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)...
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 City Mayor Joy Belmonte has expressed her full support to the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Housing Program (4PH), a flagship program of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., that aims to build six million housing units for Filipino families in six years. The lady mayor...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) announced on Monday, Jan. 30, the arrest of 245 drug suspects and wanted persons in its one-time big-time operations conducted from Jan. 23 to 29. QCPD Director Nicolas Torre III said 65 anti-illegal drug operations were launched that resulted in the arrest of...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte ordered on Saturday, Jan. 28, the strict implementation of security protocols in all public schools in the city following the stabbing incidents inside the Culiat High School on Friday, Jan. 20 “Kailangan nating paigtingin ang seguridad sa ating mga paaralan upang...
Two residents were hurt in a fire that affected at least 30 informal settler families (ISFs) on Gumamela Street in Barangay Roxas, Quezon City on Saturday, Jan. 28. Senior Fire Officer 4 Rolando Valena of the Quezon Fire District (QCFD) said a 63-year-old man sustained minor contusions on both arms...
Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested the suspect behind the bomb scare that disrupted classes in a school in Cubao, Quezon City on Thursday, Jan. 26. Lt. Col. Joseph Almaquer, QCPD Cubao Station chief, identified the suspect as Elfrank Emil Anthony Kadusale, 22, a resident of...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte vowed to go after people who spread information or pranks about bomb threats after several schools in the city were hit by such scares that caused disruption of classes. “Our schools are supposed to be a safe place for our students, and we will not take these pranks...
