MMDA exec to AKO Bicol: ‘What alternatives do you have for us’ in NCR?

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 07:58:16 +0000

MMDA Edsa Traffic head Bong Nebrija recognizes the right of AKO Bicol but asked the partylist to provide solution to Edsa’s traffic problem.

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9 schools in C. Luzon, NCR sustain quake damage

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 05:53:58 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — At least nine schools were damaged following Monday afternoon’s magnitude 6.1 earthquake that rocked parts of Luzon, the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Tuesday.

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15k cops to be deployed in NCR on May 13 elections

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 05:18:48 +0000

A total of 15,000 police personnel will be deployed in Metro Manila on the day of the midterm elections on May 13, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Tuesday.

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Failure of health system leads to measles outbreak – UNICEF

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 09:38:48 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — An outbreak of measles can be traced to the “failure of the health system,” a representative of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.

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DID YOU KNOW: Regions with highest number of HIV cases since 1984

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:09:47 +0000

From January 1984 to September this year, the regions with the highest number of reported human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases were Metro Manila with 23,478 (40 percent of the total) cases, Calabarzon with 8,754 cases (15 percent) and Central Luzon with 5,366 cases (9 percent). — Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research

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Bayan Muna slams ‘insulting’ P25 wage hike amid 6.7% October inflation

Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate and the group’s senatorial bet Neri Colmenares denounced on Tuesday the “insulting” P25 wage hike in the National Capital Region (NCR) amid the 6.7 percent October inflation rate in the country. Zarate said the 6.7 percent rate of increase in prices of basic commodities was a “testament” to the Tax […]

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Work deferred at SC, CA, CTA, Sandigan, NCR courts from 12 noon, Aug. 13

Work deferred at SC, CA, CTA, Sandigan, NCR courts from 12 noon, Aug. 13

Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio has suspended work in all courts in the National Capital Judicial Region including Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals and Sandiganbayan starting 12 noon Monday.

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Koko Pimentel dismisses PDP chapter assembly

Koko Pimentel dismisses PDP chapter assembly

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) president, has shrugged off the ongoing assembly of some members supposedly to elect new leaders of the party.

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