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Pateros plans to innoculate 50,000 residents
Pateros plans to vaccinate 50,000 out of 80,000 residents, Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said in a report by Manila Bulletin. Pateros is allotting P20 million for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination of its residents. In an interview over DZMM, Ponce said they are now startin...
Pateros prohibits loud sounds, noise
The Pateros Municipal Council approved an ordinance “banning excessive and unreasonably loud sounds and unnecessary noise” to prevent disruption of online classes, according to a report by Manila Bulletin. Mayor Miguel Ponce III signed Ordinance 2020-32 which provides that loud sounds a...
Beneficiaries on waiting list in Pateros start receiving SAP aid
Pateros started the distribution of cash aid under the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) to beneficiaries on waiting list of the first tranche according to Mayor Miguel Ponce III. Qualified beneficiaries in Bgy. San Pedro, Poblacion, Magtanggol, and Tabacalera will receive cash a...
Malasakit Movement donates 20 sacks of rice to Pateros residents
A non-government organization (NGO) has donated 20 sacks of rice to the Municipality of Pateros to help its residents cope amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The donation was handed over by Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson, Assistant Secretary Celine Pial...
Taguig, Pateros issues GCQ guidelines
The Taguig and Pateros local governments issued rules governing the movement of people and the operation of business establishments under general community quarantine (GCQ). According to the Taguig Safe City Task Force: Face masks and face shields worn together are required on all modes of...
Pateros running out of beds for virus patients
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III said the town does not have enough rooms in its isolation facility to accommodate the increasing number of coronavirus disease patients in the municipality. “Our problem is that because of the high number of people who test positive (for COVID-19), our iso...
Pateros isolation facility filled with virus patients
Pateros said its isolation facility are now full of residents who are infected with coronavirus disease. In a video address, Mayor Ike Ponce said the isolation facility at the Pateros Elementary School gym, which has only 70 beds, was already full due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the municipalit...
Pateros sees rising number of virus cases
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III expressed alarm over the increasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the town as he urged his constituents to stay home. As of Aug. 4, Pateros has recorded 270 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 112 recoveries and seven deaths. Ponce said Bgy...
Taguig-Pateros District Hospital promotes telemedicine
The Taguig-Pateros District Hospital (TPDH) in Western Bicutan, Taguig apologized to the public over the long line of patients waiting to be attended to by the medical staff. The hospital congestion is reportedly due to patients showing symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). There are also doc...
Pateros opens mega swabbing facility
Pateros has opened a mega swabbing facility for free coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing of residents and those working in the municipality. Located at AMC gym in Bgy. San Roque, the mega swabbing facility has tested 303 people to date. According to Mayor Ike Ponce, the number of C...