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MANILA BAGS INT’L AWARD FOR DISASTER RESPONSE

The City of Manila has received the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award by Esri, the global leader in Geographic Information Systems, at the Esri User Conference in San Diego, California. Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso led the Manila delegation to receive the award.  “Isang malaking karangalan po ito para sa buong Maynila at sa […]

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BONG GO HOLDS OUTREACH FOR MANILA STUDENTS

As the new school year gets underway, Senator Bong Go’s office, in partnership with local government units and members of the private sector, conducted a school outreach activity benefiting students from Sampaloc and Tondo in Manila. “Hindi lang po notebooks at uniporme ang kailangang ihanda. Mas mahalaga na handa rin ang ating isipan at katawan […]

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MAYOR ISKO EXPANDS MANILA’S MILK FEEDING PROGRAM

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso launched “YorMilk 2.0: Kaagapay ng Batang Maynila sa Paglaki” at Dr. Alejandro Albert Elementary School in Sampaloc, expanding the city government’s milk feeding program from over 21,000 beneficiaries in its first run to 60,000 students. Domagoso said the program is a direct response to the country’s malnutrition and […]

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MAYOR ISKO: INVESTOR TRUST RESTORED IN MANILA

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso reported that public and investor trust in the nation’s capital has been restored, a year after his administration inherited what he described as a difficult fiscal situation when he returned to City Hall. Domagoso said his administration took over with P14.6 billion in unpaid prior years’ obligations from […]

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MANILA COPS NAB 5 FOR SELLING EXPIRED FOOD ITEMS

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso announced the arrest of five vendors in Quiapo for selling expired food products worth approximately P950,000 and tampering with expiration labels to make the items appear safe for consumption.The suspects—identified as Melvin Imperial, Allen Bautista, John Clifford Sagun, Analyn Colangoy, and Geelyn Santillan—were apprehended following a tip from […]

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MANILA PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO HOLD MONTHLY QUAKE DRILLS

The Manila City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MCDRRMC), chaired by Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso, passed a resolution requiring all public elementary and high schools—as well as city universities Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) and Universidad de Manila (UdM)—to conduct earthquake simulation exercises once a month during the school year. Domagoso moved […]

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MANILA, MOSCOW INK TOURISM, TRADE, CULTURE DEALS 

Tourism, trade, culture, education, and urban development are at the center of a new cooperation program between the City Government of Manila and the Government of Moscow signed recently by Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso, the second such agreement between the two cities since 2023. The agreement covers priority areas including tourism, trade, culture, education, […]

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MANILA CITY GOV’T WORKERS TO GET MIDYEAR BONUS

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso urged Manilenyos to stay focused amid political noise, telling city government workers that their job is to deliver services—not to get distracted by politics. Domagoso said he signed the release order of P350-million for the mid-year bonus of more than 8,000 city government workers. “Last Thursday, I signed […]

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MAYOR ISKO PUSHES FOR VERTICAL HOUSING IN MANILA

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso pitched his city government’s in-city vertical housing program before hundreds of real estate practitioners gathered for the National Real Estate Association’s 30th NREA-DHSUD National Convention, saying thousands of families had already benefited—and vowing to keep building. Domagoso traced the roots of the program to his own experience growing […]

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MANILA TO ROLL-OUT P179M BBM PROJECTS FUND

The Office of the President has turned over the City of Manila’s share of the Bawat Barangay Makikinabang (BBM) Socio-Civic Projects Fund to Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso during a meeting at Manila City Hall. A representative from the Office of the Executive Secretary formally handed over the cheque to Domagoso. The mayor welcomed the […]