Courtesy Seats to PWDs, Pregnant Women and Seniors Requ...

15 February 2019

All private and public establishments located within Quezon City are now required to designate a...

QC Solo Parents Get 20% Discount in Food Establishments

14 February 2019

Solo parents in Quezon City can now avail of the 20 percent discount in the city’s restaurants...

No Challenge to Pioneering QC Waste to Energy Proposal

05 February 2019

There were no challengers submitting comparative proposals for Quezon City’s Waste-to-Energy p...

QC Govt Opens Bid Submission for City’s PhP 15-Billlion...

04 February 2019

Quezon City Government is set to hold a Comparative Proposal or Bid Submission, along with the Ope...

QC Govt to Expand E-Trike Operation in the City

29 January 2019

The Quezon City Government bared plans to acquire more electric tricycles to be used in areas with...

Quezon City Steps Up Efforts in Low Carbon Development

28 January 2019

The Quezon City Government, led by the QC Environmental Protection and Waste Management Departmen...

First Muslim Woman Legislator Santanina Rasul is Confer...

11 January 2019

Rep. Jose Christopher Y. Belmonte, Quezon City 6th District, presents the 2019 Tandang Sora Award...

QC Govt Grants Relief to Delinquent Real Property Taxpa...

02 January 2019

The Quezon City Government has granted tax relief to delinquent real property owners exempting fr...

Multiple Awards Highlight 2018

30 December 2018

The Quezon City Government, under Mayor Herbert M. Bautista, ends 2018 with multiple awards and o...

Quezon City Receives Apolinario Mabini Award for Servic...

10 December 2018

The Quezon City Government received the 2017 Apolinario Mabini Local Government Unit of the Yea...

Quezon City Awarded Best DRRMC in Highly Urbanized Cate...

07 December 2018

Quezon City was awarded the Best Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council among Highly Ur...

Mayor Bautista honored by United Nations for AIDS initi...

03 December 2018

Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista has been recognized by the United Nations AIDS body as a nat...

Quezon City to use solar power for improving disaster r...

28 November 2018

The C40 Cities Finance Facility will help solarise schools to provide reliable and undisrupted ...

QC Opens Pre-bid for Proposed Waste Management Facility

25 November 2018

Quezon City will be embarking on a big ticket venture for public-private partnership with the d...

QC Welcomes UK’S Senior Business Manager

24 November 2018

With the focus of assisting the Quezon City Government in furthering its reforms in ease of doing...

Quezon City Leads Asian Cities in Forging Plans to Deli...

07 November 2018

The Quezon City Government, through the Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department (E...

Quezon City Receives DILG Seal of Good Local Governance...

06 November 2018

The Quezon City Government, under the administration of Mayor Herbert M. Bautista received its...

Quezon City Opens PPP on Waste to Energy Project to Swi...

24 October 2018

In March 2017, the Quezon City Local Government granted Original Proponent Status to Metro Paci...

Quezon City Hosts Smart Cities Summit

21 October 2018

The Quezon City Government hosted the 2018 WeGO Executive Committee Meeting and the Philippines Sma...

QC Honors Outstanding Individuals, Institutions in GAWA...

21 October 2018

The Quezon City Government gave recognition to 14 individuals and 9 institutions that made signif...

QC’s Gora Lane Project Receives DBM Funding

09 October 2018

Quezon City's Gora Lane Project is scheduled for fund release by the Department of Budget and M...

QC Starts Using Microchips in Pet Registration

09 October 2018

The Quezon City Government, through the City Veterinary Department, launched on Sept 28, 2018 t...

321 Graduates from QC’s Manpower Barangay Based Skills ...

01 October 2018

A total of 321 new graduates received their certificates at the 142nd Manpower Barangay Based Sk...

QC Launches 2nd Phase of E-Trike Service

27 September 2018

The Quezon City Government, through the Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS), in cooperation...

QC Conducts Massive River Clean-Up on ICC Day 2018

27 September 2018

The Quezon City Government, through the QC Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department ...

Quezon City is third-time Top Awardee of NCR Kalasag Aw...

31 July 2018

July 30, 2018. For the third year in a row, Quezon City was awarded First Place in the 2018 Gawad...

Quezon City, Israel Govt Agree to Build Philippine-Isra...

17 July 2018

The Quezon City Government, represented by Mayor Herbert M. Bautista and the Embassy of the Sta...

Child Representatives Added as BCPC Members under QC Or...

12 July 2018

Mayor Herbert M. Bautista has approved Ordinance 2671, series of 2018 enabling child representati...

