Metro Cities articles
Isko opens Tondo access road
A new access road in Manila was opened to public which would benefit thousands of students from two schools in Tondo. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno led the opening of Alvarado Extension in Tondo, Manila, which used to be an area closed to public and merely relegated to private use. The street lights an...
Jollibee agrees to hire Manila seniors, PWDs
Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), the largest fast food operator in the Philippines, on Friday signed an agreement with the local government of Manila to hire senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) for their stores located in the city. Jollibee Foods Corp. vowed to hire 78 senior citi...
Maynilad announces water interruptions in Sampaloc
Maynilad announced on its Facebook page that certain parts of Sampaloc, Manila will experience water interruptions from 4 p.m. of Thursday (August 29) to 10 a.m. of Friday (August 30). The barangays in Sampaloc that will experience water interruption are: 429, 432, 436, 439, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451...
Manila reduces real property tax by 20%
Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Thursday, August 22, signed an ordinance reducing the real property tax in the nation's capital by 20%. Domagoso signed Ordinance No. 8567 which grants a 20% reduction on the incremental real property taxes on all classes. The May...
Isko Moreno wants tougher meat inspections
Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso asked the Veterinary Inspection Board (VIB) to intensify its routine meat inspections in the nation's capital. During an urgent broadcast of #TheCapitalReport, Domagoso said he has also requested the VIB to deploy checkpoints at piers...
2 Manila barangays miss deadline for road inventories
Two village executives in the nation’s capital will undergo investigation after they failed to submit their respective road inventories, the local government of Manila bared. According to Julius Leonen, Chief of the Manila Public Information Office, two barangays out of 896 barangays in Manil...
Manila's free WiFi kiosk renamed ‘MNLKonek’
The Manila City government has renamed its free wifi and charging kiosk from "ISKOnek” to "MNLKonek" in compliance with Mayor Isko Mereno's campaign against glorifying politicians. The wifi hotspot and charging station, which was unveiled on Wednesday, was initially ca...
800 Manila inmates receive alternative education diplomas
A total of 820 inmates of the Manila City Jail received diplomas to signify the completion of their studies under the Alternative Learning School (ALS) system. This is part of the reformation program of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology that promotes education among inmates or so-called pe...
PUP students decry mandatory drug test
Students of state-run Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Manila protested the mandatory drug testing spearheaded by the university administration and the Philippine National Police on August 15. The Catalyst, the official student publication of PUP, said that with the start of manda...
EU, NZ envoys offer help to Manila
Two ambassadors paid a courtesy call to Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on Wednesday to share best practices in urban development. Moreno met the delegation from the European Union (EU) led by Ambassador Franz Jessen in which they exchanged ideas and discussed best practices on a number of social dev...