Lgu Spotlight
Filipina fencer undefeated on third day of US NCAA
Filipina fencer Samantha Catantan of the Penn State's women’s fencing team remained undefeated during Day 3 of the US NCAA Championships on Saturday, according to a report by GMA News. According to a report by the Penn State University Athletics, Samantha entered the top five overall afte...
Araullo quarantine facility opens for patients
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso led the opening of the quarantine facility for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients at Araullo High School in Manila on May 14. He conducted an inspection of the 40-bed isolation facility that was built in partnership with the Junior...
Caloocan quarantine facility completed
Engineers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in cooperation with the WTA Architecture Design Studio has completed and turned over another emergency quarantine facility (EQF) to the Caloocan City government in a ceremony on May 14. Located in the Caloocan Sports Complex at Barangay Bagumbong, th...
Marikina completes SAP distribution
Marikina City continues to hand out aid to residents even after it met the deadline for the distribution of the cash subsidy from the national government. According to a 24 Oras report, the city continues to distribute P1,000 and bags of rice to shoemakers despite their completion of the social ame...
Marikina laboratory to release test results in 24 hours
The testing laboratory of Marikina City can release COVID-19 test results within 24 hours. According to a report over GMA-7, the COVID-19 lab immediately conducted mass testing in the city on Friday after three weeks of waiting for accreditation. "If we could have received the accreditat...
Muntinlupa finalist in One Planet City Challenge
Muntinlupa City has been listed as a national finalist in the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) this year. The WWF-OPCC is a global competition that recognizes cities with effective climate change action plans. One to three cities per participating country ar...
Quezon City approves P2.8-billion supplemental budget
The Quezon City Council passed a supplemental budget of P2.8 billion to address the coronavirus disease 2019 in the city. The budget, passed by the QC Council, was signed by Mayor Joy Belmonte early this week. “Wala pong dapat ikabahala ang ating mga residente dahil may nakalaang pondo para ...
Taguig provides residents with free video access vouchers
Taguig City teamed up with streaming channel iflix to provide residents with access to stream movies for free during the Luzon-wide Enhanced Community Quarantine. In a statement, Taguig LGU said the partnership is at no cost to the city government and they have thought of it to provide free enterta...
Caloocan rolls out 'mobile pharmacies'
Caloocan City has rolled out its “Mobile Botika Libreng Gamot” for residents. Visiting various barangays across the city, these mobile drug stores are open to dispense vitamins and medicines from 9am to 3pm. “This is to ensure that Caloocan residents are aided not only on r...
Navotas delivers medicines to seniors
Senior citizens in Navotas no longer need to visit health centers to get medicines following the rollout of the “Maintenance Mo, Deliver Ko” campaign of the city government of Navotas. “Our City Health Office, through our barangay health workers, will do a house-to-house delivery ...