Residents of a village in Quezon City have expressed concern over the policy of their barangay government requiring them to present their vaccination cards before giving them quarantine passes during the reimposition of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). Barangay Quirino 2-B residents are...
Quezon City residents will soon register their newly-born babies online as the local government is set to launch this year its first online birth registration portal. The local government made the announcement Monday, saying the project is part of its digitalization program of its public services....
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian has paid tribute to General Ye Fei, also known as Sixto Mercado Tiongco, who fought for China’s independence and helped in the founding of a “new China.” Monument of Chinese-Filipino Gen. Ye Fei or Sixto Mercado Tiongco at a memorial park in...
Police rescued on Friday a Chinese man from his eight abductors, including his girlfriend, who detained and robbed him inside a spa in Quezon City. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the abductors—Jaypee Mangalindan, 22; Ralph Garma, 29; Rustom Laurencio, 22; Realan Labto, 33; Glenn...
Hundreds of employees of various private and public agencies in Quezon City have turned out positive for COVID-19 since the local government launched its free expanded swab testing last month. According to the local government, out of 4,932 individuals who were tested, 199 of them—mostly...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, July 30, that the enhanced nutribun will soon be available in Gumaca, Quezon. DOST-FNRI's enhanced nutribun technology (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the enhanced nutribun...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday night clarified that a congratulatory poster for Hidilyn Diaz now circulating online, wherein her photo appears larger than the Olympic gold medalist's, did not come from her nor the local government. Belmonte said the poster was done by "malicious...
Senior citizens in District 2 of Quezon City were inoculated with Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) Janssen vaccine in a one-day rollout on Wednesday, July 28. Mayor Joy Belmonte said District 2 is the most densely populated area in the city and its senior citizens must be prioritized in the...
At least 82 cops from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), including those who were deployed during President Duterte’s 6th and last State of the Nation Address (SONA), have tested positive for COVID-19. Citing information from the city’s Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU),...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is seeking an explanation from the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) regarding the breach of agreement with the militant groups after blocking protesters while marching towards Tandang Sora Avenue during President Duterte's last State of the Nation Address (SONA)....
Ten members of Partido Manggagawa were apprehended on Monday in Caloocan City while on their way to a protest rally inside the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus for President Duterte's State of the Nation Address (SONA). Caloocan City Police Substation 8 commander Maj. Joey Hizon...
One case of the Delta variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Quezon City, the City Public Information Office (PIO) reported on Monday. (AFP) The PIO said the patient is a 34-year-old male Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who arrived in the country from Saudi Arabia on June 24. Upon his arrival, the...
