Quezon City police seized more than P1.36 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation on Tomas Morato Avenue on April 22, resulting in the arrest of two Manila residents. Operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU), Kamuning Police...
A suspected drug peddler was arrested after allegedly breaking through a police checkpoint in Barangay Greater Fairview, Quezon City, sparking a chase that ended with the seizure of about P544,000 worth of shabu early Tuesday morning, April 21. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) operatives...
The Quezon City government has ordered all 142 barangays to cut their electricity and fuel consumption by at least 10 percent to ease the impact of the global energy crisis. Under Memorandum Circular No. 8, Series of 2026, stricter energy-saving measures are now mandatory, part of the city’s...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, April 20, ordered a review of the city’s fuel subsidy system after a motorcycle taxi rider died during the distribution of assistance amid extreme heat. Belmonte expressed condolences to the bereaved family and said the city government would strengthen...
Two people were rescued with minor injuries after their vehicle struck the center island and burst into flames along Quezon Avenue–northbound in Barangay Doña Josefa, Quezon City around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, April 20. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the vehicle first hit the center...
A rider died while waiting in line to receive P5,000 in fuel subsidy from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City on April 18, the agency confirmed. The fuel assistance program drew a large number of applicants, with long queues forming...
Long queues of motorcycle taxi and delivery riders formed in Quezon City and Makati City on Saturday, April 18, as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) released ₱5,000 cash aid to transport workers. The financial assistance was provided to riders who were not included in...
The Quezon City government has recorded 143 measles cases from Jan. 1 to April 16, prompting health authorities to renew their call for stronger protection for infants and sustained vaccination amid continued transmission in the city. Data from the Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance...
Intensified nighttime operations by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) resulted in the apprehension and citation of 355 individuals for city ordinance and traffic violations. Conducted on April 15 under Oplan Bulabog/Galugad, the QCPD carried out 26 simultaneous operations across Quezon City...
The Quezon City government led the country’s first Urban Heat and Drought Summit to advance coordinated, science-based action against extreme temperatures in urban areas. The initiative was driven by heat indices reaching up to 46°C in the city in 2024 and 2025, underscoring growing risks to...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) is hunting down the suspect in a hit-and-run incident that killed a 21-year-old jeepney driver while he was changing a flat tire along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City early Monday, April 13. Police said the victim was fixing a flat tire of his passenger...
Eleven police officers were injured Wednesday morning, April 15, during a dispersal of protesters from the urban poor group Kadamay at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office in Quezon City. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the incident occurred at...
