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This Week in Metro Manila (November 21 to 27, 2016)

I-ACT opens Camp Aguinaldo roads in Quezon City to ease traffic

By: Patricia Marie Prado | November 21, 2016
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LOCAL NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

Gas stations to become emergency alert hubs


Manila happenings November 2016

You can now report your emergency to your nearest Shell gas station


Philippine National Police (PNP) partnered with petroleum giant Pilipinas Shell to make their gasoline station double as emergency alert hubs all throughout the country. The partnership aims to improve the government’s anti-criminality campaign, especially their war on drugs. This will also give PNP a wider scope of community to alert them in case of any emergency or accidents so they can respond faster.

Shell gasoline stations will have access to the “Itaga mo sa Bato Mobile App,” an application developed by the PNP, that can connect them to PNP’s command center with just one click. With this partnership, motorists can report any crime or emergency that they have encountered or witnessed in any of the 960 gasoline stations of Pilipinas Shell.


WEATHER ADVISORY


Sunny weather all throughout the week


Manila happenings November 2016

The sun will shine all throughout the week (Photo by Nicole Abelardo)


The metro will experience a fairly well weather this week with a sunny to cloudy skies to rule the coming days. Spots of showers in the morning are still to be expected, thus bringing an umbrella as a precaution will be best. The nights on the other hand will be clear and can be a bit cloudy, with few possibilities of showers.


HEALTH ALERT NEWS


National Consciousness Week Against Counterfeit Medicines


Manila happenings November 2016

It’s the week to get educated and conscious against counterfeit medicines. (Photo from Food and Drug Administration Facebook Page)


Every third week of November, National Consciousness Week Against Counterfeit Medicines is celebrated to raise awareness to the public about the dangers of counterfeit medicines.

Counterfeit medicines can be medicines with the correct ingredients but provided in incorrect amounts, thus affecting its effectiveness and safety to the user. It can also refer to medicinal products with deliberate incorrect labeling; lack of trademark, trade name, or identification or imprint, and unauthorized repackagingto name a few as wellas those unregistered imported products being sold.

The Food and Drug Administration leads the fight against counterfeit medicines by providing heavy penalties and sanctions to people and establishments found selling and manufacturing said products.




TRAFFIC NEWS


Two government properties open its doors to become access roads


Manila happenings November 2016

I-ACT opens Camp Aguinaldo (Photo from of news.pia.gov.ph)


Inter-Agency Council on Traffic (I-ACT) continues to find new ways to ease traffic. For this week, I-ACT will open two government properties to become access roads to motorists.

The first one is Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, which motorists coming from EDSA-Santolan and Katipunan can use as diversion road from Monday to Friday, 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Motorists only need to secure an access sticker so they can enter the property. Security access stickers can be claimed in the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) headquarters in Makati City by submitting the Certificate of Registration (CR) and Official Receipt (OR) of the vehicle and a picture of the registered owner of the vehicle, and then paying a fee for the sticker. The property will be open for public access until January 15, 2017.

The other property is the Office of Transportation Security (OTS) on Andrews Avenue and Tramo in Pasay. MMDA plans to remove a wall in the area to serve as access road to motorists going to Roxas Boulevard. This will also lessen the buildup of traffic in EDSA, especially the vehicles turning to Domestic Road going to Roxas Boulevard.

I-Act also plans to open five more military camps and another access road in Makati in the coming weeks to continue to improve the traffic in the metro especially with the rush of the upcoming holiday season.




No more Divisoria night market


Manila happenings November 2016

The yearly night market will be a no-show this coming holiday season. (Photo courtesy of Nicole Abelardo)


Manila City Mayor Joseph Estrada continues his plans of decongesting Manila city of traffic by removing the yearly night market in Divisoria this coming holiday season. Although the night market that started way back 2013 originally aimed to help vendors who were affected by the clearing operations during daytime, the city government now realizes that it does more harm than good to the city’s traffic situation.

With the traffic expected to worsen this upcoming Christmas, Estrada hopes to decongest the streets affected by the yearly event specifically the streets of Recto Avenue from Abad Santos to Juan Luna.

Although a lot of vendors will be affected by the move, Estrada deemed it necessary to stop the traditional night market not just to improve the flow of traffic in the affected streets but also to stop any illegal vendor who might take advantage of the season.




EVENTS, TRADE FAIRS, EXPOS, CONVENTIONS


Philippine Bike Expo 2016


Manila happenings November 2016

The third Philippine Bike Expo to happen this week (Photo from Philbike Expo Facebook Page)


Philippine Bike Expo 2016 is happening this November 26 and 27 at the SMX Convention Center. Bikers will enjoy this two-day event as bike enthusiasts and traders all over the country will gather to promote the newest innovation and products in the biking industry. The event will also include shows and exhibitions, with Super Kids and Kenny Belaey as some of its featured performer.

Ticket price starts at PhP120 for one-day pass and PhP200 for two-day pass. Tickets will also be sold on site for PhP150.




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About Patricia Marie Prado
Patricia came from the field of business and accounting but is now pursuing her dreams of being a writer. She is a self-confessed introvert and is passionate about reading, travelling, writing, movies, coffee and God. When she's not writing, she loves discovering new coffee shops/cafe and doing TV-series marathons.
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