Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte announced on Saturday, Feb. 4, that the city government has implemented more mental health programs in the city. “As early as last year, we have extended assistance to public schools by hiring justly compensated mental health professionals like therapists and...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte visited on Thursday night, Feb. 2, the victims of fire in Barangay Apolonio Samson in the city last Wednesday, Feb. 1. Belmonte and the City Social Services Development Department (SSDD) checked the situation and distributed financial assistance to the affected...
A discount store in Quezon City will accept onions as payment for “selected” items that will be purchased by its customers on Saturday, Feb. 4. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Japan Home Centre (JHC) announced that customers can pay with onions their chosen products in its branch...
The Quezon City local government distributed cash assistance and tablets to public school students in the city on Thursday, Feb. 2. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and QC Social Services Development Department (SSDD) officer-in-charge Rowena Macatao led the distribution of P3,000 cash aid to each...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) commended the bravery of firefighters who saved the lives of a family in a Quezon City fire. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Red Cross) “I commend our team of firefighting volunteers for doing a fantastic job,” said PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
SAN FRANCISCO, Quezon – Classes in elementary and high school in 11 barangays here are suspended until Friday, Feb. 3, due to the ongoing military pursuit operation against New People’s Army rebels. Mayor Romulo Edano issued an order cancelling classes in Barangays Butanguiad, Casay, Don Juan...
TIAONG, Quezon – A 38-year-old welder died after his motorcycle collided with a tanker truck on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Lagalag here on Wednesday night, Feb. 1. THE body of welder Frederick Latayan lies on the road after his motorcycle collided with a tanker truck in Quezon on Feb....
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu worth P312,000 in a buy-bust operation at dawn on Wednesday, Feb. 1, in Sitio Sampaloc Lakers, Barangay Pahinga Norte, here. Suspects Romnick Pasahol, 32, alias ‘’Salbakuta,’’ and Joseph Montenegro, 35,...
A lady employee of the Office of the Ombudsman is in critical condition after she was shot by an unidentified man along Quezon Avenue in Barangay Doña Josefa, Quezon City on Wednesday morning, Feb. 1. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Galas Station (PS 11) identified the victim as Dianne Jane...
A fire broke out in a residential area at Toctocan Street, Barangay Apolonio Samson, Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon, Feb.1. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said that fire was raised to first alarm at around 2:05 p.m. and went up to second alarm at around 2:26 p.m. The fire reached the third...
The Quezon City government launched on Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Market One-Stop Shop (MOSS), an interlinked digital system that allows market vendors and operators to conveniently apply for market stalls and renew various permits online using their phones or computers. The city government said that...
QUEZON -- Thirteen passengers of a rented boat that went in trouble while cruising the territorial water of Polillo Island on Monday morning, Jan. 30, were rescued by joint personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard-Quezon, Polillo and Panukulan Municipalities Disasters Risk Reduction Management...
