Metro Cities articles
Caloocan threatens to lock down more barangays
Caloocan City warned that barangays with increasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases will be placed under total lockdown. The public information office on May 27, Wednesday, said that “all barangays with increasing cases” are currently “under monitoring” and th...
Caloocan courts placed under lockdown
Caloocan City placed the judicial complex under lockdown amid the threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This means that physical inquest proceedings and court trials will be temporarily suspended, according to the order issued by Caloocan Regional Trial Court (RTC) Executive Judge Vic...
Caloocan allows sale of liquor
Caloocan City lifted its ban on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages as Metro Manila shifts into the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). City Ordinance No. 0869 Series of 2020 states that establishments can only sell limited quantities of alcoholic beverages from 8 a.m. to 6 p...
Caloocan nearly done with SAP distribution
Caloocan City achieved 99-percent distribution of cash assistance under the Social Amelioration Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The city public information office on May 11 said that as of May 10, 99 percent of the total 215,825 beneficiaries have alrea...
Caloocan landlord faces charges for evicting tenant
A barangay executive officer in Caloocan City is facing investigation after allegedly forcing a resident who just gave birth to leave her rented house as she could not pay the rent. Councilors of Barangay 162, Sta. Quitera disclosed that they have issued Resolution No. 029, which imposes preventive...
Caloocan announces schedule of rapid tests
Following Caloocan City Mayor Oca Malapitan's announcement to conduct community testing for COVID-19 in high risk areas, the local government will conduct rapid saliva swab test or rapid test on these schedules: April 27, 2020 (Monday) 9:00 am – Old City Plaza 1:00 pm – Brgy. 34 C...
Caloocan students to receive P500 aid
Some 268,036 public school students in Caloocan City, from kinder to senior high school, will receive P500 each to help their families amid the extended enhanced community quarantine, according to Mayor Oscar Malapitan. The P500 financial aid for students is separate from the P1,000 cash assistance...
Caloocan passes ordinance to protect Covid-19 patients, frontliners
The Caloocan City Council passed an ordinance to penalize acts of discrimination committed against persons who are possibly afflicted with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), health workers and other frontliners who are involved in efforts to contain the pandemic. Under Ordinance No.0859 S. 2020, termi...
Caloocan health department chief tests positive for coronavirus
The head of the Caloocan City health departmenttested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, according to Mayor Oscar Malapitan. In a Facebook post, Malapitan said the chief of the city health department got tested on April 9 under the Department of Health’s Memorandum No. 2020-015...
Red Cross to conduct mass testing in Caloocan
Caloocan City Mayor Oscar “Oca” Malapitan acknowledged the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), under the leadership of Senator Richard Gordon, for extending assistance on the implementation of COVID-19 mass testing for city residents. Both parties signed a memorandum of agreement for the conduc...
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