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Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte tests positive for COVID-19
The mayor reports feeling no symptoms. Her office and common areas in Quezon City Hall are being disinfected.
Anti-terror bill one step away from House final approval
Lawmakers are bent on ratifying the bill into law before Congress adjourns on Friday, June 5.
Quezon City proposes 'transition to GCQ' until May 31
The proposed period entails the introduction of strict health measures for businesses and possible localized ECQ in barangays with high COVID-19 cases
Quezon City allows loan facilities for poor to operate during lockdown
These establishments, as well as credit cooperatives, pawnshops, and e-money issuers, are allowed to deploy a skeleton workforce
[OPINION] A letter from Kit Belmonte to late community leader Helen Tolentino
'Ang dami naming pinagsamahang laban nina Helen.... Together we fended off land grabbing and land scamming syndicates, community fires, and even local drug pushers.'
Citizen sounds alarm over dirty QC quarantine facility
Mayor Joy Belmonte vows better service after finding out about a trash-strewn bathroom and confusing protocols in a Quezon City testing center
Joy Belmonte orders liquor ban in Quezon City
Under Executive Order No. 24, all persons and establishments are not allowed to sell or distribute liquor, wine, beer, or any other alcoholic product within the city
12 QC barangays now under 'extreme enhanced community quarantine'
There are at least 62 coronavirus cases in Quezon City
Coronavirus patients sent home as PH hospitals reach limit
'In an ideal situation, all COVID positives should be in an institution, or institutionalized in a hospital, but the problem is that there's really a lack of bed spaces in all our hospitals now,' says Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte
QC Mayor Joy Belmonte's Wikipedia page defaced with insults, sexist remarks
The malicious edits refer to her allegedly tepid response to the coronavirus outbreak
No total lockdown in Quezon City? Belmonte says police lacks manpower
In a city with the most number of coronavirus cases in the Philippines to date, only 2 barangays are under extreme enhanced community quarantine
QC gov't places two barangays under 'heightened community quarantine'
Barangay Tandang Sora and Barangay Kalusugan have 3 coronavirus cases each
Belmonte imposes 8 pm to 5 am curfew in Quezon City
The curfew hours will be effective starting Monday, March 16
Quezon City declares state of calamity due to coronavirus
Under a state of calamity, the city's 142 barangays may be able to access their Quick Response Fund
Quezon City boosts quarantine measures during coronavirus lockdown
Apart from intensifying contact tracing, the city government is also converting empty establishments into isolation rooms
Belmonte confirms 5th coronavirus case in Quezon City
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte says a private hospital confirmed that the 26-year-old patient was carrying the virus, but was reportedly told to go home because the hospital could not accommodate him
QC trains health workers, volunteers vs coronavirus
More than a hundred health workers and volunteers from 20 barangays in Quezon City have been trained, so far
Belmonte allows MRT7 aboveground construction to continue in Quezon City
The mayor lifts the cease and desist order after proponents revise the design so that the train system will no longer ruin the site of the Quezon Memorial Circle
#Women2020 summit celebrates Filipina changemakers of the next decade
Press release: The summit aims to spark conversations on the intersectional issues that women in the Philippines and Asia are facing
Joy Belmonte backs ABS-CBN, cites 'long-standing relationship' with QC
'Aside from being one of our city’s top taxpayers, ABS-CBN employs thousands of our city’s constituents,' says Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte
Belmonte: No sanctions for supermarkets with ASF-tainted meats
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is set to issue an executive order to prevent ASF-tainted meats from entering supermarkets
Quezon City designates 180 zones for fireworks use, displays
A team of barangay officials and volunteers will man each zone
Quezon City assists 80 street dwellers during Christmas
The city government also helps 6 Aeta families return to their hometowns
Quezon City Hall employees to get salary raise in 2020
Mayor Joy Belmonte says over 4,500 employees will get higher salaries by the second quarter of 2020
Quezon City targets zero new HIV cases by 2030
The city government increases to P12 million the allocation for its HIV program in the 2020 budget for treatment and virus containment
QC children's agenda will address mental health, LGBT discrimination
Other items on the agenda include bullying, teenage pregnancy, and sexual harassment, among others
Quezon City allocates nearly half of 2020 budget to social services
'We are balancing between growth of the city and the welfare of our people,' says Assistant City Administrator for Finance Don Javillonar
No ‘Christmas moratorium’ for QC street vendors – Belmonte
'They cannot always insist on what has been customary in the past when there is a directive from the national government that we are bound to uphold,' says Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte
MMDA, QC gov't shut down Baliwag bus depot along North Avenue
The city government will develop a 'matrix' to determine the validity of all the bus terminals' documents
Belmonte calls for sectoral, responsible water use amid interruptions
Water augmentation will not be necessary yet, say water concessionaires
These women are not just wives
We should report on them as persons with their own accomplishments
Second-in-command no more, Joy Belmonte reshapes the Quezon City ideal
‘If you have a mayor who faces head-on the problems of the people and provides solutions, which barangay official wouldn’t be inspired and motivated to do the same?’
Joy Belmonte shuts down illegal massage parlor disguised as spa
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte says city officials and police are closely monitoring '99 other spa establishments' in the city
Challenges of local governance we don’t always see
Which, by the way, also present challenges in reporting
Joy Belmonte asks council for P27 billion for 2020
Belmonte's proposal is 30% higher than this year's budget, which she plans to fund building new houses for the poor, new classrooms, night market venues, and walkable sidewalks
IN NUMBERS: QC Mayor Joy Belmonte's first 100 days
Belmonte cites improved delivery of social services and ease of doing business in her first 3 months in office
SPOTLIGHT ON CITIES 2019: The First 100 Days
How new leaders are shaping and empowering communities
WATCH: Belmonte leads demolition of QC police precinct
Primary roads, secondary roads, and Mabuhay lanes in Quezon City are now 95% cleared
#2030Now: To make metro areas more livable, mayors need urban planners
Aside from a rail-based mass transport system, urban planner Paulo Alcazaren also points out the need for pedestrian systems
[EDITORIAL] Leksyon ng SGS: Lifestyle change ang simula
7 years of Social Good summits is just the start. Our global, collective action is key
Metro Manila mayors use Viber group to coordinate class suspensions
(UPDATED) Communication helps them collaborate by understanding each other's problems
Belmonte warns: Traffic will get worse before it will get better
In Quezon City alone, Joy Belmonte says 4 big-ticket infrastucture programs will be constructed simultaneously
Belmonte, Moreno asked: Does Metro Manila need an elected governor?
The MMDA chairman is a presidential appointee who coordinates with 17 elected metro mayors
Pangilinan, Belmonte stay on as LP leaders
It takes the Liberal Party's leadership 4 months to issue the resolution affirming support for two of its key leaders who wanted to resign after the May elections
On 11th week as mayor, Joy Belmonte visits London for panel on HIV
Meanwhile, issues regarding the demolition of illegal security structures await Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte back home
What Metro Manila mayors are doing to employ more locals
Despite its reputation for being a land of employment, Metro Manila continues to register one of the highest unemployment rates in the Philippines
Belmonte backs renaming La Mesa Ecopark after Gina Lopez
The Quezon City mayor recalls her last team-up with the late environmentalist: the rehabilitation of the Salam Compound in Barangay Culiat into a tourist destination
Belmonte to probe QC official's relative nabbed at city hall for alleged extortion
The relative is allegedly caught receiving Php175,000 from an establishment inside an office at city hall
