Metro Cities articles
Over 21,000 Taguig kids receive free vaccines against polio
More than 21,000 Taguid children aged 0 to 59 months old received free vaccines on October 15 to help them fight the polio virus. National Immunization Program Coordinator for the City of Taguig Dr. Jennifer Lou De Guzman and her team —in partnership with St. Luke’s Hospital and Me...
250 Malabon kids get free anti-polio vaccines
More than 250 children below five years old received free anti-polio oral vaccines in Malabon City during the Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio in Barangay Longos on Monday. Residents can get their children vaccinated at Malabon’s health centers, hospitals, and Pagamutang Bayan. Members of the Mal...
DOH eyeing to vaccinate 40,000 Marikina children against polio
The Department of Health (DOH) expects to administer oral polio vaccines (OPV) to 40,000 children in Marikina City. DOH Assistant Secretary Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire of the Public Health Services Team and Marikina City Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro led the kick-off of the synchr...
MRT-3 cuts service after a person falls to rail track in Makati
Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 ran partial operations from North Ave. to Shaw Boulevard in the afternoon of October 15, after an individual reportedly fell to the rail track in Makati City. MRT 3 suspended its operations from Boni Ave. in Mandaluyong City to Taft Ave. in Pasay City. “At 12:...
Tiangco creates task forces to uphold order in Navotas
The city government of Navotas established task forces and partnered with other agencies to uphold peace and order in the city. In his first 100 days as local chief executive, Mayor Toby Tiangco penned Executive Order TMT-006 creating Task Force Radial 10 (R10) Road that sought to remove obstructio...
St. Luke's provides free medical services to Taguig residents
In partnership with the Taguig City government, St. Luke's Medical Center extended free services to residents of the city as part of its 116th anniversary celebration. Taguigeños received medical, surgical, and dental services for free from a team of doctors and volunteers at Taguig Nati...
ASF spreads to more QC barangays
New cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) were detected in Quezon City, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). In its Swine Bulletin No. 10, the DA said that ASF cases were verified in Barangays Tatalon and Pasong Tamo. It also reported cases in another in Tandang Sora, although depar...
QC implements preemptive measures vs ASF
The Quezon City government has smplemented preemptive measures in two barangays even before the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) confirmed the existence of African Swine Fever (ASF) virus in those areas. Mayor Joy Belmonte Belmonte said on Thursday that several blood samples from hogs in Barangays T...
Navotas opens over 7,000 job opportunities
The Navotas City Government, under the helm of Mayor Toby Tiangco, provided more than 7,000 Navoteños with jobs and various forms of livelihood assistance. From July to September 2019, 4,379 residents secured employment from the city government. These included 3,000 beneficiaries of cash fo...
Vico Sotto wants more mass transit systems
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto is pushing for mass transit systems to address traffic woes. Speaking after his first State of the City Address (SOCA) late Tuesday afternoon, Sotto lamented that the city’s traffic problems are difficult to solve. “Traffic is dynamic. We all know that...
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