Rappler's latest stories on Valenzuela City
People vs Pandemic: How these mayors’ priorities protected their communities
Rappler features local governments that have been ahead in responding to the coronavirus pandemic
Valenzuela City’s pandemic response: ‘Everything has to happen now’
Mayor Rex Gatchalian says, ‘If we can do it ourselves, do it on our own, it’s the most helpful thing we can do for the national government’
COA clears past intel spending of Valenzuela, Pasay
The Commission on Audit lifts the notices of disallowance against Valenzuela City over intel funds spent in 2007 and 2008, and against Pasay City over intel funds spent in 2012
LOOK: Filipinos commemorate Bryant's death in Valenzuela's House of Kobe
Valenzuela City inaugurates the indoor basketball court dedicated to Kobe Bryant a day before his tragic death
Future of gov't transactions? Valenzuela City launches online permit system
Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian says he is willing to share the 'Paspas Permit' system with other LGUs for free
Valenzuela City, Grab team up for faster business permit system
Paspas Permit will allow Valenzuela City's business permit applicants to transact online and then have their business plates delivered through GrabExpress
COA questions safety of proposed gov't relocation site in Valenzuela
(UPDATED) The Social Housing Finance Corporation gave the go-signal to start construction of a relocation project for 864 informal settler families from Valenzuela City within a site prone to flooding, tsunami, and unstable ground
#MMShakeDrill: What to do during a terror attack
What happens when terrorists take advantage of a city devastated by a calamity?
Customs seizes P6.4-B worth of shabu in Valenzuela
The Bureau of Customs acted on an intelligence report by a Chinese government official
Kentex fire: Ombudsman wants charges vs Gatchalian reinstated
Prosecutors say the anti graft court overlooked some facts and circumstances which if taken into account would have led the court to a different conclusion
Sandiganbayan clears Mayor Gatchalian, 2 others in Kentex fire
The Sandiganbayan s 2nd Division says there is no probable cause to let the 3 Valenzuela City officials stand trial on charges of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and multiple physical injuries and two counts of grafts
LGUs fighting students' hunger through 'central kitchen'
Under the central kitchen model food for public elementary students is prepared in one place and then distributed to different schools
Can Duterte-Cayetano win in Valenzuela City?
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte doesn’t meet with Mayor Rex Gatchalian who also happens to be the spokesman of his rival Grace Poe
Valenzuela mayor, 6 others ordered dismissed over Kentex fire
But Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian is able to secure a temporary restraining order stopping the Ombudsman s dismissal order
73 out of 74 Kentex fire victims identified – PNP
Two more victims were found at the site of the fire hit Kentex Manufacturing Corporation bringing the total death toll to 74
Valenzuela fire: 63 bodies identified
Of the 72 victims killed in the industrial fire that hit a Valenzuela City footwear factory last month 9 remain unidentified
Valenzuela shuts down businesses with no fire safety certificate
Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian also orders other business establishments to present their valid FSICs within 7 days from receipt of the directive
Fire risk checks on Metro Manila establishments begin June 8
The inspection teams will visit at least two establishments every day and spend at least 4 hours in each says Interior Secretary Mar Roxas
Kentex fire: Palace eyes raps vs Valenzuela officials
Mayor Rex Gatchalian cites 3 memorandum circulars to clear city officials and pass the blame on to the Bureau of Fire Protection
Review of Fire Code sought after deadly Valenzuela blaze
Senator Cynthia Villar who filed a resolution seeking the review says the Kentex tragedy shows that people have not learned from the Ozone Disco fire that killed 162 people in 1996
Valenzuela fire: Relatives identify victims' belongings
Families of the 72 workers killed in last week s factory fire help identify the personal items left at the accident site as investigators continue the DNA testing
Don’t blame welders for Valenzuela fire – lawyer
The lawyer for the welders present in Kentex when the huge blaze broke out say it s unfair to blame his clients for the fire that killed 72
Valenzuela defends issuance of business permit to Kentex
The Bureau of Fire Protection never sent word that the factory did not comply with safety standards after the city government issued a provisional business permit
Valenzuela factory welders weren't Kentex employees
Rappler obtains the initial report on the police probe It quotes a survivor: there were no fire exits on the 2nd floor where employees were trapped and killed
Another fire hits Valenzuela
2nd UPDATE A blaze hits a residential community in Valenzuela City just days after a footwear factory in the city was gutted by fire
Palace: More inspections after Kentex fire
UPDATED Malacañang says Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has initial reports on Kentex engaging the services of a subcontractor not registered with the labor department
Kentex offers fire victims 'negligible' compensation
Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian says the owner of the factory where at least 72 died in a fire is victimizing the workers twice over
Valenzuela fire death trap highlights sweatshop abuses
The deaths should serve as a wake up call for businessmen to stop these abuses says Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz
Valenzuela fire victims buried, DNA tests continue
Of the 72 bodies pulled out from the Kentex Manufacturing factory 36 are female while 28 are male Five remain unidentified
Mourning in Valenzuela over horrific factory fire
Tearful relatives begin the heartbreaking task of helping investigators identify the remains of their loved ones killed in the blaze that hit a footwear factory in Valenzuela City
Death toll in Valenzuela fire climbs to 72
4th UPDATE Authorities have retrieved 72 bodies from the fire gutted Valenzuela footwear factory mostly burnt beyond recognition
Lost and found in Valenzuela
What happens when one is forced to choose between an abusive home or a life in the streets? LGUs must step up to intervene Here s what Valenzuela City is doing
La Mesa dam hits spilling level
As of 10:30 am on Friday September 19 the La Mesa dam in Quezon City poured excess water into the Tullahan river which cuts through Quezon City Malabon Valenzuela and Caloocan
Flood-prone communities help protect La Mesa Watershed
Individuals from Malabon City and Valenzuela City plant a total of 720 seedlings across 1 7 hectares in the La Mesa Watershed during the activity
School buses help decongest Valenzuela school
DepEd and the local school board provide school buses to transport students from one congested school to another where there s room for them
Back to school for 20.9M public school students
Aside from Yolanda rehabilitation efforts the education department is also working on ways to mitigate a common problem of schools in urban areas: overcrowding
DepEd: No 3-day school week this school year
The 3 day school week won t push through because the idea needs further assessment and study DepEd officials say
'Metro Manila Greenprint 2030'
Greenprint 2030 will be a 20 year plan aiming to make the Philippines main metropolis at par with East Asian counterparts
