Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte clarified that basketball games and other contact sports are allowed in the city for as long as the minimum health protocols are observed. In a press conference at the Quezon City Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 30, Belmonte was asked about the guidelines of the local...
Touched by angels CHERUBS AND TREES In photo: Ambassador Gaschen with QC Mayor Joy Belmonte and guards of QC Female Dormitory. Cover design by Jules Vivas By this time, Christmas decorations are starting to go up in most Filipino homes. That is, if they haven’t been there since September. There...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has vowed to investigate the arrest of three ambulant vendors who were seen in a viral video being dragged by members of Task Force Disiplina (TFD) into their service vehicle last Friday morning. The incident happened during an anti-illegal vending operation conducted...
The Serbisiyo sa Bayan Party (SBP) officially endorsed on Thursday, Nov. 4, the vice presidential candidacy of Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III. According to Mayor Joy Belmonte, SBP members held a meeting on Wednesday night and agreed to endorse Sotto as their vice presidential bet in the...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday, Nov. 3, said that she will prioritize the city's COVID-19 response rather than doing an early campaign for the 2022 elections. "I'm still working on this pandemic. This is still, for me, the center of my leadership at the moment", Belmonte told the ANC...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said on Wednesday, Nov. 3, that the city is prepared for the possible downgrade to Alert Level 2 on Nov. 14. "At this point, we are already prepared because I was thinking that after Undas, magkakaroon na po tayo ng downgrade. In fact, kaya nagawa na nga namin yung...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte delivered her third State of the City Address (SOCA) on Monday, Oct. 25. In her speech, Belmonte said that amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the administration's promise to have a government that prioritizes the people is now being fulfilled. (QUEZON CITY PIO/ MANILA...
The Quezon City government's program that transformed idle lands into urban farms was recognized during the Galing Pook Awarding Ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 20. (Quezon City Government Official Facebook Page/MANILA BULLETIN) The program is called "#GrowQC: Kasama ka sa Pag-unlad sa Pagkain,...
The Quezon City government on Sunday, Oct. 17, imposed a new set of guidelines for business owners and administrators after Metro Manila was placed under alert level 3 status. “As we start opening more establishments, the city will ensure that they also comply with the Safety Seal standards set...
Quezon City mayoralty aspirant and Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor vowed on Friday, Oct. 15 to stop the increase in land taxes imposed by the city government on residential, commercial and industrial lots if elected mayor in the May 2022 elections. Rep. Michael Defensor2 Defensor, who chose...
Three centenarians received P100,000 cash each from the Quezon City local government on Saturday. This is the city government's way of celebrating the Elderly Filipino Week. Mayor Joy Belmonte and the Office for the Senior Citizens Affairs of Quezon City (OSCA) handed the cash gift, fruit baskets,...
The Serbisyo Sa Bayan Party (SBP) formally launched its candidates for the 2022 local elections at Gazebo Royale on Visayas Avenue in Quezon City on Saturday, Oct. 9. Photo from SBP Facebook Page / MANILA BULLETIN SBP’s mayoral candidate, incumbent Mayor Josefina “Joy” Belmonte, promised that...
