Manila Tribune

Residents of Valenzuela City who will be caught not wearing face masks will be fined not less than P1,000 after the city council passed an ordinance, which requires the use of protective equipment.

Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar has ordered the preparation of 150,000 food packs in additional assistance to the residents following the extension of the enhanced community quarantine until April 30.

Muntinlupa has recorded one confirmed case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) but it is neither an employee nor a prisoner under the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).

The De La Salle University (DLSU) Psychology Department is offering free mental health counseling to persons affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Pasig City Children’s Hospital (PCCH) has been converted into a COVID-19 referral facility as public and private hospitals near saturation point, Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Tuesday.

The local government of Caloocan City will be giving P1,000 cash assistance to each of the 500,000 households in its area, to help its residents deal with the economic impact of the enhanced community quarantine.

The Manila city government began its distribution of the City Amelioration Crisis Assistance Fund (CACAF) to over 500,000 families in the country’s capital on Tuesday.

More Kadiwa rolling stores will be deployed in the city of Manila on Wednesday, April 8, morning, the city government announced.

Former senator Jinggoy Estrada has accused San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora of blocking the “rolling store” program of his daughter.

The Metro Manila Council (MMC) on Tuesday called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Department of Finance (DOF) to reinstate the original number of target beneficiaries of the 17 Metro Manila local government units for the distribution of the Social Amelioration Packages (SAP).

The Muntinlupa City government will distribute 94,847 food packs in the second wave of assistance for its residents affected by the enhanced community quarantine.

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on April 7, Tuesday, thanked the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) for accommodating her request that the 19 vendors who were nabbed for illegally selling vegetables on April 4 be released.

The 21 residents of Sitio San Roque in Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City who were arrested last week after staging a rally to demand food have been released from detention, police said Tuesday, April 7.

About half of Caloocan City’s 400,000 families might not receive cash from Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) social amelioration program as Mayor Oca Malapitan said that the financial aid from the national government is not enough to cover all its residents.

Mandaluyong City Mayor Carmelita Abalos has ended her two-week self-quarantine, which she took after being exposed recently to patients positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Two local government units in the National Capital Region (NCR) have offered free mental health counseling for their residents amid the new coronavirus pandemic.

The suspension of public masses in the Diocese of Cubao has also been extended until the end of this month.

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Tuesday ordered the mandatory wearing of face masks in the city’s public places as efforts are further taken to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID-19).

Retail prices of fish have increased this Holy Week.

The city of Manila breached the 200-mark in number of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases after posting 65 new cases—its highest daily increase yet—on Monday evening.