The Quezon City local government launched on Friday, Aug. 4, an internship program for veterinary medicine students from various universities and colleges in Luzon. The Quezon City Veterinary Department (QCVD) offered the internship, which is an experience-based training program for students,...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) seized P563,000 worth of alleged shabu and collared 13 suspects in a series of buy-bust operations conducted in the city on Thursday, Aug. 3. Members of the QCPD Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) operatives, led by Maj. Hector Ortencio, arrested three suspects...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Gov. Helen Tan revealed her accomplishments in her first year as provincial chief executive during her “Ulat sa Lalawigan” (Report to the Province) on Monday, July 31. Tan said that although there is still much to be done in fighting poverty, the provincial government...
Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested a jeepney barker after he allegedly stabbed a merchandizer in Barangay Gulod, Novaliches, Quezon City on Wednesday evening, Aug. 2. QCPD Novaliches Station (PS 4) identified the suspect as Joel Marimla, 25, a resident of Barangay Gulod....
A motor banca loaded with an estimated 70 passengers sunk in the sea in Sitio Macnit, Barangay Languyin, Polillo, Quezon, on Wednesday afternoon, August 3. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Polillo station said the MBCA Jovelle came from the port of Real and headed to Patnanungan town, Quezon when it...
A 63-year-old woman was injured after a fire broke out in a two-storey residential-commercial building on Camarilla Street, Barangay San Roque, Quezon City on Wednesday night, Aug. 2. The Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) identified the victim as Nenette Arellano who sustained contusion with...
The local government of Quezon City on Tuesday, Aug. 1, introduced to other local government units (LGUs) its Healthy Public Food Procurement (HPFP) Policy which sets the mandatory nutrition standards for all food and food supplies in city-run hospitals, offices, departments, and institutions. In...
Ten hospitals in Quezon City received a total of P50,000,000 under the Department of Health’s (DOH) Medical Assistance Program (MAP) fund that they can use to provide assistance to indigent patients. The hospitals that were granted with the MAP fund included East Avenue Medical Center, Lung...
A coalition of Christian church leaders has filed charges against drag queen Pura Luka Vega over his viral "Ama Namin" performance. Photo from Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippines for Jesus Movement (PJM) lodged the complaints against Pura Luka Vega (real name Amadeus Fernando Pagente) at...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Police arrested a father here on Monday, July 31, for allegedly raping his daughter for seven years, particularly during her birth anniversary, starting in 2016. Police Lt. Col. Bonna Obmerga, city police chief, said the victim, accompanied by her mother, has filed a...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A New People’s Army leader was gunned down when he opened fire at government forces serving warrants of arrest on Sunday morning, July 30, in Barangay Lutucan Malabag, this town. Sariaya police chief Police Major Romar Pacis identified the communist rebel as Isagani Isita,...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A government ambulance parked on a street in Barangay Tres here was struck by lightning on Friday afternoon, July 28. Police said that the ambulance was registered to the Department of Health (DOH)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon). The ambulance, with...
