A fifth-alarm fire tore through Commonwealth Market in Quezon City before dawn on Saturday, April 25, escalating within minutes from its initial alarm, the Quezon City Fire District said. The blaze quickly intensified, drawing a massive response from Bureau of Fire Protection units and volunteer...
Rush hour traffic stalled on Friday evening, April 24, when a tourist bus caught fire along the southbound lane of EDSA-Ortigas Flyover in Quezon City. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the blaze began around 6:10 p.m., prompting firefighters and traffic personnel to...
Five Persons Under Police Custody (PUPC) died while several others were injured after a Philippine National Police (PNP) mobile vehicle transporting them to the Quezon City Jail crashed into a concrete wall in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City on Friday morning, April 24, 2026. In a statement, the...
A fire struck a junk shop warehouse in Barangay San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City at 1:05 a.m. on Friday, April 24. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire broke out in the area near the entrance of Pascualer Village Homeowners Association in the said barangay. The incident was...
Quezon City police seized more than P1.36 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation on Tomas Morato Avenue on April 22, resulting in the arrest of two Manila residents. Operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU), Kamuning Police...
A suspected drug peddler was arrested after allegedly breaking through a police checkpoint in Barangay Greater Fairview, Quezon City, sparking a chase that ended with the seizure of about P544,000 worth of shabu early Tuesday morning, April 21. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) operatives...
The Quezon City government has ordered all 142 barangays to cut their electricity and fuel consumption by at least 10 percent to ease the impact of the global energy crisis. Under Memorandum Circular No. 8, Series of 2026, stricter energy-saving measures are now mandatory, part of the city’s...
A satellite map released by the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Tuesday, April 21, showed the extent of the fire that has been burning at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill, indicating that much of the site has already been burned. Based on satellite data captured on Thursday, April 16 at 10:33...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – Two persons were killed and 36 were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine here on Monday night, April 20. Police identified the fatalities as Sonny, 34, of San Roque, Mercedes, Camarines Norte, and Ian, 31, of North Poblacion, Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte. They...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, April 20, ordered a review of the city’s fuel subsidy system after a motorcycle taxi rider died during the distribution of assistance amid extreme heat. Belmonte expressed condolences to the bereaved family and said the city government would strengthen...
Two people were rescued with minor injuries after their vehicle struck the center island and burst into flames along Quezon Avenue–northbound in Barangay Doña Josefa, Quezon City around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, April 20. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the vehicle first hit the center...
A rider died while waiting in line to receive P5,000 in fuel subsidy from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City on April 18, the agency confirmed. The fuel assistance program drew a large number of applicants, with long queues forming...
