Flames engulfed a residential area in Brgy. Payatas A, Quezon City across Melencio M. Castelo Elementary School, Ilang-Ilang, on Thursday afternoon, April 30, 2026, quickly escalating to third alarm as fire tore through houses made of light materials. According to the Bureau of Fire...
Two individuals with previous drug-related cases were arrested in a pre-dawn police buy-bust operation on Tuesday, April 28, in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, which yielded about P374,000 worth of suspected shabu, following a tip from a concerned citizen. Batasan Police Station (PS 6) officers,...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said on Monday, April 27, that it is reviewing its custody transport procedures following the Payatas road crash that killed five persons under police custody (PUPCs) and injured other detainees as well as police personnel. In a press briefing at Camp Crame...
The driver of a police patrol car that crashed into a concrete wall in Barangay Payatas, killing five detainees, was arrested by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Saturday, April 25. QCPD chief Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio said the suspect was apprehended at around 12:00 p.m. at...
Ten individuals, including four police officers and six persons under police custody, were injured after a Quezon City Police District (QCPD) service vehicle slammed into a concrete wall in Payatas, Quezon City on Friday morning, April 24. The incident occurred along Payatas Road corner Group 5 in...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) is looking for the driver of a white Toyota Vios who allegedly sped away from a gasoline station in Barangay Payatas early Monday, April 20, without paying for ₱1,500 worth of fuel. QCPD director Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio said the incident...
A fire razed homes in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City on Friday morning, April 22. According to TXTFIREPhilippines, the fire was raised to 1st alarm at around 3:13 a.m. and was declared under control at around 3:35 a.m. At least 10 houses were damaged by the blaze. As of this posting, no casualties...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns necessary to halt its spread has laid bare the lack of support in various sectors of society. This was most evident in marginalized sectors, particularly the urban poor. Because of this, a group of concerned citizens, including food justice...
Around 1,500 families of Barangay Payatas in Quezon City can now acquire the land they have been living in for four decades. Mayor Joy Belmonte signed the Deed of Conditional Sale formally acquiring the 157 parcels of land previously owned by Landbank. Ramawil 9.6 Homeowners Association Inc....
German multinational pharmaceutical firm Bayer AG will set up an 800-square meter urban farm in Payatas, Quezon City by Bayer with an aim to promote vegetable consumption in the Philippines. To do this project, Bayer, through its Bayer Kubo project, has partnered with Rise Against Hunger...
