If the March-April lockdown was accompanied by mass testing and contact tracing, we would've probably contained the virus and flattened the curve by June/July; opened up schools and jumpstarted the economy by August.
The Narra we planted two years ago now has enough shade to protect our parkgoers and make their visit more enjoyable amidst the heat. It's not too late to invest in greening.
Panawagan lang: kung naaawa kayo sa healthcare workers natin at nanlulumo sa taas ng cases, utang na loob, pabakuna na kayo and please ask others to do the same. I've been on the ground. Hindi vaccine hesitancy ang problema, brand hesitancy.
Anne Hidalgo became Mayor of Paris 10-years ago. In that time the City has;
🚲 built 1,300km of bike lanes
🌳 planted 145,000 new trees
💨 reduced air pollution by 40%
🌳added 45km of new parks
📚 converted 180 streets to “school streets”
📍 Paris 🇫🇷
CARMAGEDDON IS BACK 🚗🚙🚕
As the Holy Week break comes to an end, motorists along the westbound lane of Commonwealth Avenue heading to Quezon Memorial Circle are greeted by heavy, bumper-to-bumper traffic this Monday morning, April 1. | via Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News
BREAKING: The Luzon Grid is now under RED ALERT status, according to NGCP.
⚠️Expect power interruptions in different areas, amidst the grueling hot and humid weather.
The priest who took care of me and my family was a former Martial Law detainee. He told me that he was falsely accused of putting anti-Marcos propaganda in prayer leaflets used in masses while he was studying postgrad in UST.
Why do we keep on demolishing heritage structures here and yet spend thousands to visit old cathedrals, homes and castles in Europe? We dip our feet in Korea's canals, but keep ours in a sorry state.
Kami nga sa gobyerno (LGU) nahihilo na sa quarantine rules, paano pa ang ordinaryong tao. Bukas, clueless na naman ang mamamayan. May pasok ba? Permitted na ba ang establishment namin? May masasakyan ba? Makakauwi ba ako ng maayos? Huhulihin ba ako? Pwede ba umangkas?
Intramuros would've been great with superblocks. It's a university town, with great architecture, museums, art spaces and restaurants. Make it car-free + pedx-friendly microcity = success.
In Figures: From February 24 - March 24, 2023, a total of 68,935 library visitors came to Valenzuela City Library (ValACE).
A number worth sharing - that's an average of 2,377 per day.
Maraming salamat po sa inyo.🫶
#ValACE
#AklatanNatinIto
#ValenzuelaCityLibrary
Hundreds are stranded in malls tonight as the lack of transportation forces commuters to take expensive grab rides or colorum services. The carousel fails to address this issue, simply because of the very few stations that it serves, not to mention how hard it is to reach them.
SMC, kung anuman ang binabalak niyong highway na padaanin sa ibabaw ng Tullahan River, utang na loob, 'wag niyo nang ituloy. Kahit ilang dredging ang gawin niyo, hindi niyo mapipigilan ang kalikasan. Hirap na hirap na kami dito.
If the President himself cannot discern what's fake news or not, then how can we, citizens, be assured that we are safe from possible abuse of state forces?
Nag-alert kaninang 6pm ang phone calendar ko reminding me na today ay launching (dapat) ng Valenzuela City Food Fiesta. Subalit dahil sa banta ng COVID-19, wala muna tayong ganito this year. Next year, babawi tayo. Twice the food, twice the fun sabi ng boss.
Actually, anyone can be a historian IF and ONLY IF they follow the same historical research method used by experts. It's not as easy as vlogging... or chismis.
#EDSA
happened because
#MartialLaw
happened. It was the tipping point of all the abuse and corruption in government back then. EDSA is not simply the story of Aquinos vs Marcoses, it is the story of the Filipinos who will say
#NeverAgain
to tyrants, cronies and dictators.
You know climate change is real when the dry season is so hot it can threaten a country's water supply while the wet season has torrential rains that can flood cities in a matter of minutes.
I will never get tired of advocating for bike lanes in the City. Cycling doesn't pollute. Bikes are not noisy. It doesn't consume gas. It'll definitely keep you fit.
