The local government of Quezon City inaugurated the three-day bazaar at the Activity Center, SM North Annex on Friday, May 5. The bazaar featured 15 small businesses and organizations that seek to promote actions toward environment-friendly and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The event is...
The Quezon City local government encouraged on Monday, May 1, students in public and private schools in the city to design climate solutions through its "Minecraft Education Challenge." The QC Minecraft Education Challenge was initiated by the QC Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability...
The Quezon City local government reminded restaurant owners in the city to give discounts to registered solo parents. “Itong batas na 20-percent discount every first and last Sunday. Ginawa na namin ang internal rate of return IRR, ibinigay na namin sa Business Permits and Licensing Department...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte approved on Saturday, April 29, an ordinance that will provide financial grants to researchers in the city. City Ordinance No. 3174 or the "Betty Go Belmonte Research Grant" was named after her late mother and journalist Betty Go Belmonte. QCitizens (Quezon City...
The Quezon City University (QCU) and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) signed on Tuesday, April 25, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the construction of a patent library in the school. The Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO) is a patent library that aims to...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has presented several programs of the local government to address climate change as well as plans for the environment and better quality of living in the city in her State of the Environment Address 2023. “Bilang isang highly-urbanized at highly-competitive...
If you have traveled the world and stayed in some of the best hotels and resorts, it’s impossible not to feel the “difference” accorded by Accor – the extra touch that makes a vacation more memorable, a dining occasion more special, and an interaction more heartfelt and sincere. It’s...
Three more passengers of the fire-hit MV Lady Mary Joy 3, including a Philippine Army (PA) personnel, were finally found by search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) teams a week after the deadly sea blaze off Basilan that has now killed 31 people, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Holy...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Search operations continue off an island in Basilan and nearby areas as 23 passengers of the ill-fated M/V Mary Joy 3 remain missing, officials said Tuesday, April 4. Nixon Alonzo, Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, said they managed to...
Citing the many unanswered questions about the tragedy, Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman says he will call for a House inquiry on the deadly fire that struck MV Lady Mary Joy 3. Hataman, a deputy minority leader, said on Tuesday, April 4 that he intends to file a resolution to this effect...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla has sent aid to some of those who were affected by the tragic fire that hit the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 off Basilan last Wednesday night. Padilla's brother, Rommel, went to Zamboanga where some of the injured were brought. Rommel, with help from Zamboanga-based...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Friday, March 31 called on the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) to conduct a thorough probe into the fire that engulfed the ferry M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan province late Wednesday night. At least 31 persons were killed and 230 were...
