Tag: San Juan

Metro Manila Council passes “unanimous” resolution asking IATF to allow some activities for fully vaccinated

Asks IATF to come up with guidelines and list of allowable industries for fully vaccinated persons in Metro Manila   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3AMy7-o6DA   (Eagle News) – The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has agreed on a resolution requesting the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to allow some activities for the fully vaccinated in Metro Manila. This was revealed by San Juan City mayor Francis Zamora in an interview with Balitalakayan on Thursday night, Sept. 9 “Nagkaroon po ng […]

WATCH: Interview with San Juan City mayor Francis Zamora – Balitalakayan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqe4xOWHHP8   (Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews San Juan City mayor Francis Zamora on Wednesday, July 14, on the achievement of having vaccinated 70 percent of the city’s populaton with the first dose. Zamora also answers questions about his father, Rep. Ronaldo Zamora, who had been vaccinated both with Sinopharm and Pfizer doses. For the full interview, click the video above, or the link here: Interview with San Juan City mayor Francis Zamora | Balitalakayan […]

PNP identifies person allegedly behind viral messages guaranteeing slots in COVID-19 vaccine program for a fee

(Eagle News)– The Philippine National Police has identified the person reportedly behind the viral messages that guaranteed vaccine slots in the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program for a fee. In a statement, the PNP, without giving names, said the person offered his high school friend two brands of vaccines for prices ranging from P12,000 to P15,500 through a social media messaging app. The PNP said the person has been claiming that he has contacts in San Juan […]

Zamora says “online scammers” involved in vaccine for a fee scheme; warns public not be duped

Mayor says no such illegal sale of vaccines in San Juan after initial investigation, expresses confidence in the integrity of his people   (Eagle News) — San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said that an initial probe that the city has conducted on the reported illegal selling of vaccines in the city found that this was being done online by scammers. He said that were able to contact the person who was offered the vaccine […]

Former San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez back in hospital due to COVID-19, pneumonia

(Eagle News) –Former San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez will again be admitted to the hospital due to COVID-19 and pneumonia. Former Senator JV Ejercito said his mother got a spot in the hospital after a week of waiting. “She was confined already last December after testing positive,” Ejercito said. Gomez first contracted the COVID-19 virus in 2020. She, however, recovered in December. Ejercito’s father, former President Joseph Estrada, also tested positive for COVID-19 in March. […]

Former San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez tests positive for COVID-19 anew

(Eagle News)–Former San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez tested positive for COVID-19 anew. Her son former Senator JV Ejercito made the announcement on Friday night. “Hoping this time it will be milder,” Ejercito said. “Walang katapusan,” he added. Gomez first tested positive for COVID-19 last year. She recovered in December.

Ex-Sen. Jinggoy Estrada given “stern warning” for holding relief distribution without LGU’s permit

  (Eagle News) – The San Juan police station invited for questioning former senator Jinggoy Estrada on Sunday, May 3, for conducting relief operations without a permit which was allegedly a violation of the protocols on enhanced community quarantine. The Philippine National Police (PNP), through spokesperson General Bernard Banac, said that they just issued a “stern warning” to the former senator to coordinate first with the San Juan City local government before he holds any […]

Zamora: One of eight confirmed COVID-19 cases in San Juan City already in stable condition

(Eagle News)–One of the eight confirmed novel coronavirus cases in San Juan City is now in stable condition. “She is now in stable condition and receiving proper care and treatment,” San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said in a statement on Friday, March 13. Zamora also denied reports the patient escaped authorities after finding out she was positive for COVID-19. According to Zamora, when results came out positive last March 11, “she headed  to a […]

Pres. Duterte to declare State of Public Health Emergency after confirmed COVID-19 local transmission – Sen. Go

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to issue a declaration of a State of Public Health Emergency following the recommendation of the Department of Health due to the confirmed cases of local transmission of the novel 2019 coronavirus disease on Saturday, March 7. This was according to Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, the President’s former aide. “Pursuant to the recommendation of the DOH and my suggestion as Chair of the Senate Committee on […]

Machete, origami and reading: life in San Juan a week after Maria

by Leila Macor Agence France-Presse Alejandro Araujo whiles away the day doing jigsaw puzzles. At night, he sleeps on a hammock on the patio, machete at his side. Now that some streets have been cleared of branches and rubble Hurricane Maria left behind, middle class residents of Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan’s outskirts are afraid, and straining to keep up hope. Ten days ago, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and left the American island of […]

Hostage crisis in San Juan

The three-hour hostage crisis in N. Domingo, Brgy. Balong-Bato, San Juan, ended in a bloody aftermath, resulting in the death of the hostage taker and the hostage victim being hospitalized.