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As a pre-emptive measure to ensure the safety of our people, most especially our students from the effects of the ashfalls from Taal Volcano that is experienced in our city, QCDRRMC suspends classes in ALL LEVELS, Private and Public Schools in QC on Monday, January 13, 2020.
The QCDRRMC recommends everyone to stay indoors and monitor further advisories and warnings to make sure that all communities and all households are adequately prepared for any emergency and untoward incidents.
Stay safe QC.
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Salubungin natin ang bagong taon ng ligtas at masaya!
Narito ang listahan ng mga fire-cracker zones sa Quezon City.
Good news para sa ating mga lolo’t lola!
Narito na ang Batch 1 ng listahan na makakatanggap ng subsidy bilang bahagi ng Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens ng Quezon City Office for the Senior Citizen Affairs. I-check ang inyong pangalan, at alamin kung kailan at saan makukuha ang inyong subsidy.
NOTE: Kung hindi po ninyo makita ang inyong pangalan, abangan po ang susunod na batch ng listahan. Maaari rin pong tumawag sa OSCA 8-7032678, para sa inyong mga tanong.
Batch 1 of Senior Citizen Beneficiaries - 4 Nov. 2019 Release (click for PDF version)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
The Local Government of Quezon City is in search for a principled leader who will serve as its University President. He/She will be responsible for communicating the University’s vision, mission, and values to both internal and external stakeholders as well as support and enhance the institution’s academic mission and overall operations.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be a natural-born citizen of the Philippines;
- Must be at least forty (40) years old on the date of his or her application for the position
- Must be a holder of an appropriate earned doctoral degree;
- Must have at least five (5) years of relevant administrative experience; and
- Must possess leadership and managerial skills within the purview of the needs, thrusts, goals and objectives of the Quezon City University.
The Search Committee for University President invites interested applicants to submit their applications and documentary requirements (see https://www.quezoncity.gov.ph/images/QCU_Reqs.pdf for list) not later than 22 November 2019. Applicants must submit one (1) original and six (6) certified photocopies to: Call for Applications for University President
Rosula SJ. Reyes c/o Alyson V. Medalla
Education Affairs Unit
2/F Civic Center C Building
Quezon City Hall Compound
Elliptical Road, Brgy. Central, Diliman Quezon City 1100
(02) 8988-4242 local 8309
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For further information about the Quezon City University, please visit:
https://www.quezoncity.gov.ph/index.php/about-the-city-government/departments/171-quezon-city-university
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has vowed to relentlessly find and employ different means to fight dengue despite the four-percent drop in the number of cases this year.
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) and MEALenium Project for the fourth staging of the Busog, Lusog, Talino (BLT) Kitchen in Lupang Pangako Elementary School in Payatas, Quezon City.
The Quezon City government on Saturday has issued notices of violations to concerned residents and establishment owners asking them to remove objects and structures extending beyond the property line, following the city’s continuing clearing operations.
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QUEZON CITY MAYOR JOY BELMONTE
July 1, 2019. Mayor Joy Belmonte addressed Quezon City government employees at her first flag raising ceremony as mayor. She assured contractual employees that their contracts will be renewed, recognizing their contributions in service delivery and the continuous operations of the city government. In fact, in the previous week before her formal assumption into office, she already sent a memo to heads of departments and other operating units to submit recommendations on the renewal of contracts of their employees, together with an evaluation of each of their performance. She had given permission to the Health and Social Services Departments to order their contractual employees to report for duty, so that these vital services will continue to proceed.
Quezon City Mayor Josefina G. Belmonte and Vice Mayor Gian Carlo G. Sotto led the oath taking of Quezon City officials at 12 noon of June 30, 2019, at the ABS CBN Tent at Vertis North, Quezon City. The officials took their oath of office before Supreme Court Justice Estela M. Perlas Bernabe.
Mayor Joy Belmonte has taken her oath of office today, June 30, 2019, as the 11th mayor of Quezon City, the second woman to assume the city’s highest post, next to Adelina Rodriguez who served as mayor from 1976 to 1986. She took her oath with Vice mayor-elect Gian Sotto, together with the Congressmen and City Councilors of Quezon City.
