Check your Facebook feed, and it’s likely that several of your friends have been going on a plant craze. It may seem like a social media fad, but for some people, caring for houseplants or adding a green touch to their homes has been a great stress-reliever during quarantine. There are definite...
A total of 37 individuals, including YouTube vlogger Toni Fowler, were cited for mass gathering in a meet-and-greet event hosted by the Fowler sisters despite COVID-19 threats in Quezon City on Tuesday. Rannie Ludovica, head of the city's Task Force Disiplina (TFD), said they launched an operation...
Nearly three months after Congress stopped its inquiry into the bloody Quezon City shootout between two groups of law enforcers, the National Bureau of Investigation has yet to come up with the findings of its probe on the incident. Deputy Speaker and Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante said the...
Members of the Senate approved on third and final reading Monday, May 17, a bill that would make April 28 of every year a special working holiday in the province of Aurora, to commemorate the death anniversary of Aurora Antonia Aragon-Quezon, the Philippines' first official first lady. Twenty-two...
The local government of Quezon City have joined hands with private sectors to add more inoculation sites to speed up the city's coronavirus vaccine drive. A senior citizen inoculated with AstraZeneca COIVD -19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Paranaque City on Monday, April 05, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has rescued six people, including policemen and two personnel of the Department of Health, when the boat they were riding in to transport coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines capsized off the waters of Real in Quezon province. (Photo courtesy of the PCG) In an...
The local government of Quezon City has identified more COVID-19 cases after ramped up testing efforts. According to Mayor Joy Belmonte, the intensified effort in testing and contact tracing led to enlistment of more active cases in the city. “Over the past weeks, our numbers are on a downward...
Newly-installed Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief, Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar wants the entire command to strengthen its working relationship with Muslim community leaders across the country. PNP Chief, Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar during his visit to a Muslim community in Quezon City...
Thousands of people were apprehended and fined by personnel of the Quezon City government and police on Wednesday for violating health safety measures, including those who were not wearing face shields and those who supposedly took off their mask to wipe sweat from their face. As of noontime, the...
The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) management has warned train commuters not to go down to the stations' rail tracks, especially if it's just for fun. GOTCHA--Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at MRT-3 Quezon Avenue Station caught on Sunday, May 9 a man having his photograph taken on the...
The Quezon City government detected 774 persons who might have been exposed to nine COVID-19 positive patients. The local government used the KyusiPass contract tracing system that allowed them to detect and trace individuals at the identified exposure sites. “Upon reviewing the activities of...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday said the city hospitals never prescribed the use of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to its patients as a cure against COVID-19. QC Mayor Joy Belmonte (QC PIO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “It is very clear here in the local government we never prescribed...
