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A few days before the deadline set by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for the local government units in Metro Manila to clear roads of obstructions, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Benhur Abalos and Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte personally oversaw the clearing operations in Balintawak Market. Garbage and motorcycles encroaching the […]
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has reconstituted the Ease of Doing Business and Automation Task Force to harmonize the city government’s efforts with various national policies and help further streamline the city government’s processes and services. In Executive Order No. 47, Series of 2020, Belmonte turned the existing Ease of Doing Business and Automation Task […]
Minors in Quezon City are not allowed in all public places, whether alone or accompanied by a parent or guardian and without any justification, to protect them from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mayor Joy Belmonte approved Ordinance No. SP-2985, S-2020, or the “Quezon City Special Protection of Children against COVID-19”, directing all those below 18 years […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) turned-over recently to the Department of Health (DOH) the newly-completed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health facilities at the Quezon Institute compound in E. Rodriguez, Quezon City. DPWH Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark Villar turned over to DOH Undersecretary and Treatment Czar Leopoldo Vega two units of modular hospital […]
Recognizing the need to augment healthcare infrastructure in the National Capital Region, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed a 96-bed quarantine/isolation healthcare facility in Quezon City University in just 18 days. “These mobile health facilities in Quezon City University are constructed to enable the immediate isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Quezon City Local Government Unit (LGU) forged a new partnership to promote urban aquaculture and the use of aquaponics technology at the Quezon City Hall. Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Mayor Joy Belmonte also discussed the establishment of the National Urban Agriculture Research and Learning Center to be […]
In a bid to put ease in doing business and encourage more entrepreneurs to operate in the city, the Quezon City government has launched a new portal that will enable the online processing of business permits applications. According to Mayor Joy Belmonte, the QC: Biz Easy Online Unified Business Permit Application System (OUBPAS) is one […]
For the fourth consecutive week, the number of daily new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Quezon City has significantly dropped, according to latest data from an independent research group. Latest report from OCTA Research indicated that the number of daily new cases based on onset, per data from the Department of Health (DOH), dropped […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said that the partnering of cabinet secretaries with local government unit (LGU) chiefs in Metro Manila would result in improved coordination that would boost COVID-19 containment efforts in cities like Quezon City (QC).Nograles, together with Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque, was designated to assist the QC LGU in line with […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started the construction of temporary dormitories for healthcare workers at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City. Secretary Mark Villar said that the proposed “We Heal as One Offsite Dormitory” by the DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Local/National Health Facility located at Quezon Memorial […]