Mayor-elect Joy Belmonte delivered her Ulat ng Bayan last June 24, 2019, highlighting the achievements of the Quezon City Council which she has presided over for the past nine years.
photo from Joy Belmonte FB page
The 20th Quezon City Council was conferred the Award of Excellence as the national winner of the Local Legislative Award of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). This is the second time that the City Council was given this outstanding honor, while also having attained regional-level awards.
Quezon City recently completed the city-wide inventory of its 2016 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with its global commitment to deliver transformative climate actions consistent with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement.
The improvement of roads and drainage and the construction of various facilities undertaken by Mayor Herbert M. Bautista in the barangays have attracted investors and further encouraged development in communities across Quezon City.
Quezon City barangays were recognized for their best practices and achievements in governance during the 5th Barangay Seal of Good Housekeeping (BSGH) Award held at Novotel Araneta last June 10, 2019.
Quezon City recently received recognition for having the best Peace and Order Council (POC) in the National Capital Region (NCR) following the results of the Local Peace and Order Council Performance Audit for 2018 conducted by the Department of Interior and Local Government.
The Quezon City public school system opens the new school year with the addition of 169 new classrooms resulting from the newly inaugurated school buildings, which are in the following campuses:
Mayor Bautista has been launching a large number of city- needed infrastructure projects, the latest of which is the Finance Blg. The LGU's infrastructure program at city hall is meant to fully rationalize the location of offices and departments in the compound, such that those with similar or related services or functions can be located and accessed more easily by the public.
The Commission on Elections has proclaimed the winners in the recent May 13 local elections held in Quezon City.
Mayor Herbert Bautista led the turnover of 75 motorcycle units to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) to help boost the anti-criminality efforts of the city police especially with the scheduled opening of classes.
Education Secretary Leonor Briones praised the Quezon City Government, through the leadership of Mayor Herbert M. Bautista, for doing its part in helping the national government improve the level of the country’s public educational system.
Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista and Chairman Pan Liguo of the Municipal Congress of Shenyang City renewed the sister city ties between Quezon City and Shenyang, China. The relations between the two cities were forged in 1993.
Mayor Herbert Bautista has inaugurated the new modern hospital in District 2, the Rosario Maclang General Hospital, on May 14, 2019. The new hospital is located along IBP Road, Barangay Batasan.
The Quezon City Government has finally fully settled its reconciliation concerns with the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) regarding arrears in remittances that date back to 1997.
Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista welcomed Osaka Vice Mayor Seigo Tanaka and his delegation, who visited our city as part of the continuing partnership to promote low carbon initiatives in Quezon City.
The Quezon City Treasurer’s Office has launched the Property Transfer Application Program (PTAP), an application that integrates processing of requirements for registering and transferring property in the city.
Quezon City, as the benchmark city for the Philippines for ease of doing business, was visited and interviewed by World Bank assessment team members, along with International Finance Corporation consultants, and the Department of Trade and Industry on May 3, 2019. The Bank’s specialists were Frederic Meunier and Eknath Varun. This review, which also includes several other national agencies, is to verify information regarding the Philippines for the World Bank Global Ranking on doing business in different cities of the world.
To further ensure proper facilities for the dispensation of justice in the country, Mayor Herbert Bautista saw to the construction of two new Halls of Justice and the repair of its decrepit, old building inside the Quezon City Hall compound.
The Quezon City Government has partnered with the Land Registration Authority and utilities companies like Meralco, Manila Water and Maynilad to further improve its efforts on ease of doing business.The Quezon City Government has partnered with the Land Registration Authority and utilities companies like Meralco, Manila Water and Maynilad to further improve its efforts on ease of doing business.
Women entrepreneurs in Quezon City can now have access to equipment that can be used for their own businesses and livelihood through the “Shared Service Facility (SSF) Project’’, a project of the Quezon City Government, initiated by Rep. Alfred Vargas in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Samahan ng mga Pilipina para sa Reporma at Kaunlaran (SPARK).
The processing and release of copies of civil registry documents in Quezon City may soon be faster through the use of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)’s document processing software, made possible by virtue of Ordinance SP No. 2784, series of 2018.
The Quezon City Polytechnic University (QCPU) has been renamed Quezon City University, by virtue of a new charter under Ordinance No. SP – 2812, series of 2019, passed by the City Council.
