The Quezon City government held a rights orientation for persons with disabilities (PWD) led by the city’s Persons with Disability Affairs Office (QC-PDAO) on Sunday, Feb. 6, at the Tandang Sora National High School covered court in Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City. The QC-PDAO conducted the...
Quezon City's official spokesperson Pia Morato questioned on Friday, Feb. 4, the "political maturity" of Rep. Mike Defensor after the latter challenged Mayor Joy Belmonte to resign over alleged Commission on Audit (COA) “adverse findings” on local government's purchase of pandemic food packs....
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, Jan. 31, issued the guidelines that will be implemented while the city is under the Alert level 2 quarantine status from Feb.1 to 15. Under the latest guidelines, Ordinance No. SP-2301 S.2014 that sets the disciplinary hours for minors from 10 p.m. to 5...
In popular culture, much is often made of the boutique experience, the artisanal touch, the “smaller is better” approach—and this is in service of the craftsman, the artist, the outlier. There’s nothing wrong with that, as quite often, there is genuine quality work being done at this level,...
Two bills proposing to further strengthen the country’s banking system have passed final reading approval in the House of Representatives. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco3 Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded his Lower House colleagues for approving on third and final reading the bills regulating...
Celebrating lives lost to this ongoing pandemic By Ortrud Ting-Yao Last October 2021, I lost an aunt, a cousin, and an uncle, all to COVID-19. I could not understand why things were happening, and why they were taken away from us in a span of 12 days. COVID-19 hit the family hard. I couldn't...
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...
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...
