel to augment the NCRPO policemen and assist the local government units of Metro Manila in the implementation of the uniform curfew,” said Eleazar.
A unified curfew will come into force in Metro Manila starting today to help curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its variants.
(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)
Around 600,000 doses of vaccines developed by Sinovac Biotech will be delivered to Manila with
President Duterte and some Cabinet members ready to welcome the cargo at the airport.
The arrival of the Sinovac vaccines, donated by the government of
China, comes as the pandemic has infected more than half a million people and severely weakened the local economy.
“Excited na kami dahil bukas darating na ang bakuna. Personal na sasalubungin ni Presidente (We are excited because the vaccines will arrive Sunday. The President will personally welcome the vaccine arrival),” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said over state television Saturday, Feb. 27.