Councilor Precious Hipolito Castelo, principal author of the ordinance, said that since the new charter complies with the requirements laid out by the Commission on Higher Education, QCPU (now QC University) now qualifies as a local university and a beneficiary of Republic Act 10931 or the free tuition law.
The ordinance empowers the city-owned educational institution to enhance and strengthen its programs and make it more responsive to the challenges of the current education and business climates.
In addition, the ordinance would enable the city university to provide more support to the goals and policies of the national government, such as the provision of universal access to tertiary education free tuition for students in state colleges or universities, among others.
The new charter would enable Quezon City University to conduct more researches and advance studies in other fields, as well as provide innovations in teaching, research, and faculty development.
In 1994, Quezon City Polytechnic was established as an institution ‘for the training and development of technical and technician manpower skills’. It was later elevated into a tertiary, higher education institution in 1997, to be known as Pamantasang Politekniko ng Lungsod Quezon or Quezon City Polytechnic University (QCPU).
The Quezon City Government has restricted the use of electronic-cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or vaping in public places.
Under Ordinance SP No. 2737, series of 2018, the use of e-cigarettes indoors is prohibited in churches or places of worship, hospitals or health centers, government offices, educational and recreational facilities intended for minors and public conveyances.
In other enclosed places not mentioned in the list, the owner, proprietor, manager or administrator of the place must post a clear and noticeable sign in every entrance of the building that says: “Use of e-cigarettes is Allowed Inside”.
The ordinance also requires owners and administrators of buildings or establishments with enclosed areas that are open to the public, such as private workplaces and other places to designate a vaping area within the building, which may be in an open space or a separate area with proper ventilation. The designated vaping area must not be located within the same room that has been designated as a smoking area.
Aside from these restrictions, the ordinance also prohibits retailers to sell, distribute, promote and advertise e-cigarettes to minors.
The penalties for violating this ordinance include the following:
1st offense – a fine of not less than five hundred pesos (PhP 500.00) but not more than one thousand pesos (PhP1000.00)- 2nd offense – a fine of more than one thousand pesos (PhP1000.00) but not more than two thousand and five hundred pesos (PhP2500.00)
- 3rd offense – In addition to a fine of not less than two thousand and five hundred pesos (PhP2500.00) but not more than five thousand pesos (PhP5000.00), the business permit and license to operate of the offender may be cancelled or revoked.
The Rustan Supercenters, Inc. turned over the third batch of e-trikes to selected barangays, as part of their Green Fund Project: “E-trikes for Community Safety and Security” at the Shopwise Commonwealth.
Ms. Frederika C. Rentoy, Department Head of the Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department (EPWMD), said in a message that the use of e-trikes would greatly contribute to the environment. She also encouraged the citizens to bring reusable bags to help lessen the use of single-use plastic bags. She acknowledged the good partnership between the City Government and Rustan Supercenters, Inc. (RSCI) in undertaking environmental projects that will benefit the City.
To strengthen the partnership between the beneficiary Barangays and Rustan Supercenters, Inc., a Memorandum of Agreement was signed by the RSCI Vice President on Human Resources, Roland Rowel Villareal and Barangay Captains.
The following thirty four (34) Barangays were given two (2) e-trikes each:
1st Batch
1. Kamuning
2. South Triangle
3. Sikatuna Diliman
4. Botocan Diliman
5. Krus na Ligas
6. UP Campus
7. UP Village
8. Teacher’s Village East
2nd Batch
1. Magsaysay
2. Bago Bantay (Sto. Cristo)
3. Ugong Norte
4. White Plains
5. St. Ignatius
6. Socorro
7. Pansol
8. Loyola (same as Xavierville)
9. Camp Crame
10. Laging Handa
3rd Batch
1. Fairview
2. North Fairview
3. Greater Lagro
4. Novaliches Proper
5. Gulod
6. Kaligayahan
7. Culiat
8. New Era
9. Sauyo
10. Talipapa
11. Commonwealth
12. Matandang Balara
13. Payatas
14. Batasan Hills
15. Bagong Silangan
16. Holy Spirit
Lastly, Mr. Denmark of Star 8, the supplier of e-trikes, demonstrated how to operate and maintain the e-trikes. Emergency information was also discussed to the Barangays.
