Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has been named Regional Winner of the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award for the third consecutive year under the Civil Service Commission’s (CSC) Honor Awards Program (HAP) in the National Capital Region. The award recognizes Mayor Belmonte’s exemplary leadership...
Rescuers recovered the bodies of three remaining small-scale miners trapped in a tunnel in Sitio Balcony, Barangay Runruno, Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya province during retrieval operations on Wednesday evening. Fire Officer 2 (FO2) John Roman C. Cachero, chief of the Public Information Unit (PIU) of...
A businesswoman was shot to death by an unknown suspect while walking along Barangay Commonwealth in Quezon City. Based on the police report, the incident occurred on Monday night, June 23. Barangay Commonwealth Kagawad Elmer Buena said a concerned citizen reported the incident after hearing a...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Authorities continue operations to recover the bodies of miners trapped in a tunnel in Barangay Runruno, Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya province on Tuesday, June 24. Two miners were rescued alive on Tuesday by civilian volunteers who managed to enter the tunnel. Alfred...
QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya -- Two of the five miners who reportedly died after they were trapped in a tunnel here were rescued alive on Tuesday during the retrieval operations by rescuers from the local police station, the Bureau of Fire Protection Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office and...
The Quezon City Government has earned the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit (COA) for the fifth consecutive Unmodified Opinion for fiscal year 2024. Mayor Joy Belmonte lauded the achievement, emphasizing that the recognition goes beyond technical compliance. “This recognition...
Five miners allegedly engaged in illegal mining were found dead in a tunnel in FCF Compound, Barangay Runruno, Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya, on Tuesday, June 24. Police identified the victims as Daniel Segundo Paggana, 47; Lipihon Ayudan, 56; Florencio Indopia, 63, Alfred Bilibli, and Joval Bantiyan....
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested 14 individuals involved in large-scale theft of cable wires during a follow-up operation conducted by Cubao Police Station (PS 7) on Sunday, June 22. The operation was launched after Barangay San Roque officials were informed by a concerned citizen...
The Quezon City government will launch the first-ever RainbowQC Pride Film Festival featuring nine powerful films that center on LGBTQ+ stories and voices on Wednesday, June 25. The festival is a special edition of the acclaimed QCinema International Film Festival. “QCinema is one of our city’s...
TIAONG, Quezon – Some 50 business owners were honored during the 2nd Pillars of Prosperity 2025 awards on Sunday night, June 22, at the town plaza here. Among the Pillar of Business Honor awardees were sari-sari stores in the barangays duly registered with the business permit and licensing...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A suspect in the killing of a Quezon town vice mayor three years ago was killed in a shootout on Friday morning, June 20, in Sitio Santa Ana, Barangay Malao-a, this city. Police Col. Romulo Albacea, Quezon police director, identified the suspect as Rolando, 52, a resident...
A section of Aurora Boulevard and Araneta Avenue in Quezon City (QC) was temporarily closed after volumes of paint spilled onto the road following a vehicular accident involving a wing truck loaded with paint early Saturday morning, June 21. According to authorities, the incident occurred in...