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(Eagle News) — Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte again tested posiitve for COVID-19. In a statement on Monday, March 29, Belmonte said that she is “very sad” to report that she got the virus again, about eight months after her first bout with COVID-19. She said she was just “feeling very mild symptoms” and would continue to perform all her executive functions while under quarantine. Belmonte said that she contracted COVID-19 although she had […]
(Eagle News)–Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Saturday, April 11, ordered a barangay captain to explain why she should not be sanctioned for allegedly holding a parade amid the enhanced community quarantine. The local government said Belmonte issued the show-cause order to Barangay Libis chair Leny Leticia Gilvano, and asked her to give an explanation within 24 hours. According to Belmonte, the conduct of the parade was a “violation of the strict prohibition against mass […]
(Eagle News) — The number of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Quezon City has reached 38, Major Joy Belmonte said. In a radio interview, Belmonte said three of the new cases were doctors: one from Barangay Damayang Lagi, another from Barangay Bahay Toro, and another from Barangay Phil-Am. She said the doctor from Barangay Phil-Am died before the results the patient was positive for the virus were released. She said another new case was […]
(Eagle News)—Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday, Feb. 18, filed libel charges against a former director of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and nine publishers of a tabloid over what she said was an “incorrect and malicious article.” The libel charges against the publishers of Saksi: Mga Balitang Totoo Ngayon and Manuel Morato stem from a Feb. 15 article titled “Joy Belmonte: Swak sa Graft” which said she gave a special permit for the construction […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Several public school principals on Friday, June 29, voiced out their opposition to the implementation of a Quezon City ordinance banning the sale of junk food and sugary drinks in schools. Dr. Rosalito Deroda, principal of Pangako Elementary School, for instance, said “boiled” food items were “not attractive” to students, and would therefore not be sold. She noted that there were some food items such as “banana cue” and […]
