The House Committee on Health chairperson has hailed the enactment of the radio and television franchise of Southern Luzon State University (SLSU), a move that according to her would help mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo from Quezon Rep. Helen Tan's office) “The franchise to...
The Quezon City government is planning to install more lamp posts, street lights, and bike ramps on footbridges in the city. The city engineers conducted an assessment which showed that the footbridges in the city need additional street lights and overall reconstruction. The city government also...
Brig. Gen. Remus Medina, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director, said on Tuesday, April 12, that they will deploy around 2,200 cops to ensure public safety during the observance of “Semana Santa” or Holy Week 2022. “Asahan natin ang pagdagsa ng mga tao sa mga terminal ng bus at tren,...
The Quezon City (QC) government announced on Monday, April 11, that it placed 10 concrete plant boxes along the bike lane on the eastbound lane of Commonwealth Avenue to act as barriers for the safety of cyclists that are passing through. The placement of the plant boxes, which started on...
QUEZON – Politics is heating up at Padre Burgos town here after a group of candidates and supporters lodged a complaint with the police after the incumbent mayor allegedly issued threats and ‘unsavory’ words against them when they met along a barangay road on Sunday afternoon. According to...
Compared to the 2019 election, there is a significant decrease in areas declared as hotspot for the May 2022 polls, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said Monday, April 11. “Well ang unang magandang balita dito ay mas mababa ngayong eleksyong...
Around 2,754 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) celebrated Palm Sunday through an online Holy Mass held at the jail facility in Kamuning on Sunday morning, April 10. The online Palm Sunday Mass, which serves as a commencement of the Lenten season,...
A total of 40 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory (QCJFD) underwent a livelihood skills training program conducted by the Quezon City Small Business and Cooperatives Development Promotions Office (SBCDPO). The SBCDPO officer-in-charge Ms. Mona Yap said that...
QUEZON -- Three brothers who are suspected of being hired killers and allegedly involved in illegal drugs were arrested in Barangay Del Rosario and Barangay Cabay in Tiaong town on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Colonel Joel A Villanueva, head of the Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO), identified the...
The Quezon City local government announced on Thursday, April 7, that the People’s Law Enforcement Board of Quezon City (PLEB) has dismissed the police officer who shot a 22-year-old student last Feb. 8. Lawyer Rafael Calinisan, PLEB executive officer, said that Cpl. Reymark Rigor, 28, assigned...
Anakalusugan Representative and Quezon City Mayoral candidate Michael “Mike” Defensor said on Tuesday, April 7, that he is not bothered about Mayor Joy Belmonte’s alliance with Vice President Leni Robredo. “We expected their alliance from the start because they (Belmonte and Robredo) go...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has approved an ordinance mandating the inclusion of environmental criteria in the technical specifications for the city government's procurement of goods, services, and infrastructure. “This Ordinance will help the city government implement the policies it crafted...
