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(Eagle News) — Over 50 areas in Quezon City have been placed under a special concern lockdown due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, the local government announced on Friday, Sept. 17. As of September 16, the local government said the following areas are under a lockdown that will last for 14 days from the start of the lockdown implementation in each area: According to the local government, it will distribute food packs and essential […]
(Eagle News) — The Quezon City government has placed 25 areas under a “special concern lockdown” amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in those areas. According to the local government, the following areas are under a 14-day lockdown: part of Quirino Highway, Barangay Gulod part of ROTC Hunters, Cluster 7, Barangay Tatalon part of G. Araneta Avenue, Barangay Santol part of Luke Street, Hobart Subdivision 2, Barangay Kaligayahan part of GKHSIA, Upper Banlat, Barangay Tandang […]
(Eagle News) — The 35-year-old man who was found to have the United Kingdom variant of the COVID-19 virus has already tested negative for COVID-19. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a television interview that the results were based on a re-swabbing done on the man, a former Overseas Filipino Worker in South Korea, in the city’s Hope facility. In a virtual briefing on Thursday, Belmonte said the local government was also planning to file […]
(Eagle News) — Another individual has tested positive for the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 in the Philippines. The Quezon City government said the individual was a 35-year-old male who had been quarantined for COVID-19 in an apartment with another. On February 5, his genome sequencing results showed he contracted the B.1.1.7 variant. In its release last February 5, the local government said the Department of Health referred to the man who hails from Liloan, […]
(Eagle News)–The Quezon City government’s intensified campaign against quarantine violators and those not wearing masks has netted 99 individuals so far. The local government said of the 99 held as a result of the intensified campaign that started on July 8, 98 were for violation of City Ordinance 2936, which requires the wearing of face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining one was a minor, who was held for violating localized general community quarantine […]
(Eagle News) — The Quezon City government has announced it would fast-track its plans to extend the city’s existing bike lanes as more people shift to bicycles for transport amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, Mayor Joy Belmonte said the extension of the city’s 55-kilometer bicycle lane “in the next few weeks” was because of “the pressing need for transport during the pandemic, and the bike culture that emerged…” She noted, however, that bicycle […]
(Eagle News)–The Quezon City government has approved over one billion in supplemental budget to help fund its fight against COVID-19. In a statement, the local government said of the P1.43-billion third supplemental budget, P750 million will go to SAP assistance, P200 million for the hazard pay of barangay frontliners, P150 million to the Kalingang QC financial assistance program and P280 million for relief goods. According to the local government, with the approval, qualified families that […]
(Eagle News) — Ipinagbabawal na ng Quezon City Health Department sa mga school canteen ang pagbebenta ng soft drinks, sitsirya, instant noodles, cakes, donuts at iba pang kauri nito. Ayon sa QC Health Department, ito ay bilang pagsunod sa Quezon City Anti-Junk Food and Sugary Drinks Ordinance of 2017. Nakasaad sa nasabing batas na lahat ng mga school canteen sa pribado at pampublikong paaralan sa elementarya at sekondarya maging ang preparatory schools at mga tindahan […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The local government of Quezon City welcomed the news that the Philippine National Police would soon be returned to the government’s war on drugs. Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte who also chairs the city’s Anti-Drug Abuse Advisory Council said that this will be a big help to the city’s program against illegal drugs. Watch this report by Eagle News Service reporter, Mar Gabriel:
