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...
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...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte assured on Thursday, Sept. 2, the leaders of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers' Association (TODA) and other motorists that there will be a fair and just implementation of the city’s No Contact Apprehension Program (NCAP). Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte This, after...
Two individuals, who already completed their Sinovac COVID-19 jab and still received a “booster” shot of another vaccine brand, have been charged before the Quezon City prosecutor’s office for violating the local government's ordinance against COVID-19 vaccine fraudsters. The respondents were...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has tasked the local government units of the National Capital Region (NCR) to come up with their own ordinances penalizing individuals who will get a "booster" shot or a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte bared Saturday. The order came...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Quezon City government on Thursday, August 12, joined forces to vaccinate 5,000 public transport drivers in the city during the Vaccine Express drive-through vaccination that will run until August 13. Vice President Leni Robredo and Quezon City Mayor...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Thursday the city still has a "few" COVID-19 related deaths despite the surge in new virus infections in Metro Manila because the government's vaccination program "is working." Belmonte added that the rise in the city's new COVID-19 cases "is not as steep" as the...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s Vaccine Express project will kick off in Quezon City on Thursday, August 12, to ramp up coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in the city. A tricycle driver takes a photo of a woman at the Vaccine Express in Manila to record her getting her second dose of the...
The Quezon City government has advised city residents to refer to the lists of cash aid beneficiaries only posted by the local government or their barangay governments to avoid "fake news" or "misinformation" that may arise at the start of the distribution of the assistance from the national...
