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After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional Banawe Chinese New Year celebration will make its much-awaited return on Sunday (January 22) to welcome the Year of the Water Rabbit. The Quezon City Government thru QC Tourism Department (QCTD) head Tetta Tirona will lead the celebration, which will be held at the […]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte expressed gratitude to QCitizens for heeding her call for a safe celebration of the new year. QC’s three city-run hospitals reported 26 cases of firecracker-related injuries and one stray bullet case. The total number of firecracker-related injuries in NCR was pegged at 125. “Ang kanilang paglilibot at pagbabantay ay nagdulot […]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has regulated the manufacture, sale and use of firecrackers throughout the city, and allowed fireworks display only in public places as approved by the city government. “Private households are hereby prohibited from using firecrackers and staging their own fireworks display,” Belmonte said, adding that only approved firecrackers and pyrotechnics are […]
The People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) conferred its first-ever “Bayani ng Bayan” award to the ground commander of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (SAF)-led Mamasapano operation that resulted in the death of terrorist Bin Hir, alias “Marwan” in 2015. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and Atty. Rafael Calinisan, Executive Officer of PLEB, bestowed […]
The Quezon City government has formally received the 2022 Seal of Good Local Governance award from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) during a ceremony at the Manila Hotel. Mayor Joy Belmonte and City Administrator Michael Alimurung received the award, which was also won by Quezon City in 2019 before the COVID-19 […]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte assured the public that the local government will continue to find ways to offer cheap but quality food and non-food items amid rising prices of basic commodities. Belmonte made the commitment following the visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the Kadiwa ng Pasko at the Quezon City Hall grounds. Marcos […]
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, […]
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 […]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte underscored the importance of resilience in the effective delivery of services to QCitizens and putting the city on the road to recovery. During her fourth State of the City Address (SOCA) delivered recently, Belmonte said the city government became an exemplar of resiliency by not giving up amid insurmountable odds. […]
In recognition of her leadership and advocacies to promote equal rights in Quezon City, the Philippine Financial and Inter-Industry Pride (PFIP) hailed Mayor Joy Belmonte as one of the BAHAGHARI Champions during the first Philippine BAHAGHARI Awards Night. The PFIP awarded the BAHAGHARI Champion to “exceptional individuals and organizations that have championed SOGIE equality and […]