Japan, US tossers to show might in VNL-QC leg

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:16:35 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Volleyball fans are in for a big treat starting Tuesday next week as powerhouse countries like Japan and the United States will be competing in the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Quezon City women’s leg at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The host country is not among the eight countries that will vie for […]

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Pru Life UK expands in Quezon City, Batangas, and Cagayan De Oro City

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:59:55 +0000

GOING strong on its 24th year in the Philippines, Pru Life UK has expanded its footprint with more sales offices to fortify its mission of narrowing the protection gap in the country. The newly-opened General Agencies (GAs), or sales offices, underscore the company’s commitment to making life insurance more accessible to Filipinos with its wide […]

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Quezon City hospital staff deny nCoV case, lockdown

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:54:45 +0000

PERSONNEL from the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City belied claims on social media that a patient was admitted for the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) and that hospital declared a lockdown because of it. “Madami pong natawag tungkol diyan, ‘di naman po totoo sir (We have received calls asking about […]

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Fire breaks out of National Children’s Hospital in Quezon City

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 03:44:58 +0000

FIRE broke out on Tuesday morning at the National Children’s Hospital on E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in Quezon City. The fire has reached third alarm and was declared out at 11:25 a.m. Patients were evacuated from the building. The Bureau of Fire Protection is investigating the cause of the fire. FRANZ LEWIN EMBUDO  

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QC mayor to meet Pride Council after arrest of transgender inside mall

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 07:46:12 +0000

QC mayor to meet Pride Council after arrest of transgender inside mall

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Thursday she will meet with the QC Pride Council (QCPC) on Friday following an incident where a a transgender woman was arrested inside a mall for entering a comfort room for women. Belmonte explained that the meeting would revolve around the implementation of the city’s Gender […]

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CHR will probe ‘discrimination’ vs trans woman in mall

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:42:09 +0000

CHR to Gov't: Protect public's rights rather than curtail them

MANILA, Philippines – The arrest and supposed discrimination of a transwoman in a mall in Cubao, Quezon City will be investigated by teams from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), its spokesperson, Jacqueline de Guia, said in a statement issued on Wednesday. According De Guia, the case involving Gretchen Custodio Diez, who was apprehended as […]

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3 QC barangays to experience 3-day water supply interruption — Manila Water

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:32:54 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — About 20,000 households in three barangays in Quezon City will experience low pressure to no water service for three days starting Tuesday night, the Manila Water said. This is due to the power supply transfer activities that the east zone concessionaire will conduct on its Luzon water treatment plant in Quezon City, […]

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Cops recover hand grenade inside QC residential area

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:53:13 +0000

Cops recover hand grenade inside QC residential area

MANILA, Philippines — Law enforcers recovered two hand grenades inside a residential area in Quezon City early Sunday morning. According to Talipapa police station, a certain Ma. Luz Ocampo reported to police that she discovered a hand grenade inside her house in Eulogia Drive Barangay Apolonio Samson at around 12:30 a.m. After an hour, Barangay […]

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PDEA nabs teen, 19, for P3.4-M worth of shabu in QC drug bust 

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 08:14:35 +0000

PDEA nabs teen, 19, for P3.4-M worth of shabu in QC drug bust 

MANILA, Philippines — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) apprehended a 19-year-old teenage boy and confiscated from him over P3.4 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) following a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Saturday afternoon. PDEA Regional Office-National Capital Region (NCR) Director III Joel Plaza identified the suspect as Omar Ampaso Sultan, […]

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4 men nabbed after yielding shabu, marijuana in Quezon City

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:45:13 +0000

Four men, among them two rappers trying to build a career through a video-sharing website, were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Cubao, Quezon City on Tuesday night.

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