Representatives from various departments and offices of the Quezon City Government mapped out strategies to strengthen climate change adaptation, mitigation, climate finance and stakeholder engagement during the Climate Action Planning (CAP) workshop organized by the QC Environmental Policy and Waste Management Department (EPWMD) and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group last March 14 at Richmonde Hotel Ortigas.
Funded by the United Kingdom Government’s Global Future Cities Prosperity Fund, the CAP programme is a two-year engagement designed to enhance the city’s climate action plan and deliver action consistent with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement, and address both the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to the impact of climate change.
Through this partnership, Quezon City joins more than seventy C40 cities around the world who have made a commitment to deliver transformative and inclusive climate actions to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
During the workshop, the participants mapped out the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) associated with Quezon City’s socio-economic and environmental context, climate governance structures, capacity and policies, climate targets, and baseline information. The participants exchanged ideas on how to strengthen climate change adaptation, mitigation, stakeholder engagement and climate financing to achieve bold climate action.
Mr. Marvin Lagonera, C40 City Adviser for Quezon City, explained that the workshop output will provide focused recommendations and an evidence base to guide the delivery of CAP. It will feed into the Strategic CAP Appraisal report, which is a comprehensive technical document defining the climate actions baseline, capacity gaps, and strategic recommendations for the climate action planning process.
The CAP Programme will cover a wide range of technical support including trainings, workshops, peer-to-peer collaboration, stakeholder engagement, planning tools, regional exchanges and others.
Technical partners for the CAP Programme, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability-Southeast Asia Secretariat together with the Manila Observatory, facilitated the conduct of the workshop. They also presented their initial findings and recommendations based on the Strategic Appraisal draft report. As technical partners, ICLEI Southeast Asia and the Manila Observatory will support the delivery of CAP in Quezon City.
During the workshop, social, environmental and economic benefits from climate action, such as health benefits, energy savings and improved air quality, were also discussed. Ms. Milag San Jose-Ballestero, C40 Regional Director for East Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania, highlighted the importance of an inclusive climate action approach to ensure that vulnerable groups and sectors benefit from climate action and no one gets excluded in the process.
One of the objectives of CAP is to measure the social, environmental and economic benefits expected from implementing the plan, and improve the equitable distribution of these benefits across the city’s population.
Quezon City’s social hygiene and sundown clinics, and the Quezon City Protection Center, received recognition and certification as Gender and Development (GAD) Local Learning Hubs (LLH) by the Philippine Commission on Women during a ceremony held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) March 8, 2019.
The Quezon City Government, led by Mayor Herbert M. Bautista together with city officials, opened a new museum at the Quezon Memorial Circle on March 4, 2019, which highlights the contribution of ordinary Filipinos in the struggle to attain freedom and democracy in the country.
Quezon City’s Bistekville Housing Project has attracted students of the Housing Development Management (HDM) of Lund University in Sweden, who recently visited the city for their field study for the Urban Shelter Course: Architecture in Extreme Environments Housing in Metro Manila.
Newly-appointed Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz visited Quezon City and made a courtesy call to Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista on February 13, 2019.
All private and public establishments located within Quezon City are now required to designate and provide courtesy seats for persons with disability (PWDs), pregnant women and senior citizens, under Ordinance SP No. 2804, series of 2018.
Solo parents in Quezon City can now avail of the 20 percent discount in the city’s restaurants and food establishments as part of the assistance and benefits granted by the City Government to single parents.
There were no challengers submitting comparative proposals for Quezon City’s Waste-to-Energy project, as of submission deadline of February 4, 2019 at 3pm. The City Government’s Public Private Partnership Selection Committee (PPP-SC) has therefore moved to endorse to Mayor Herbert Bautista, the proposal of the lone proponent, the consortium of Metro Pacific Investment Corporation, Covanta Energy LLC, and Macquarie Capital Ltd. The next move is a request for the City Council to grant authority to the mayor to sign the contract with the consortium.
The consortium submitted an unsolicited proposal to the QC-LGU and was recognized by the QC PPP-SC as the Original Proponent. The QC-LGU thereafter launched a Swiss Challenge, in accordance with PPP rules, inviting other proponents to match the offer. The empty bid box shown last February 4 confirmed that no other bid proposals were received, announced PPP-SC head City Administrator Aldrin Cuña.
