Women’s group provides warm meals for Marikina’s poor residents
Most of the breadwinners in their village earn a living either as construction workers or market vendors.
Most of the breadwinners in their village earn a living either as construction workers or market vendors.
Both local government units have undertaken health and socio-economic measures for their constituents, following the declaration of Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine.
The final testing and sealing (FTS) in Marikina City was held on May 6, earlier than the announced May 7 testing. Board of Election inspectors and watchers are waiting as early as 10am but machine arrived after lunch. No ballot boxes were delivered.
Residents were unprepared for a disaster of such scale in a town that had gained headway in reducing flooding and in sprucing itself up. But as some of them point out, everything in Marikina had been so good that they never thought it could be this bad. By MARYA...
In Marikina, 'Ondoy' Wreaks Havoc
A community of readers and supporters that help us sustain our operations through microdonations for as low as $1.