The city, at a glance

Quick answers for Manila — numbers to call, offices to find, how to get around, where money and signal come from. Every named place links to its spot on the map.

Emergency

Any emergency, nationwide
Government complaints hotline
Coast Guard (Manila Bay)
Philippine Coast Guard — on the mapFor incidents on Manila Bay and the port.
Storm signals now
Weather page — live signals, rain timing, what each signal number means

Major hospitals

Metro Manila has many tertiary hospitals with 24-hour emergency rooms. For anything serious, go to the nearest one — knowing which is closest to you matters in Manila traffic. Tap through to the health page for locations and contact details.

St. Luke's Medical Center
BGC (Taguig) and Quezon CityThe reference private hospital for complex and emergency care.
Makati Medical Center
Makati CBDEstablished tertiary hospital with a strong ER and international-patient services.
The Medical City
Ortigas, PasigLarge private tertiary hospital serving the eastern metro.
Philippine General Hospital
ManilaThe country's largest public hospital — the safety net for major trauma.
All hospitals, clinics and pharmacies

Government offices

Getting around

Flying in
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the main gateway, in Pasay/Parañaque — Grab, airport taxis and shuttles at arrivals
Trains
LRT-1, LRT-2 and MRT-3 cross the metroThe fastest way through traffic on the corridors they cover — EDSA, Taft, Aurora. They crowd hard at rush hour.
Buses and jeepneys
City buses run EDSA and the main roads; jeepneys and UV Express cover shorter fixed routesProvincial bus terminals (Cubao, Pasay, Sampaloc) run the long-distance lines out of the metro.
Grab and taxis
Grab is the default for door-to-door; metered taxis are everywhere but insist on the meterTricycles and pedicabs cover the last stretch inside barangays.
Everything, one list

Money

Banks, ATMs, changers
Money — 27 verified placesWhich ATMs take foreign cards, and where the honest rates are, live on the category page.
Currency on any page
The ₱ button on the right edge shows every price on this site in your own currency

Power, water, signal

Electricity
Meralco supplies the whole metro — outages are posted on the Alerts board as they happen
Water
Maynilad covers the west metro and Manila Water the east; refilling stations fill the gaps street by street
Mobile and internet
Globe and Smart both cover the city well; SIMs are sold on arrival at the airport and in every mall — registration needs your passport

Find anything

The whole city on one map
28,002 verified places — type any name into the map's search and it finds it, whatever the category
Every place as a page
All places — every verified spot, every category, all 17 cities, each on its own page
A question nobody has answered
Ask Manila — residents answer, and the best answers become part of the city's pages

Every named place above is a verified entry — tap it and the map opens on the exact spot.