Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said she is hoping that the residents will vote for her again in the May 2022 elections. "It is with a great sense of honor and humility that I officially filed my Certificate of Candidacy (COC) to seek a second term as Mayor of Quezon City," she said in a statement...
The decision of the House of Representatives to recall the third reading approval of a bill that seeks to institutionalize the 1989 agreement between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense is in violation of the chamber's rules. UP-DND ACCORD Seven House members...
Incumbent Mayor Maria Josefina Tanya "Joy" Belmonte has filed her Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for a second term as Quezon City Mayor on Tuesday, at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Quezon City. (QC LGU/ MANILA BULLETIN) Belmonte filed her COC with her running mate, Vice Mayor Gian...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has urged residents to report immediately domestic violence and rape cases following a marked increase in Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) cases in the city. According to Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Director Brig. Gen. Antonio Yarra, 66.67 percent...
In Quezon City, the ‘yellows’ have been saving thousands of lives as the country faced the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Former Mayor Herbert Bautista inspecting ambulances Ironically, killer-typhoons Ondoy and Yolanda were the main triggers that gave birth to the 160 ‘yellows’ in 2018 and have...
The Quezon City chief legal officer on Wednesday, Sept. 15 slammed Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor for allegedly launching a “politically motivated smear campaign” against the city government by feeding the media with canard and other misleading information about its aid program...
The Quezon City government was accused anew of overpricing for purchasing at P1,149.98 each the food packs it distributed to poor city residents hit by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic this year. Mayor Joy Belmonte Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor made this claim as he...
The Quezon City (QC) local government said it will file charges against a construction firm for reportedly failing to notify the City Epidemiological Surveillance Unit (CESU) about the COVID-19 positive cases among its workers. QC Mayor Joy Belmonte (QC PIO) The City Department of the Building...
The Quezon City local government is eyeing the vaccination of minors in private and public schools all over the city even as it started culling the list of students aged 12 to 17 years in anticipation of the possible expansion of vaccination coverage in the Philippines. "The idea is to put up...
Mayor Joy Belmonte urged on Friday the national government to include children 17 years old and below in the vaccination program against COVID-19 amid the rise in the number of infections among minors. Belmonte made the call after vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. told the House of Representatives on...
The Office of the Ombudsman is willing to absorb the P710.88 million that the Department of Budget and Management slashed from its original budget proposal if the fund can find better use in efforts of government to fight the devastating 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Ombudsman logo...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said the national government should only follow one system for quarantine classification. In an interview with CNN Philippines Thursday, Belmonte said that implementing a general community quarantine (GQC), with granular lockdowns and an alert level system is...
