A woman died while two others were injured after the tricycle they were riding was hit by a sports utility vehicle (SUV) along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City early Monday morning, June 13. Police Cpl. Jess Domigan, investigator of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Traffic Enforcement Unit...
The Quezon City government on Saturday, June 11, explained its new Covid-19 early warning system, confirming that the city’s was raised to a “yellow warning” status after it listed an average of 26 cases per day as of June 9. This is after a “leaked” report from the City Epidemiology and...
DOH Quezon City is still under the low-risk case classification for Covid-19 despite recording an uptick in the number of new infections recently, the Department of Health (DOH) said. "QC remains to be under Alert Level 1," the DOH said in an advisory on Saturday night, June 11. The DOH made the...
The National Capital Region (NCR) has exceeded its target population for the “Chikiting Bakunation Days,” which aimed to inoculate children aged zero to 23 months old against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Department of Health earlier said the program’s goal was to vaccinate at least one...
The vice president of the Homeowners Association of San Rafael, Barangay Old Balara was shot dead by an unidentified gunman on Thursday, June 9. According to a report from DZBB on Friday, June 10, the victim, Bryan Perez, was standing in front of a sari-sari store when the unidentified gunman...
Vegetable vendors from Balintawak Cloverleaf Market in Quezon City on Thursday, June 9, staged a “No Palengke Day” to protest against the exorbitant market stall rental fees being imposed on them, and warned that this may lead to a marked increase in the prices of vegetables. Miguelito...
Outgoing Quezon City District 4 Councilor Ivy Lagman clarified on Wednesday, June 8, that the resolution declaring comedienne Ai-ai delas Alas and film director Darryl Yap as “persona non grata” does not totally ban them from coming to the city. Lagman said the resolution is the city...
The Quezon City government on Monday, June 6, held a meeting with seven hospitals in the city regarding the implementation of the Medical Assistance Program that will help indigent residents to pay for their hospital bills. The city partnered with the National Kidney and Transplant Institute,...
Business process outsourcing company Acquire BPO has donated Moderna vaccines to Quezon City to beef up the local government’s inoculation program. In a statement, Scott Stavretis, Acquire BPO chief executive officer, said they partnered with the Quezon City local government for the...
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Brig. Gen. Remus Medina said that his Civil Disturbance Management (CDM) contingents who were deployed during the canvassing of votes and proclamation of the new president and vice-president of the country last May 25 exercised maximum tolerance in...
As part of the “World Bicycle Day” celebration, around 500 cyclists in Quezon City participated in a bike run conducted by the Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) - Green Transport Office on Friday, June 3. The local government said on Saturday, June 4, that the participants include...
The Quezon City government has developed an early warning system that detects a possible Covid-19 surge. “As our doctors would say ‘prevention is better than cure’. At this point, there’s too much at stake to let all our efforts go to waste. We cannot afford to go back to zero,” Mayor Joy...
