Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos is being prayed-over by pastors of the Association of Christian Churches in Mandaluyong during the Morning Program held recently at the Atrium of the Executive Building.

MANILA, Philippines — The Mandaluyong ordinance banning men from riding in tandem on motorcycles was a “big help” in lowering the crime rate in Metro Manila, Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said Saturday. In the first three years of the Duterte administration, the crime rate in Metro Manila dropped by 58%, Eleazar told reporters on the sidelines of the Anti-Crime Summit held at the Atrium Executive Building in Mandaluyong. He singled out the riding-in-tandem ban in Manila as a “big help” in preventing crimes, particularly murder and robbery, in the Metro Manila

The Sangguniang Kabataan Federation of Mandaluyong City celebrates the International Year of the Youth together with Mayor Benhur Abalos during the regular Monday morning program (January 3, 2011) held at the Atrium of the Executive Building.

MANILA, Philippines – The city government of Mandaluyong will round up children loitering in the streets begging for alms, especially those who board public utility jeepneys, Mayor Benjamin Abalos Jr. said yesterday. The goal is for there to be no children loitering on the streets or begging for alms before Christmas Day, he said. Abalos also warned parents said they can be penalized for allowing their children to loiter outside their homes during the curfew hours of 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. under Ordinance 538 or the Code of Parental Responsibility.