Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte led on Saturday, Dec. 17, the inauguration of the newly rehabilitated “Bahay Kanlungan” which serves as a temporary shelter for women, children and members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) commuity who were victims of...
QUEZON Provincial Board member Jet Suarez gives the thumbs-up after the distribution of tool kits and awarding of certificates to 42 scholars from Mulanay and Catanauan, Quezon who finished a TESDA short course. (Jet Suarez FB) MULANAY, Quezon – Forty-two Technical Education and Skills...
The Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) announced on Thursday, Dec. 15, that a joint greyhound operation held inside its jail facility in Kamuning last Monday, Dec. 12, yielded five bladed weapons and more than 200 different contraband. The QCJMD said the joint operation was conducted by 21...
REAL, Quezon – Police seized shabu worth P1.2 million and cocaine valued at P950,000 from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Purok Daus, Barangay Poblacion 61, here on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The suspect was identified as Jomer Lucera Nera, 45, alias "Palits," a resident of Purok...
A fire broke out in a one-storey commercial and residential building on Susano Road, Brgy. San Agustin Novaliches, Quezon City on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire was raised to first alarm at around 11:54 p.m. and was declared under control at around 12:28 a.m....
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Police Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III congratulated his 38 personnel and 10 members of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) who completed the 10-day Special Motorcycle Armed Response Team (SMART) training on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The SMART closing...
MACALELON, Quezon – This town is now ‘insurgency-free’ following a joint military and government declaration and signing of memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The MOU was signed by the AFP's 85th Infantry Battalion Lt. Col. Joel Jonson, Quezon Philippine National Police...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN A Baguio-based journalist was convicted on Tuesday, Dec. 13, of cyber libel by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 93 over his Facebook post against former Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol in 2017. According to a DZBB Super Radyo...
A neophyte congressman has underscored the importance of the Revised National Apprenticeship Program Bill, which was one of the 13 priority measures approved by the House of Representatives on Monday, Dec. 12. Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas (Facebook) The measure is contained in House Bill...
Recognizing their significant actions at times of disasters and calamities, the disaster risk reduction and management offices (DRRMO) of the cities of Baguio and Quezon and an Ifugao native have been awarded as the top winners of this year’s “Mga Kwentong KLIMA-likasan: A Climate and Disaster...
A man died after he allegedly fell from the fourth floor of a mall in Quezon City on Sunday evening, Dec. 11. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the 18-year-old man suddenly fell into the activity area at the lower ground floor of Farmers Plaza, Araneta City, Brgy. Socorro, in the city at...
TIAONG, Quezon -- Hundreds of children aged 12 and below received an early Christmas cash gift from Mayor Vincent Arjay Mea on Friday, Dec. 9, during the switch-on ceremony of Christmas lights at the municipal building here. Photo from Danny Estacio / MANILA BULLETIN Clad in Sta. Claus' costume,...
