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QUEZON MEMORIAL CIRCLE NOW CHILD LABOR-FREE ZONE

In celebration of National Children’s Month, the Quezon City government announced that the Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC) is now a child labor-free zone. During her State of the City’s Children Report at the Quezon Memorial Circle, Mayor Joy Belmonte awarded the Seal of Child Labor-Free Zone to QMC after all of its tenants, guards, gardeners, […]

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ILOILO CITY’S BIKE PROGRAM WINS GALING POOK AWARD

“I-BIKE” A Program Promoting the Development of the Iloilo City Bike Culture won the Galing Pook Award 2022 during the recognition rites at Malacañang Palace. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. gave the Plaque honoring the Top 10 outstanding Local Government Units in the country.  “This will cap the awards we have been receiving.” “Galing Pook is […]

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QC GOV’T BOOSTS ANTI-MENDICANCY PROGRAM

The Quezon City Government vowed to rescue mendicants including street children and child laborers from hazardous situations, through a series of city-wide reach out operations. Task Force Sampaguita, the city’s inter-agency body that protects children from exploitation, recently rescued a total of 377 individuals, including 167 children in street situations (CISS) during its first city-wide […]

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LIMAHONG CHANNEL TO BE DECLARED AS A TOURIST SPOT – BATAOIL

The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill 6682 which seeks to declare the historic site Limahong Channel in Lingayen, Pangasinan, as a tourist spot. Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil (2nd District, Pangasinan), principal author of the bill, said the Limahong Channel is a historic site because it is where the Chinese Corsair […]