The House Committee on Women and Gender Equality has strongly endorsed for approval the bill making child marriages unlawful and penalizing persons, including parents, found guilty of facilitating or solemnizing illegal unions. Child marriage Authors of House Bill 9943 or the Anti-Child Marriage...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is calling on the national government and online platforms to investigate the proliferation of fake advisories claiming that walk-ins are now be allowed in vaccination sites. Belmonte, on Monday, issued the appeal after people without vaccination appointments swarmed...
Metro Manila mayors are already preparing for the distribution of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) financial assistance which they have agreed to start on Wednesday. According to Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, local chief executives of the National Capital Region (NCR) decided to begin the...
And why our carefree disposition could also be our worst trait WHAT'S BEHIND THE MASK? Screen capture from the Department of Tourism's video 'With A Smile' Filipinos are generally a happy people. We can smile whatever the situation. Our happy-go-lucky nature and positive mindset allow us to bounce...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has reminded her constituents that walk-ins at the city's vaccination sites are prohibited after the local government saw an increase in the number of unregistered individuals trying to be inoculated. Belmonte made the call after learning that some workers were...
Women's advocate and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte believed empowering women by giving them training, skills, and capital is one of the solutions to hunger in the family amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. According to Belmonte, when a mother has the capacity to set up her own business and earn by...
Planning a local food security action in every local government unit is important to ensure that no people will go hungry. This was what Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte of one of the country's largest cities learned during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. During a panel discussion held by the United...
The legislative proposal providing for open access approach in the data transmission industry took a step forward towards enactment following its approval on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. All House members present during regular session on Wednesday, July 28 voted to pass...
Heads must roll in the Philippine National Police for the deployment of 51 COVID-19 afflicted police officers for crowd control duties at a feared “virus super-spreader event like the protest rally during the State of the Nation Address in Quezon City. SONA PROTEST RALLY “It's almost like...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday night clarified that a congratulatory poster for Hidilyn Diaz now circulating online, wherein her photo appears larger than the Olympic gold medalist's, did not come from her nor the local government. Belmonte said the poster was done by "malicious...
Joy Barcoma gets emotional as she meets the showbiz press A candidate of Miss World Philippines cried foul after a fellow candidate pointed fingers at her as the source of rumors that some girls in the pageant were allegedly doing drugs. "I was really hurt. Iba yung effect sa akin na lahat ng nasa...
A day after resuming regular session, the House of Representatives honored the late President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III with an early suspension of session on Tuesday, July 27. President Benigno Aquino III in memoriam Congressmen stood for the singing of the national anthem and prayers before...
