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...
Smooth distribution of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) cash aid was observed in Caloocan and Quezon cities—two of Metro Manila's biggest cities—on the first day of the payout Wednesday. Caloocan Mayor Oca Malapitan earned praises from Interior and Local Government Usec. Jonathan...
Vice President Leni Robredo and a few of her staff at the Office of the Vice President (OVP) trooped to the Pinyahan Elementary School in Quezon City on Wednesday, August 11, to get inoculated with the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Vice President Leni Robredo receives her second...
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...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is calling on the national government and online platforms to investigate the proliferation of fake advisories claiming that walk-ins are now be allowed in vaccination sites. Belmonte, on Monday, issued the appeal after people without vaccination appointments swarmed...
A fire broke out at a commercial building in Don Mariano St Barangay Batasan, Quezon City on Monday morning. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information Office, the fire reached 1st alarm at around 2:13 a.m. and was declared under control at around 4:50 a.m. (Photo courtesy...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) and Task Force Disiplina on Sunday (August 8) are monitoring the situation at the Araneta Coliseum after people without appointments swarmed the vaccination site. According to a report from DZBB, people flocked to Araneta Coliseum after news circulated online...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has directed two barangay executives in Quezon City to explain their reported requirement of vaccination cards from their constituents asking for quarantine passes amid the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. ARTA orders 2 Quezon City...
The chairman of Barangay Central in Quezon City has decried the action done by a resident, who uploaded a video of a barangay officer asserting that no quarantine pass would be issued to those who are not yet vaccinated. Rosa Magpayo, head of Barangay Central, said in a statement Saturday that what...
The Quezon City government has clarified that residents do not need to be vaccinated first before being qualified to get a quarantine pass. It made the statement Friday night after an officer of Barangay Central said in a now viral video that residents getting quarantine passes should be inoculated...
The Quezon City government has already vaccinated more than half of its target 1.7 million individuals against COVID-19. This came after 1,015,256 residents and workers received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 597,517, including those who got the single-dose Johnson & Johnson's...
