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...
A whale shark (Rhincodon typus), also known as butanding, was trapped in a fishnet near the seashore of Atimonan, Quezon on Wednesday morning. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-CALABARZON (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon) said the whale shark, with an estimated length...
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...
Police have ruled out robbery as a possible motive behind the killing of a former tabloid newspaper editor, who is also a businesswoman, in Quezon City after they found that the perpetrator only shot dead the victim and did not take anything before fleeing the crime scene. Based on the recent...
Geng Martinez' 7-year-old nephew, Liam, was having his breakfast on August 5 inside their house in Quezon City when he complained of not being able to taste his favorite fried rice, egg, and tocino. Martinez thought Liam, who may not be aware of the symptoms of COVID-19, was only joking about...
A former editor of tabloid newspaper Remate was shot dead, while another was wounded, right inside a parlor in Quezon City Tuesday afternoon. Initial report from Quezon City Police District (QCPD) identified the slain victim as Gwenn Salamida, a former editor and operations manager of Remate. She...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Sunday has announced that displaced workers who are not qualified on the ECQ cash aid by the national government program will receive P2,000 under the Kalingang QC program. “We will prioritize persons who are physically residing in Quezon City and not receiving...
The Quezon City Human Milk Bank (QCHMB) extended its services to babies admitted at Tala Hospital in Caloocan City. “It has always been part of the QC Human Milk Bank’s program to extend our services to in-need infants and moms regardless of the city they are in,” QCHMB Head Dr. Shahani Duque...
Two individuals, who already completed their Sinovac COVID-19 jab and still received a “booster” shot of another vaccine brand, have been charged before the Quezon City prosecutor’s office for violating the local government's ordinance against COVID-19 vaccine fraudsters. The respondents were...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has tasked the local government units of the National Capital Region (NCR) to come up with their own ordinances penalizing individuals who will get a "booster" shot or a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte bared Saturday. The order came...
