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...
Following the alleged shortage in flu medicines in some drugstores in the city, Quezon City (QC) Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday, Jan. 5, warned hoarders who are taking advantage of the situation. “We will not hesitate to prosecute anybody found hoarding and profiteering these medicines. They are...
Mayor Joy Belmonte has urged the residents to get booster shot amidst the threat of the Omicron variant. Mayor Belmonte and the Quezon City Government’s Task Force Omicron immediately held a meeting to discuss the city’s strategies in curbing the spread of the infection. “The recent rise in...
Quezon City headed by Mayor Joy Belmonte topped all local government units in terms of largest total assets and revenues in the country. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte The 2020 Annual Financial Report released by the Commission on ‘Audit on Wednesday, Dec. 22 showed that QC’s registered total...
Joy in the Air by Capt. Jose Mari 'Joy' Roa. New book chronicles personal tales of adventure vis-à-vis events in Philippine aviation history Do you geek out over airplanes? So does, pilot and TV host, Capt. Jose Mari ‘Joy’ Roa, of the flying-adventure program Asian Air Safari writes his first...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Christmas is usually the most joyous time of the year when love and compassion binds humanity with abundance of generosity and reconciliation. And this year’s yuletide season ought to be no different. Now is an opportune time to let the Christmas...
Word Alive Fr. Bel San Luis The fourth and last Sunday of Advent focuses on the personages surrounding Jesus, the center of our Christmas celebration: Mary, Joseph, and her cousin Elizabeth and Zacariah. * * * Some years ago in a pilgrimage, I had visited the "hill country" called Ein Karem, the...
To speed up tracking, response, and processing of the reported cases of violence against women and children (VAWC) in Quezon City, the local government launched the "QC VAW Centralized Databank System" on Monday, Dec. 13. Mayor Joy Belmonte, along with the QC Gender and Development (GAD) Council,...
Photo from PBA The PBA will now be allowed to bring back fans to its games starting Dec. 15 when action in the Governors’ Cup shifts to the Smart Araneta Coliseum. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial announced Friday, Dec. 10 that the Quezon City government led by Mayor Joy Belmonte gave the green...
Cathy Valencia N.D, CEO of the Cathy Valencia Advanced Skin Clinic, celebrated Thanksgiving with CV family after almost two years in the pandemic and amidst several lockdowns. Valencia has been so grateful for all the blessings she continuously receives as she also announced the launch of its...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte clarified that basketball games and other contact sports are allowed in the city for as long as the minimum health protocols are observed. In a press conference at the Quezon City Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 30, Belmonte was asked about the guidelines of the local...
Touched by angels CHERUBS AND TREES In photo: Ambassador Gaschen with QC Mayor Joy Belmonte and guards of QC Female Dormitory. Cover design by Jules Vivas By this time, Christmas decorations are starting to go up in most Filipino homes. That is, if they haven’t been there since September. There...
