Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has suspended the implementation of the emergency employment program for displaced workers in Quezon City District 2 amid reports of anomalies in the distribution of cash aid. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE...
The first batch of trains that will be deployed for the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project is expected to arrive in the country by the first week of September, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said. In a Facebook post, Tugade said these trains, consisting of six...
A fire broke out in an 8-storey residential building early Friday on Bonny Serrano Ave. Barangay Bagong Lipunan ng Crame, Quezon City. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information Office, the fire reached the 1st alarm at around 12:05 a.m. and was declared under control at...
The Quezon City government on Wednesday said it has inoculated 100 percent or 1.7 million of its citizens and workers with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. As of Tuesday, August 31, the city government has surpassed its 1.7 million target or 80 percent of the city's adult population. A...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte assured on Thursday, Sept. 2, the leaders of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers' Association (TODA) and other motorists that there will be a fair and just implementation of the city’s No Contact Apprehension Program (NCAP). Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte This, after...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) apprehended 23 violators of health measures during the conduct of an operation dubbed “Oplan Magdalena'' at restobars in Quezon City on August 27. During the operation, 13 females and 11 males were arrested by combined operatives of the District Special...
The Quezon City government has set the deadline for unclaimed "ayuda" or cash aid from the national government until Tuesday, August 31. A total of 89,154 families have yet to claim their cash aid. The city government has completed its distribution on August 28 and distributed P1,000 to P4,000 to a...
The Quezon City government has completed the distribution of the cash aid distribution to around 2.3 million residents. On August 26, a total of 747,520 affected families have received P1,000 to P4,000 from the national government. The city has started distributing the unclaimed ayuda to 89,154...
The Quezon City Business Permits and Licensing Department (BPLD) has ordered the closure of a karaoke bar in Tomas Morato on Saturday, Aug. 28. The local government has issued a closure order to Up and Beyond KTV bar for operating amid the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine. (Quezon City...
The local government of Quezon City has appealed to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to validate its 2020 census data. The city government made the call after PSA reported that the population of Quezon City grew only by 23,932 or 0.17 percent annually from 2,936,116 to 2,960,048 for year...
The local government of Quezon City has deployed 493,000 vaccines against COVID-19 during the reimposition of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) last August 6. “Every vaccine we jab is a life we save. So we made full use of all our registration processes -...
A Quezon City (QC) court has quashed the search warrants issued by another city court against two National Democratic Front (NDF) peace talks staff due to inconsistencies in a witness' statements. QC Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 177 Judge Ferdinand Baylon issued a resolution dated August 13...