Quezon City Convenes First Local Youth Development Coun...

10 July 2018

The Quezon City Government has successfully convened the city's youth- and youth-serving organi...

Mayors of Morong and Teresa Receive PhP 17M Financial A...

05 July 2018

As a component of the partnership program forged by Mayor Herbert M. Bautista with other local g...

Quezon City, Davao City Renew 24-year Sister City Ties

26 June 2018

The Quezon City Government and the City Government of Davao signed the Memorandum of Understan...

QC Steps Up Preparation for Rainy Season

14 June 2018

The Quezon City, through the City Engineering Department, has intensified preparation for the rain...

Quezon City Upgrades Firefighting Capability with Acqui...

31 May 2018

The Quezon City Government has acquired two LUF 60 Unmanned Firefighting Machines, enhancing the...

President Signs Ease of Doing Business Bill

29 May 2018

President Duterte signed on Monday, May 28, 2018, Republic Act 11032, an act promoting ease of doing...

QC Inaugurates New School Buildings and Day-Care Center...

22 May 2018

In time for the opening of classes, Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista recently inaugurated sever...

QC Launches First Clinical Laboratory Services in Healt...

11 May 2018

The Quezon City Government inaugurated today, May 10, 2018, the first clinic that that will o...

Quezon City Opens New Building Regulatory Office

09 May 2018

Mayor Herbert M Bautista inaugurated today, May 9, 2018, the new 6-storey Building Regulatory Off...

Mayor Bautista Strengthens Support for Abused Children

02 May 2018

Bantay Bata program director Jing Castañeda noted that the concept behind the development of a ...

The Quezon Safe City Model: Ensuring Public Safety and ...

24 April 2018

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES – Quezon City, as the pilot city and the leading city of the UN Wome...

QC Schools Earn More than PhP 1 Million from Trading Re...

06 April 2018

Students in 38 elementary and 18 high schools in Quezon City earned PhP 1,013,322.18 from tradi...

QC Govt Hires Students, Out-of –School Youth for Summer...

04 April 2018

The Quezon City Government has offered job opportunities to some 680 students and out of school...

QC Opens More Work Opportunities for PWDs

02 April 2018

The QC Persons with Disability Affairs Office (QC PDAO) has reported that at least 20 percent o...

Quezon City’s 1st Climate Action Fair for Students Held...

20 March 2018

The QC Government, through the Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department (EPWMD), h...

Mayor Bautista Calls for Greater Empowerment of Women

19 March 2018

Mayor Herbert M. Bautista urged for greater empowerment of women, in his State of the Women Add...

QC Praised for Leading Innovation in Public Libraries

16 March 2018

The Quezon City Public Library (QCPL) received commendation for taking the initiative and leading...

DTI, DILG Officials Tour QC One Stop Shops

12 March 2018

Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista hosted the tour of the country’s competitiveness official...

Quezon City Has Best Rabies Program in NCR

02 March 2018

Quezon City recently received recognition from the Bureau of Animal Industry and the National Rabi...

QC Govt All Set to Curb Consumption of Sugary Drinks

02 March 2018

The Quezon City Government is set to implement the measure that will reduce the consumption of sug...

QC Mayor Bautista: LGUs’ Commitment Key to OGP Success...

02 March 2018

The sustained efforts of local governments are necessary to secure commitment to the Open Governm...

QC Opens New Construction Permit One-Stop-Shop

23 February 2018

The Quezon City Government has opened a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for express processing of building ...

QC Chosen to Pilot Disaster Insurance Pool

06 February 2018

Quezon City was chosen to pilot the country’s City Disaster Insurance Pool, a program initiated b...

QC Tops PhilHealth Enrollment among LGUs

31 January 2018

Quezon City is leading other local government units (LGUs) in terms of the number of beneficia...

Engineers, architects: Know the new QC Local Building C...

30 January 2018

The Quezon City Government has recently released the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Ordi...

QC 1st Runner Up in the 19th Gawad KALASAG National Awa...

15 December 2017

December 11, 2017 - Quezon City is recognized for its exceptional contribution in disaster riskred...

Marker Recognizing QC’s Role in Saving Jews to be Insta...

15 December 2017

Mayor Herbert Bautista joined Israel Ambassador Ephraim Ben Matityau for the groundbreaking ceremo...

Masambong High School is a Global Filipino School

18 September 2017

Increased access to ICT tools are now available for teachers and students of Quezon City's Masambong...

QC-LGU, DICT Sign Pact to Boost E-Learning in QC Barang...

