QUEZON -- Seven people on board a van were rescued by Infanta Quick Emergency Response Team (Infanta QRT Team) when they were trapped by two landslides in Infanta-Marikina highway in Barangay Magsaysay, Infanta on Thursday, Jan. 5. The rescue operation was conducted at the boundary in Km 5 of the...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte led the distribution of livelihood assistance to 805 residents at Risen Garden in Quezon City Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 4. "Ito ay tulong ng lokal na pamahalaan upang madagdagan ang puhunan ng mga QCitizens (Quezon Cityc citizens) para sa kanilang...
LUCENA CITY -- Classes in public and private schools and work in government offices were suspended in several towns in the provinces of Quezon and Laguna on Thursday, Jan. 5, due to inclement weather. In Quezon, classes on all levels in the towns of Burdeos, Polillo, including government offices,...
A man was arrested by the police in Quezon City on Tuesday, Jan. 3, after he allegedly tried to sell a stolen motorcycle online. Lt. Col. Mark Janis Ballesteros, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Talipapa Station (PS 3) commander, identified the suspect as BJ Vincent Escote, 20, of Barangay Balon...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte expressed on Wednesday, Jan. 4, her full support to the call of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos for Philippine National Police (PNP) senior officials to submit a “courtesy resignation” in line with the...
A 76-year-old retired teacher died after being run over by a garbage truck in Barangay Baesa, Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 4. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) District Traffic Enforcement Unit (DTEU) Traffic Sector 6 identified the victim as Luzviminda Evangelista, a resident of...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Authorities seized shabu worth P3.1 million and arrested three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Akap Village, Purok Little Baguio II, Barangay Ibabang Dupay, this city, on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Quezon police provincial director Col. Ledon Monte identified the...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN At least 15 people were injured when a passenger jeepney collided with a dump truck in Quezon City on Monday, Jan. 2. According to Quezon City Police District (QCPD) report, the jeepney driver, Debbie John Elbanbuena Salazar, was traveling along northbound lane of Commonwealth...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Two men were arrested for robbery-holdup and illegal possession of firearms in a follow-up operation conducted by members of Quezon City Police District (QCPD) La Loma Police Station (PS 1) in Barangay Apolonio Samson, Quezon City on Sunday, Jan. 1. Lt. Col. Garman Manabat, PS1...
The New Year celebration in Quezon City was generally peaceful, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Director Pol. Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III reported on Sunday, Jan 1. Torre said only one indiscriminate firing and three firecracker related-injuries were recorded during the celebration in the city....
A warehouse in Quezon City and a residential area in Valenzuela City were gutted by fire early morning on New Year's Day, Jan. 1. According to the Quezon City Fire District (QCFD), the fire that hit a furniture warehouse in Barangay Payatas was raised to first alarm at around 12:48 a.m. and to...
By Diann Calucin The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) destroyed confiscated firecrackers and pyrotechnics worth P810,697 at Camp Karingal, Sikatuna Village, Quezon City on Saturday, Dec. 31. The firecrackers and pyrotechnics were seized from 58 operations conducted by 16 police stations and units...