Madaming stranded kanina kasi walang data kung ilan ang mananakay. Kung may data, alam natin kung ilan ang maaapektuhan pag nag-50% ang public transpo. Hence, allow more PUJs/PUBs to make trips or provide libreng sakay by govt. Again, walang DATA.
We kept on exhausting our energies on the left photo, but the one on the right is just as important. This unnecessary bridge hammered the final nails of Estero de Binondo's coffin. It will be buried in shadows forever.
Hands down: ang pinakamagandang sinehan sa Valenzuela City ay ang (drumroll) Sky Theater ng One Mall, Gen.T.
Mas mura. And yet, waaay much better than what SM serves us.
The Mayor has invited the concerned parties on Monday to discuss their concerns in a proper forum. Whoever is silencing the students and other faculty is only rubbing salt to the wound. No matter how big and small, let all the voices be heard. This is how democracy works.
Hats off to all delivery riders na hindi magkandaugaga sa dami ng orders today. You won't be able to be with your wives on mother's day just for us to enjoy our meals with our family. Again, thank you po sa inyo.
Dear
@SM_Valenzuela
,
This is the first time I'm tagging you to inform you that your cinemas are L-O-U-S-Y. The projectors are darker than the dark ages, the sound is as unbalanced as injustice, the a/c can't handle a full house.
Please do not disrespect films w/ your lousiness.
It's hard to accept that we will have to wait this through when all of our neighboring countries has put out a decent fight against the pandemic. From being a nation of revolutionaries, are we now waiting for a knight in shining armor to save us?
The pedestrianization of Fatima Avenue in Valenzuela is one of the projects closest to my heart. By closing this permanently to morotized traffic, we get to do food fairs year-round, protect the trees, and add to our ever-growing portfolio of open spaces.
That particular image of Our Lady of Fatima on the background was the same one that was carried by FVR and Enrile in EDSA '86, and held by Cory here after she assumed the presidency.
The image is enshrined at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Valenzuela.
I simply cannot believe that the rest of MMDA and its employees think this of bikers. This belittles and insults the daily struggle of ordinary Filipinos that only wish to go to work.
The mindset should be to find solutions to help the most vulnerable; Not ban them.
🎞️ A2Z
Alam mo kapatid you're free to choose your ride. We're not forcing you to abandon your car and shift to something else. But the argument na "masikip na ang daan" doesn't apply when you're driving an SUV at mag-isa ka lang sa sasakyan.
Situation along EDSA Carousel in Guadalupe tonight. Line stretches all the way from Guadalupe MRT-3 to Pag-IBIG branch around the corner. With MRT-3 operations suspended for Holy Week, commuters forced to rely on EDSA buses giving free rides.
@PhilstarNews
Dined alone at Yellow Cab across SM. Took me a moment to realize that Shakey's is just across, Pizza Hut is in the mall, Domino's and Papa John's are in Fatima and Pizza Hub is just a few meters away after Tullahan bridge. Valenzuelanos probably are a pizza people. 🍕🍕🍕
I am happy and I feel safe that I belong to a very compassionate, well-prepared and efficient LGU. Because, as I interpret the speech, it seems to say na kanya kanya na tayo.
*hindi sa pagbubuhat ng bangko, but Valenzuela is numbah wan.
Regarding 5-year closure of portion of Meralco Ave bec of subway construction: Don't open it again to motorized traffic. Ever. Turn it to a park. How happy it would be to have a beautiful open space next to a subway station.
Kapag nagdeklara ng suspension pero hindi umulan, we tend to ridicule the authorities. Kapag nag-decide ng real-time, we'll say it's too late.
The hardest decisions in life are not the ones that you make. But the ones made by individuals in charge of the nation's safety.
"We want to deliver optimal instruments to reduce the carbon footprint on urban areas, and allow, to the benefit of all, a healthier, more sustainable and more prosperous way of living." -Mayor Hidalgo
📸
@schlijper
📍Paris Plage, former riverfront road now a space for people.
To my friends, I am not against ROTC per se. I am against MANDATORY ROTC. I am of the belief that the target students are of the age of reason and should therefore be free to choose whatever options there are in serving our country.
Wow. You can actually fit the entire Disiplina Village Bignay in SM Fairview's parking lot. Disiplina Village, our in-city public rental housing, is home to almost 4,000 families.
