Over a thousand people in Quezon City have been evacuated as continuous rain caused floods submerging parts of Metro Manila over the weekend. At least 1,239 or 276 families living in low-lying and flood-prone areas of barangays Apolonio, Doña Imelda, Bagong Silangan, Tatalon, Roxas, Batasan Hills,...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said on Friday that groups who will stage protests during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte must secure a permit and coordinate with the Quezon City Police District (QCPD). “Alam naman po natin na merong patakaran o batas na...
Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the construction of the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7), which will connect Quezon City to Bulacan, is in "full swing" despite the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from Art Tugade's Facebook Page) According to Tugade, the...
The local government units (LGUs) have the right to permit or reject requests for the staging of rallies in their respective jurisdictions with President Duterte delivering his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26. (DILG logo) The Department of the Interior and Local...
The Quezon City government is taking all possible measures to stop the entry or spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant in the city. “Ang amin pong mindset dito sa Quezon City ngayon, we treat every positive case now as a possible Delta variant (Our mindset here in Quezon City today is we treat...
Quezon City residents who tested positive for COVID-19 will no longer be allowed to undergo isolation inside their homes. This came after Mayor Joy Belmonte passed a measure requiring the city's asymptomatic and symptomatic patients to be isolated in authorized facilities only. "We deem it...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s “Vaccine Express” program would be brought to Quezon City for the inoculation of jeepney drivers after the pilot project kicked off in Manila last month. A man gets his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaccine Express drive-through site on June 22, 2021....
The Quezon City Business Permits and Licensing Department (BPLD) on Sunday lifted the temporary closure order of En Route Distillery Bar in Tomas Morato. This after it was ordered to be closed on Monday, July 12 due to violation of safety standards and health protocols. “We were quick to close...
Quezon City authorities have shut down three more establishments, including a repeat violator, after they were found operating as bars in violation of quarantine protocols against COVID-19. Police said those ordered closed on Friday were Batcave Food/Music Bar on Visayas Ave.; KARMA Lounge in...
The Quezon City government has formed a task group in preparation for a possible surge of new COVID-19 infections that may come following the rise of the new Delta variant. The local government made the move even if its positivity rate has already declined to five percent, which is a rate set by...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Thursday admitted that the increasing number of minors committing suicide prompted the city government to identify certain areas in the city where youngsters can go to after months of being cooped up in their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Citing a report from...
The daughter of former President Manuel Quezon passed away at the age of 100 Maria Zeneida Quezon-Avanceña (Image credit: Raoul Wallenberg Foundation) Maria Zeneida Quezon-Avanceña, the last surviving daughter of former President Manuel Quezon, passed away on July 12, 2021. News about her demise...
