Anakalusugan Party-list Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor has taken up the cudgels for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Filipinos who want to adopt a child, saying that it's perfectly legal for them to do so. (Jiroe/ Unsplash) “We must stress that under the law, the right to adopt a...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte recommended for the National Capital Region (NCR) to remain under the COVID-19 Alert level 2 quarantine status until the end of the month, the local government said on Sunday, Feb. 13. The Quezon City Public Information Office (PIO) told the Manila Bulletin that the...
Multi-sectoral groups on Sunday, Feb. 13, showed up for the campaign rally of Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Kiko Pangilinan as their affirmed their support for their respective candidacies in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan are...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte assured all presidential candidates from all political parties that they are welcome to hold events and activities in the city. “It is part of my duty and mandate as their Mayor to allow QCitizens to make an informed and impartial choice for their leaders," Belmonte...
A total of 222 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) couples exchanged vows during a commitment ceremony held at the Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC) in Quezon City on Saturday, Feb.12. This is the city's second commitment ceremony for the members of the LGBTQIA+...
The Quezon City government on Sunday, Feb. 13, has reminded the organizers of campaign rallies and other political gatherings of the 2022 national election candidates to strictly adhere to the agreements outlined in their signed permits when conducting the events in the city. This is after the...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo’s grand rally at the Quezon Memorial Circle, tagged as “Pink Sunday,” has trended number one on Twitter Philippines and top three worldwide with more than 75,700 tweets as of posting time. Supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo come...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo’s motorcade from the Quezon City Hall to the Quezon Memorial Circle for her “Pink Sunday” grand rally took an hour as she drew huge crowds to gather along major roads and streets in the country’s most vote-rich city on Sunday, Feb. 13....
The Quezon City local government announced on Saturday, Feb. 12, that 20 "E-Services kiosks" have been deployed in the city to help taxpayers easily process their business permit renewal. The city's Business Permit and Licensing Department (BPLD) placed the kiosks in different sites for taxpayers'...
Quezon City Vice Mayor Gian Sotto on Wednesday, Feb. 9, said that he and Mayor Joy Belmonte support the tandem of presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and vice-presidential candidate Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III. During the Lacson-Sotto campaign rally held at the Quezon...
After launching their 2022 electoral bids in his hometown of Cavite yesterday, Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson goes to the turf of his running mate Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ C. Sotto III in the so-called ‘City of Stars’—the populous metropolis of...
A 67-year-old woman and her daughter died in a fire that gutted their three-storey house on 11th St., New Manila, Brgy. Mariana, in Quezon City early Wednesday morning, Feb. 9. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information Office said that the victims, identified as Helen Uy, 67; and...