(Screenshot from Inter Agency Council for Traffic Facebook Video / MANILA BULLETIN) More than 50 individuals were apprehended in Quezon City and Caloocan City as the Inter Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) started implementing the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) “no vaccination, no ride”...
Quezon City mayoral aspirant Rep. Michael "Mike" Defensor on Sunday, Jan. 16, said Team Malayang Quezon City is ready to coordinate with the local government on the fight against the new surge in COVID-19 cases. "For now, we've set aside our political differences so that we can concentrate in...
Quezon City mayoral aspirant and Anakalusugan partylist Rep. Mike Defensor has pledged to build molecular laboratories in the city should he win in the upcoming elections. In pushing for "transformative point-of-care screening services for multiple diseases," Defensor said Quezon City residents...
Amid the continuous surge of the northeast monsoon, locally known as “amihan”, a record-breaking temperature of 19.7 degrees celsius (°C) was recorded in Science Garden, Quezon City around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 16, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
By Khriscielle Yalao The Quezon City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) recorded 41,137 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Saturday, Jan. 15. (Photo courtesy of the Quezon City Public Information Office (PIO) / MANILA BULLETIN) As per the data released by the CESU, the...
The Quezon City government on Friday, Jan.14, laid down home isolation rules for all suspect, probable, and confirmed COVID-19 cases, who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms such as sore throat, fever, cough, and colds. After the surge in active COVID-19 cases, the city government released the...
Police seized a total of P816,000 worth of alleged shabu and arrested three suspects in two separate buy-bust operations in Quezon City early Thursday morning, Jan. 13. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) officer-in-charge Maj. Wennie Ann Cale identified the first two...
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...
The Quezon City Social Services Development Department (QC SSDD) on Thursday, Jan. 13, gave P5,000 cash to 500 children of registered indigent solo parents in the city as educational assistance. This is in line with the “Quezon City Expanded Benefits of Solo Parents and their Children...
Quezon City's (QC) coronavirus disease (COVID-19) active cases went up to 31,479 on Wednesday, Jan. 12. This is 14.72 percent of the city's 213,845 total confirmed cases based on the report released by the city's Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) and Health Department (CHD). It is...
The Quezon City government will give incentives to ambulant vendors, market vendors and employees if they get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19. The Quezon City Council enacted an ordinance regulating the mobility of unvaccinated individuals in the city and signed by Mayor Joy Belmonte. A...
Around 100 houses were destroyed by a fire that hit Phase 1, Purok 12, Barangay Payatas, in Quezon City on Monday night, Jan. 10. One resident, identified as Carlos Tapas, 32, sustained minor injuries. The blaze was raised to first alarm at around 6:08 p.m. and to second alarm at 6:23 p.m., the...
