Quezon City has established a multi-sectoral body to coordinate and strengthen the implementation of programs under its three United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designations. Mayor Joy Belmonte signed Executive Order No. 22, Series of 2026, creating the...
Six minors were taken into custody by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Monday, July 27, for alleged vandalism during protest actions linked to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr....
Police lines, mass protests, and bomb scares gripped Metro Manila early Monday, July 27, as authorities locked down key areas hours before President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address. In Manila, police blocked around 100 protesters on C.M. Recto Avenue near...
Nearly 80 personnel and volunteers were deployed across key areas in Quezon City on Monday, July 27, to provide first aid, ambulance, and welfare services during President Marcos’ fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said. The humanitarian organization said...
Multisectoral groups staged protest rallies along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Monday, July 27, pressing demands for government action on hunger, poverty, rising fuel and electricity prices, job insecurity, and corruption in time for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the...
A 31-year-old man who allegedly posed as a Taiwanese national and scammed a woman of ₱3 million was arrested after an AirTag in her handbag led police to his residence in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, early Thursday, July 23. The suspect, identified only as alias “Mic,” allegedly contacted...
The mist seen in a now-viral video during a demonstration in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Central Office in Quezon City came from the agency’s regular weekly disinfectant defogging activity and not from “pesticide gas” directed at protesters, the DENR...
A 36-year-old Palestinian man was arrested after allegedly taking a money bag containing P5,020 and an empty cash box from a hotel café on Timog Avenue in Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City, at around 11:06 p.m. on Thursday, July 23. The suspect, identified as “Ham,” was intercepted by...
Two men who allegedly posed as police officers and threatened two women with guns were arrested in Quezon City early Friday morning, July 24. The suspects, identified only as “Jon,” 26, of Marikina City, and “Rey,” 26, of Barangay Parang, Marikina City, were arrested by personnel of the...
A 41-year-old man was chased and restrained by bystanders after allegedly shooting dead a 29-year-old worker with a .38-caliber revolver following a heated argument in Barangay St. Peter, Quezon City, at noon Thursday, July 23. Police identified the suspect only as alias “Roose,” a resident of...
Fifteen families were left homeless after a fire destroyed adjoining studio-type residential units in Barangay Silangan, Quezon City, on Thursday night, July 23. The blaze started at around 7:30 p.m. at 209 Ermin Garcia St. and was raised to the second alarm 10 minutes later, according to the...
Five alleged shoplifters were arrested in separate incidents after stealing over P23,000 worth of merchandise from a mall in Barangay Sto. Cristo, Quezon City, on July 17 and 18. The suspects were identified only by their aliases “Ger,” 21; “Nat,” 44; “Iv,” 39; “Chris,” 18; and...