This opens the doors to a lasting legacy that will be left by the Bautista Administration to a project that will continuously provide lasting benefits to the people in Quezon City. The project involves Biodegradable Source Separated Waste Treatment and Residual Combustible Waste Treatment Technologies capable of processing up to 3,000 metric tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) per day and generating 36 MWe (net) of electricity. This, according to the MPIC, is twice the current electricity needs of the local government. The project will make the need for maintaining landfills unnecessary, while generating a project with high potential for new employment opportunities. In turn, this will lead to reduced greenhouse gas emissions, because of the avoidance of a landfill.
The Philippine PPP Center, which has guided the Quezon City PPP-SC and its technical working group all through its processes. The technical working group was led by the city government’s Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department headed by Ms. Frederika Rentoy, which is directly in-charge of the waste management program of the city.
It is a pioneering program, the first in the Philippines, according to the PPP Center. Calling Quezon City a very progressive local government, Ms. Mia Mary Sebastian of the PPP Center said, “We commend the local government for looking at the long-term future as well as the use of innovative technologies for the long-term solution to solid waste management,”. “This is the first local government that we have assisted that has closed in terms of its Swiss challenge process for an unsolicited proposal.”
This is a Php 22 billion project which will involve the provision of the following infrastructure facilities: biodegradable source separated organics facility, residual combustible waste treatment facility, monofill for fly ash disposal, and other ancillary facilities like continuous emission monitoring system, transmission lines and other support facilities. The concession period is 35 years.
Quezon City Government is set to hold a Comparative Proposal or Bid Submission, along with the Opening of the Qualification Document, for the Quezon City Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility (ISWMF) project will on February 4, 2019, 3:00 pm onwards at the EPWMD Conference Room, 6th floor of the Building Regulatory Offices (Civic Center D) Quezon City Hall compound.
The ISWMF project is now on Stage 3 of the Competitive or Swiss Challenge where potential challengers can submit comparative proposals for the project, pursuant to the provisions of the QC Public-Private Partnership Code and its implementing rules and regulation.
The PhP15-billion worth Waste to Energy project is Quezon City’s first public-private partnership project.
The project is seen as a major step toward a long-term and sustainable solution to Quezon City’s solid waste management challenges. This world-class and modern waste management technology system can process up to 3,000 metric tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) per day.
The project is expected to increase health benefits to QC residents, which could result in reduced hospitalization cost and medical fees associated with exposure to biohazards and pests.The project is also expected to create additional employment during its construction, operation, and maintenance phases.
In addition, the project will help reduce GHG emissions and improve the air quality of the city.
Lastly, the project will generate additional savings as it would require lesser amount of fossil fuels to generate the same amount of electric power.
Other LGUs like Cebu and Naga City are also considering the implementation of similar projects.
The Quezon City Government bared plans to acquire more electric tricycles to be used in areas with insufficient transportation system following the release of the study by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) that showed the successful result of QC’s e-trike pilot program.
The City Government plans to acquire additional units of e-trike in the future to be used in areas not covered by the routes of traditional tricycles, according to the Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) chief Gen. Elmo San Diego.
In the past two years, the City Government conducted test runs of the e-trikes in two route areas: Maginhawa Loop and the Scout area in South Triangle. In the Maginhawa Loop, only five units were used, which run from April to June, 2017 and from July to September 2017 or a total of 4 months. On the other hand, in the Scout area, about 15 e-trike units were deployed and ran for 3 months, from September 24 to December 22, 2018.
The results of the JICA study also showed that e-trikes received high customer satisfaction as many commuters enjoyed the comfortable ride and the affordable fare of the e-trikes. Each e-trike unit can accommodate a maximum of 8 passengers and the fare cost PhP 8 to PhP 10.
The study also identified possible areas where e-trike operation may be introduced. These include the highly populated area around the City Hall, area along the MRT-3, Cubao district and the highly-populated area in the northern part of the city.
The Quezon City Government, led by the QC Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department (QC EPWMD), is adding more projects aimed at reducing carbon and GHG emissions, as part of efforts under the city to city collaboration agreement signed by Quezon City and Osaka City last year.
Rep. Jose Christopher Y. Belmonte, Quezon City 6th District, presents the 2019 Tandang Sora Award to former Sen. Santanina Rasul. It was received by Ms. Amina Rasul - Bernardo, President, Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy. Included in the picture are representatives from the Quezon City Local Government Unit and Senator Rasul's family members.