24 August 2017

More Quezon City residents are expected to gain computer knowledge and skills through eLearning plat...

Quezon City Helps in Marawi Rehabilitation and Rebuildi...

23 August 2017

August 18, 2017. In a meeting with Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Chairman Eduar...

Quezon City, Most Competitive City in the Philippines f...

17 August 2017

Quezon City once again received recognition as the most competitive city in the country for the seco...

Herbert M. Bautista

Mayor Herbert M Bautista is known as a pioneer and progressive advocate of solutions for environment issues and climate change. Under his leadership, Quezon City became the first city in the Philippines to implement a Green Building Ordinance, enforcing sustainable building designs throughout the city. He has mandated a greening program as a component of all road and real estate development projects. He is leading the city to reduce its carbon footprint through the shift of public facilities towards alternative energy sources, wider installation of systems for resource reuse, and restrictions in the use of nonbiodegradable materials such as plastic bags.

2018
2018 Most Competitive City in the Philippines | 2018 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) | 2018 First Place, Regional Gawad Kalasag Award for the Best City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in NCR | 2018 First among all Local Government Units in NCR
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2017
2017 Top Performing Local Government Unit in NCR| Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) | 2017 Quezon City Accounting Department, for being one of 2017 Outstanding Accounting Offices | Most Competitive City in the Philippines | Champion for Best in Government Inter-Operability (G2G) category, and Finalist, for the Seal of Excellence given to private lying-in clinics as the city’s Best in Customer Empowerment entry and rCHITS for its Best in Government Inter-Operability entry | First Runner-up, “Best City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council – Highly Urbanized City Category” | multiple awards from the Department of Health, for exemplary Local Health Systems and Innovations in providing health services to QC constituents | First Place - Best City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (Highly Urbanized City Category) and 2nd Place - Best Government Emergency Management Service (Advanced Urban GEMS category) in the National Capital Region | Apolinario Mabini Award | Mapagkalinga Award | OpenGov Recognition of Excellence Award
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2016
Most Competitive City in the Philippines for Second Consecutive Year | | Most Competitive City in Infrastructure | 2nd Most Competitive City in Government Efficiency | 2nd Most Competitive City in Resiliency | 2nd Most Competitive City in Economic Dynamism
2015
2015 Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award at the Esri International User Conference in San Diego, California, USA, for its Enhanced Tax Mapping Systems | No. 1 Economically Most Dynamic City in the Highly Urbanized City Category, National Competitiveness Council, 20152015 Kapit-Bisig Award as Outstanding Partner from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
2014
From GALING POOK FOUNDATION:2014 Galing Pook Award for Outstanding Local Governance programs for its Socialized Housing Program | 2014 Galing Pook Award Outstanding Local Governance programs for its pioneering health clinic for STI/HIV, Klinika Bernardo | The QC-LGU is an ACE Award winner. In previous years, The LGU was cited for its Effective Fiscal Management, the Molave Youth Home, the Transformation of the Payatas Landfill, and the Parks Development. The Award for Continuing Excellence or ACE Award is conferred to an LGU which has at least three Galing Pook- awarded programs From MERALCO | 2014 Luminaries Award for Quezon City’s carbon footprint reduction initiatives and its project with the PANGEA Green Energy Philippines for the waste-to-energy biogas plant in Payatas, as among the best in innovation in environment advocacy | DILG and the National ICT Confederation of the Philiipines: 2nd place, 3rd Egov Awards for Customer Empowerment (G2C category) for QC’s Computarized Health Information Tracking System (CHITS) DILG and the National ICT Confederation of the Philiipines | 2nd place, 3rd eGov Award for Business Empowerment (G2B category) QC’s mobile money real property tax payment program | 2014 Top Developer Award for Quezon City’s socialized housing programs
2013
From DILG and the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines: 3rd place for Government Business Category (G2B) in the eGovernance Awards (2013 Jessie Robredo Awards for Excellence in ICT for Good Governance) | The QC government won the award for its Point-of-Sale (POS) Tax Collection system.
2012
Quezon City was among the Top 10 performing Highly Urbanized Cities ranked nationwide on Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) and awarded the Seal of Disaster Preparedness | Certificate of Recognition by the for sustained good performance in the implementation of the Republic Act 9003 through segregation at source, deployment of dedicated units as well as the establishment and operationalization of Materials Recovery Facilities.
2011
From the Department of Labor and Employment: 2011 National Best PESO Award, Highly Urbanized Category, to the Quezon City Public Employment Service Office (PESO)