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(Eagle News) — The Quezon City government on Friday, March 13, declared a state of calamity to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus cases in the city and to empower barangays to implement measures to control infections. Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte announced this a day after President Rodrigo Duterte imposed a community quarantine in the whole of Metro Manila to address rising COVID-19 cases in the country. “This allows the city to […]
(Eagle News) – Three more additional barangays in Quezon City were included in the list of areas affected by the African Swine Fever, according to the Department of Agriculture. The DA said that it received “incident reports” that validated that ASF had also affected barangays Tatalon, Pasong Tamo and Tandang Sora in Quezon City. Because of this, the list of affected barangays in Quezon City had reached five including the earlier named barangays of Payatas […]
(Eagle News)–An alleged sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf group was arrested in Quezon City recently. The suspect was identified as Ibrahim Lambog Mullo. Mullo was arrested along Commonwealth Avenue following a tip from a concerned citizen. Seized from him were an unlicensed caliber .45 pistol and a fragmentation grenade. Criminal charges will be filed against him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSATOkbAAsE (Eagle News) — The Quezon City government has started giving financial assistance to hog raisers affected by the African Swine Fever. This came about as more than 900 pigs in the city were culled in quarantine operations to prevent the spread of ASF. According to the office of Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte, the owners of 146 pigs which were first culled in Barangay Bagong Silangan were the first ones to receive compensation amounting […]
(Eagle News) – Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte said that at least 11 dead pigs found in Barangay Bagong Silangan in Quezon City had tested positive for African Swine Fever. This came about as Belmonte revealed that her office had received more reports of dead pigs found in Barangay Payatas, but clarified that their laboratory test results had not yet been released by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) The Quezon City mayor said that […]
Portion of Edsa that is part of the city not covered by suspension, MMDA says (Eagle News)–The number-coding scheme is suspended in Quezon City on Monday, Aug. 19, except in the portion of Edsa that is still part of the city. This is according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority which responded to a question posted on its Twitter account on Sunday, Aug. 18. Republic Act 6741 declared August 19 of every year a special […]
(Eagle News)–At least four people were killed in a fire that hit a residential area in Quezon City on Sunday, July 28. Only two fatalities have so far been identified by authorities in the blaze that hit a condominium building at 2:26 a.m. in Barangay Pasong Tamo. They were Emma Canlas, 80; and Genevieve Macalso, 46; Authorities have yet to identify the cause of the blaze but said it was possible an unattended candle was […]
(Eagle News) – Quezon City mayoralty candidate Vincent “Bingbong” Crisologo cried foul over his and his son’s arrest Sunday night, saying that he was not even informed why he was being arrested. He said he and his son, lawyer Edrix Crisologo, were arrested without any explanation, and disputed claims that they were involved in any votebuying. He said that the policemen who entered their headquarters in Bgy. Bahay Toro in Quezon City arrested them, […]
(Eagle News) — In this video taken by Eagle News Service correspondent Roger Manzano, firemen can be seen trying to look for a way to enter a raging fire in Sitio Ambuklao Mendez road in Barangay Baesa in Quezon City which left hundreds of families homeless. The fire started at around 4:30 p.m. and quickly spread in the area which was mostly composed of houses made of light materials. It later escalated to Task Force […]
(Eagle News) This video of a raging fire in Bgy. Bahay Toro taken by Eagle News Service correspondent Julber Tadiaman shows the angry flames leaping into the skies and eating up houses in its path. The residents from another barangay from across a river view in distress the raging flames. Later, they also tried to help the residents in the affected barangay to put out the flames. The fire started at past 4 p.m., […]
(Eagle News)–An alleged member of the Abu Sayyaf was arrested in Quezon City, the police said on Monday, April 15. Abuhair Kullim Indal, whose aliases include Annual Dasil and Abu Khair, was nabbed in a house at the Salam Compound in Barangay Culiat on Friday at 4:25 p.m. The suspect had a warrant for his arrest for kidnapping and serious illegal detention. It was still unclear why he was in Metro Manila at that time. […]
(Eagle News) — A sudden heavy downpour that occurred at around 2 in the afternoon on Friday, April 12, 2019 flooded a portion of Mindanao Avenue going to Valenzuela City with knee-deep waters that only trucks and large vehicles could pass through. At the time that Eagle News Service correspondent Eric Jabonero took the photo at 2:15 p.m., a motorcycle was stuck in the flood water, after it stalled because of the knee-deep water. The […]
