Quezon City
Quezon City adds contact tracers
To combat the current COVID-19 surge, the Quezon City Government has hired additional contact tracers. The city government, under the emergency employment program of the Public Emergency and Services Office (PESO) employed 350 contact tracers who were previously part of the Department of Interior a...
QC inoculates 570 unvaccinated commuters
A total of 570 unvaccinated commuters apprehended in Quezon City have received their first dose of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) jabs since the implementation of the "no vaccination, no ride" policy on Monday, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. In a statemen...
Quezon City taps more contact tracers
The Quezon City government has hired 350 additional contact tracers amid the surge of COVID-19 cases, particularly in the National Capital Region (NCR), according to a report by GMA News. In a statement, the Quezon City government said they hired the contact tracers under the emergency employm...
QC asks unvaccinated workers with comorbidities to get medical certificates
Quezon City residents who remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) but with existing medical conditions are exempted from undergoing reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Such individuals shou...
Quezon City dangles incentives for vendors vaccination
To encourage more QCitizens to get vaccinated, Mayor Joy Belmonte recently signed a memorandum providing incentives to ambulant vendors, market vendors and market employees, in exchange for getting COVID-19 vaccine shots. Following the resolution of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MM...
Quezon City to open more vaccination sites
Additional vaccination sites are set to open in Quezon City this week to accommodate more residents and intensify the city’s vaccination program, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Aside from making more accessible drive-thru and house-to-house vaccination for the bedr...
Quezon City prohibits festivals, religious gatherings
Activities traditionally done during fiesta celebrations and other religious festivities are temporarily banned in Quezon City amid the rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections. In Memorandum No. 02-22 published on Friday, the city government detailed the prohibited activities...
Quezon Memorial Circle declared national cultural treasure
The National Museum of the Philippines has declared the Quezon Memorial Shrine as one of the country’s National Cultural Treasures, the highest government distinction that can be conferred on a cultural property. Republic Act 10066 or the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 defines a Natio...
Active Covid cases in Quezon City fall below 200
The OCTA Research Group now considers Quezon City as one of the cities categorized by the group as “very low risk”. In the latest report of OCTA for the week of December 14 to 20, the average daily new cases per day in Quezon City is down to 15 from 20 cases the previous week. The repr...
Quezon City extending P20 million for typhoon victims
The Quezon City government will extend an additional PHP 20 million financial aid to a province and various municipalities in Central Visayas that were badly hit by Typhoon Odette last week. This morning, the Quezon City Council as presided by Vice Mayor Gian Sotto passed City Resolution no. 8802 S...
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