Yesterday, our police station was chosen as a filming venue for an upcoming Korean film. One of the stars is Ma Dong Seok, famous for the super strong daddy role in Train to Busan (center).
Oo, makulit ang mga Filipino. But sending a battalion of armed troops to enforce the rule does not do anything to protect their health or remove their anxiety.
Did he regret being detained? He said given the opportunity, he'd do it again himself. He was even envious of the one who did it, a priest whom he also knew.
And who was at the other end of the phone call? That's a secret I swore to keep for the rest of my life.
Pangit. Just like their boring condos. SM has all the money in the world and yet they can't even contribute good architure, or even environmentally sustainable buildings. SM stands for Simply Money, nothing more.
Just like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, hanggang sa drawing na lang natin makikita.
This is SM Baguio. What a lie.
(second photo from Mhaiyette Gutierrez/FB)
He was detained. It took all the efforts of a friend, the late Card. Vidal to get him out. I think I still have his discharge slip from prison, tucked somewhere in one of the books he left me before his demise.
There will come a time that not even airconditioning can save us. We will be limited to a species living underground, unable to bear the heat of the sun.
He went on to serve as one of the secretaries of Card. Sin. One night, in Villa San Miguel, he took a phone call intended for the Cardinal that turned the tide of history. 3 days after that phone call, Card. Sin made the appeal on Radio Veritas for all catholics to march on EDSA.
Simula pa man, sakit na ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas na walang matinong planning. Kaya ngayon, hindi tayo makaahon sa urban decay, gayundin sa pandemic response at vaccination. No one bothers with data and research. All blah
As Mayor, Sec. Rex prioritized the construction/conservation of green and open spaces in Valenzuela City. From 2015, we opened:
- People's Park
- Family Park
- Polo Park
- Tagalag Fishing Village
- Sports Park
- Disiplina Village Parks
- Arkong Bato Park
- Valenzuela Bike Lane
Cheonggyecheon Stream has the same width as Tullahan River bordering Valenzuela, Malabon and QC... only much longer! Imagine the possibilities if we can muster enough political will to demand for more—and better—public spaces.
The Department of Transportation led the inauguration of active and public transportation infrastructure in the Intramuros district in Manila on Friday, June 21.
In this heat, why close down an important pedestrian crossing? Now, getting from point A to point B just increased threefold.
This is the center of Malinta, where there's 3 public schools, 2 tricycle terminals, the city library, and a public market.
It's good that DepEd is pushing for cycling as a transport option esp for students. I hope they can make it a policy to allow kids to park bikes inside the campus.
If you want to see how the Pasig River Expressway is going to affect heritage, just take a long quiet look at this picture because Jones Bridge is going to look like that someday.
#NoToPAREX
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Each time you're on the road, think of other people who brave the daily commute, those who cannot afford to buy a car or a motorcycle but needs to travel to and from work just the same. We are all road users. We all deserve safe and convenient road access.
Nag-iba na ang outlook ko sa term na "student project." This one is made by PLV students: Theater arts majors, and arts and design SHS... for tomorrow's pageant.
#PLV
#PLVworld
Very consistent donor talaga itong si Dunkin, kusang dumarating. Kahit nung ECQ days, not once but twice (or more?) nagpadala. This is our local Dunkin in Balubaran, one of our City's top job providers.
Val LGU is finally taking down this footbridge-going-nowhere in Malinta. It simply leads you to the other side of the road: a long stretch with no loading/unloading zones.
Dear
@maynilad
, we spent a lot of effort and taxpayer money to fund the Valenzuela bike lane. Please restore this section. We won't ask so kindly next time.
P.S. thermoplastic yan ha, hindi lang basta enamel.
My teachers taught me to be curious about everything. To seek clarity, discern the truth, and to acknowledge the limits of my knowledge. The only time I was told to stop talking is when I'm eating.
Pinanday at nagtanghal sa PLV-Dance Company, VCCPA, Gantimpala Theater, Jstar, etc... it definitely takes passion and commitment to bag this win.
Valenzuela City is proud of you.
Anneonghaseyo! There's a fancy new store to satisfy your cravings for Korean food. Won Mart is along MacArthur Highway, Marulas. Malapit sa Coal Spot, katapat ng Mercury Drug-Fatima.