After launching their 2022 electoral bids in his hometown of Cavite yesterday, Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson goes to the turf of his running mate Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ C. Sotto III in the so-called ‘City of Stars’—the populous metropolis of...
The Quezon City government held a rights orientation for persons with disabilities (PWD) led by the city’s Persons with Disability Affairs Office (QC-PDAO) on Sunday, Feb. 6, at the Tandang Sora National High School covered court in Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City. The QC-PDAO conducted the...
Quezon City's official spokesperson Pia Morato questioned on Friday, Feb. 4, the "political maturity" of Rep. Mike Defensor after the latter challenged Mayor Joy Belmonte to resign over alleged Commission on Audit (COA) “adverse findings” on local government's purchase of pandemic food packs....
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, Jan. 31, issued the guidelines that will be implemented while the city is under the Alert level 2 quarantine status from Feb.1 to 15. Under the latest guidelines, Ordinance No. SP-2301 S.2014 that sets the disciplinary hours for minors from 10 p.m. to 5...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte cited on Thursday, Jan. 13, several reasons why there is no need yet to place the National Capital Region under stricter COVID-19 Alert Level 4. She said the high vaccination rate in the city, the manageable capacity of health facilities, and good mobilization of...
Following the alleged shortage in flu medicines in some drugstores in the city, Quezon City (QC) Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday, Jan. 5, warned hoarders who are taking advantage of the situation. “We will not hesitate to prosecute anybody found hoarding and profiteering these medicines. They are...
Mayor Joy Belmonte has urged the residents to get booster shot amidst the threat of the Omicron variant. Mayor Belmonte and the Quezon City Government’s Task Force Omicron immediately held a meeting to discuss the city’s strategies in curbing the spread of the infection. “The recent rise in...
Quezon City headed by Mayor Joy Belmonte topped all local government units in terms of largest total assets and revenues in the country. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte The 2020 Annual Financial Report released by the Commission on ‘Audit on Wednesday, Dec. 22 showed that QC’s registered total...
Photo from PBA The PBA will now be allowed to bring back fans to its games starting Dec. 15 when action in the Governors’ Cup shifts to the Smart Araneta Coliseum. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial announced Friday, Dec. 10 that the Quezon City government led by Mayor Joy Belmonte gave the green...
Touched by angels CHERUBS AND TREES In photo: Ambassador Gaschen with QC Mayor Joy Belmonte and guards of QC Female Dormitory. Cover design by Jules Vivas By this time, Christmas decorations are starting to go up in most Filipino homes. That is, if they haven’t been there since September. There...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has vowed to investigate the arrest of three ambulant vendors who were seen in a viral video being dragged by members of Task Force Disiplina (TFD) into their service vehicle last Friday morning. The incident happened during an anti-illegal vending operation conducted...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said on Wednesday, Nov. 3, that the city is prepared for the possible downgrade to Alert Level 2 on Nov. 14. "At this point, we are already prepared because I was thinking that after Undas, magkakaroon na po tayo ng downgrade. In fact, kaya nagawa na nga namin yung...
