Manila City Hall employees will receive their midyear bonus this week after Mayor Joseph Estrada ordered the city’s budget department to release the fund in compliance with the directive of the national government.
Estrada announced the release of all city government workers’ mid-year bonus during the flag raising ceremony at the city hall quadrangle, saying the fund went through a legal process to ensure that proper guidelines were met under the Commission on Audit’s rules and regulations.
As early as the turn of the millennium, the World Bank Group pinpointed the country’s urban areas as the linchpin for the Philippines’ development.
In a discussion paper entitled “Challenges of Urban Development: Meeting Urban Development Challenges” developed exclusively for the Philippines, the international development bank noted that the country’s future “will largely depend on the performance of its urban areas.”
The cities of Manila and Pasay just threw the biggest street party ever as the Aliwan Fiesta unfolded over the weekend under the auspices of Manila Broadcasting Company, Star City, and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Kicking off the festivities along Sotto Street in front of the Aliw Theatre was the Pasakalye 2018, with energized performances by X-Battalion, Shanti Dope, Darren Espanto, Mocha Babes, and the Go Girls.
by Robbie Pangilinan
Beautiful Tacloban lass Chelsea Fernandez was crowned Reyna ng Aliwan 2018 at the annual Aliwan Fiesta that showcases Philippine traditional festivals.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque (center, crouching) leads the launching of the Supplemental Immunization Activity campaigns in the city of Parañaque to provide children with an additional dose of measles vaccine and deliver other child health interventions, including Vitamin A supplements, deworming medications, and oral polio vaccines.
by Robbie Pangilinan
The search for Ms. Tacloban 2018 began as the city opened applications for ladies ages 18 to 25 years old.
Ms. Tacloban is one of the highlights of Tacloban’s colorful and meaningful month-long annual Sangyaw Festival in June.
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada personally hands over a P100,000 cash gift from the city government of Manila to three of the eight centenarians in a simple ceremony held recently at the city hall.
