The southbound portion of Roxas Boulevard will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning January 15 to allow for the repair of a damaged box culvert in front of the Libertad Pumping Station in Pasay City by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). In a virtual presser on Wednesday, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. said rehabilitation works by the DPWH will begin on the said date and will necessitate the closure of nearby unaffected portions of Roxas Boulevard. He said the constant “pounding” of vehicles may weaken the structural integrity of the project. “Siguro
Gun replicas and airsoft are covered by the gun ban currently in effect as the election period has started. Antique Provincial Police Office (APPO) information officer Staff Sgt. John Mark Gonzaga said in an interview on Wednesday the public and uniformed men are reminded that with the start of the election period on January 9 to June 8, they are prohibited to carry outside of their homes their firearms as their License to Own and Possess Firearm (LTOPF) has been suspended, including gun replicas, airsoft, and deadly weapons. “Police officers including members of the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine Drug
Poverty incidence in this city in the past three years slightly went up to 17.4 percent, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) first-semester report released Wednesday. Julieta Nacario, PSA’s supervising statistical specialist and concurrent acting head of the Misamis Oriental provincial statistical office, reported that the poverty incidence in 2021 was 2.3 percent higher than the 15.1 percent recorded by the agency in 2018. “This translates to 130,400 individuals in the city who lived below the poverty threshold in 2021’s first semester which was estimated at PHP14,369, on average, for a family of five per month,” the report said.
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Wednesday ordered the enforcement of a “no vaccination, no ride/no entry” policy in the National Capital Region (NCR), in line with President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s order to restrict the movement of people who are unvaccinated against Covid-19 in Metro Manila. In a department order (DO), Tugade said the enforcement of the “no vaccination, no ride” policy would be in effect while the NCR is under Alert Level 3 or higher, as determined by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). Following the President’s order, the Metro Manila Council, which is
About 112,784 family food packs (FFPs) have been distributed to cities and towns affected by Typhoon Odette in Eastern Visayas in the past three weeks, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Wednesday. The number of FFPs delivered to local governments represents 106 percent of the projected population of about 106,705 in badly-hit communities, according to the DSWD. “Although we have already covered all the target population, the DSWD will continue to release food packs based on (the) request for augmentation from local governments,” DSWD 8 (Eastern Visayas) information officer Abelardo Bibat said. The DSWD released 19,332
Risk-on sentiments reigned in the local bourse on Wednesday partly due to the decline of US Treasury rates while the local currency finished the trade sideways against the greenback despite touching the 50-level mid-trade. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 1.83 percent, or 129.44 points, to 7,215.13 points. All Shares followed with a jump of 1.44 percent, or 54.45 points, to 3,829.91 points. The Mining and Oil index posted the highest increase among the sectoral indexes after it climbed by 3.40 percent. It was trailed by the Property, 3.26 percent; Financials, 1.85 percent; Holding Firms, 1.73 percent; Services,
