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Manila, DPWH ink agreement

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The Manila City Government signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), which details the NLEX-SLEX Connector Road Project to be implemented by the national government agency.

This project is included in the Philippines’ priority projects under its “Build, Build, Build” program.

In the agreement, the DPWH is set to give Manila P44.5 million as replacement cost for the structures inside the city that will be affected by the connector road construction.

Meanwhile, the City Government ensured that individuals who will be displaced because of the road construction will be relocated.

In another development, senior citizens in the city of Manila will be given sources of income under the Senior Citizen Livelihood Program.

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Mayor Francisco “Isko” Domagoso, in a Facebook post on Thursday, said cloth clippings from the Face Masks Sewing Livelihood Program will be given new life by the senior citizens.

“Cloth clippings from our Face Masks Sewing Livelihood Program will be given new value. These will be re-sewn to become rags under the Senior Citizen Livelihood Program,” Domagoso said.

Currently, Barangay 905 and 898 both in Sta. Ana, Manila received the cloth clippings, as other barangays in the city are also requesting that they too, be given the same.

Domagoso said this is to give an opportunity for those senior citizens who know how to sew to have a source of income amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The cloth clippings are given for free to the barangays and were even delivered to them through the Department of Public Service (DPS).

Meanwhile, as of August 26, the city government has already distributed some 712,721 pieces of face masks through the Face Masks Sewing Livelihood Program of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO)-Manila.

Domagoso said the project has already created a hundred jobs in the city.

The goal, he said, is to be able to distribute one million free face masks to Manila residents.

Domagoso reminded every Manilenyo to wear face mask, especially in public places, to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

In April, Domagoso signed City Ordinance 8627 requiring the mandatory use of face masks in all public places in the nation’s capital.

This is in line with the city government’s CODE Covid-19 (Contain and Delay) action plan in response to the global pandemic.

The ordinance states that all persons within the territorial jurisdiction of the city of Manila are required to wear face masks.

Residents who fail to comply with the ordinance may be fined P1,000 for the first offense, P2,000 for the second offense, and P5,000 for the third offense.

Violators may also be penalized with one-month imprisonment for the third and subsequent offense.

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