Photo credits: Ramir Clave, Quezon City Local Government Facebook Page
Former Senator and Magbassa Kita Foundation Founding Chair Santanina Tillah Rasul is this year’s recipient of the Tandang Sora Award.
The Quezon City Government has granted tax relief to delinquent real property owners exempting from the payment of interest, fines, surcharges and other penalties for delinquent real property taxes for 2018 and prior years.
The Quezon City Government, under Mayor Herbert M. Bautista, ends 2018 with multiple awards and other forms of recognition. The mayor considers these as continuing challenges, because the benchmarks are raised each year and the competition is more stringent. But the end goals are policies and programs that are more responsive to Quezon City’s evolving needs, from security and safety, to basic social needs.
The Quezon City Government received the 2017 Apolinario Mabini Local Government Unit of the Year Award during ceremonies organized by the Philippine Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Inc. (PFRD) on December 3, 2018.
Quezon City was awarded the Best Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council among Highly Urbanized cities of the country in the recent 20th Gawad Kalasag National Awards held at AFP Theater, Camp Aguinaldo, on December 4, 2018.
Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista has been recognized by the United Nations AIDS body as a national HIV champion, the only one so recognized in the Philippines “for exhibiting an exemplary leadership for spearheading innovative fast-track interventions such as the establishment of sundown clinics, institutionalization of the service delivery network and case management, and increasing investments for HIV and AIDs” treatment and awareness communication.
The C40 Cities Finance Facility will help solarise schools to provide reliable and undisrupted power supply to support disaster risk management for Quezon City
The project will build resilience to managing climate change related extreme weather events while increasing clean, renewable energy generation in the city.
Quezon City will be embarking on a big ticket venture for public-private partnership with the development of the proposed Q.C Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility Project.
With the focus of assisting the Quezon City Government in furthering its reforms in ease of doing business, the United Kingdom Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) sent its assistant director, Stephen Wilkins, on a scoping mission in the city’s Business One Stop Shop.
The Quezon City Government, through the Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department (EPWMD) led officials from eight Asian megacities and representatives of various international organizations and stakeholders, to aims to formulate plans and policies to push the climate adaptation and resilience aims of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region, during the C40 Asian Adaptation Forum held November 6, 2018 at the Novotel, Araneta Center, Cubao.
The Quezon City Government, under the administration of Mayor Herbert M. Bautista received its second Seal of Good Local Governance, the DILG's measure of integrity and good performance for local governments.
Quezon City was among the 263 local governments that received the Seal this year.
In March 2017, the Quezon City Local Government granted Original Proponent Status to Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Covanta Energy, LLC, and Macquarie Group Limited (“Original Proponent”) for its unsolicited proposal to establish an Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility Project (the “Project”) in Quezon City. On 12 October 2018, the Quezon City Local Government and the Original Proponent signed a Joint Certification of Successful Negotiation.
The Quezon City Government hosted the 2018 WeGO Executive Committee Meeting and the Philippines Smart Cities Summit 2018, which brought together an international group of local government leaders and information technology experts, to share experiences, solutions and innovations in the use of technology systems and tools for governance. The events were held October 17 to 19, 2018, in time for the city's celebration of its founding anniversary month.
The Quezon City Government gave recognition to 14 individuals and 9 institutions that made significant contributions to the city and the nation at the GAWAD PARANGAL AWARDS held at the Crowne Plaza in Ortigas on October 12, 2018.
Quezon City's Gora Lane Project is scheduled for fund release by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) under the Local Government Support Fund - Assistance to Cities (LGSF-AC) or Green, Green, Green.
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The Quezon City Government, through the City Veterinary Department, launched on Sept 28, 2018 the microchipping of pets for registration, during the celebration of World Rabies Day at Barangay Marilag in District 3.
A total of 321 new graduates received their certificates at the 142nd Manpower Barangay Based Skills Training Program (MBBSTP) Mass Graduation Ceremony held on September 26 at the Quezon City Hall Lobby. The program is spearheaded by the Social Services Development Department (SSDD) - Vocational Development Division.
The graduates are the products of the 3-month vocational program who took up training in the TESDA-accredited courses that included Housekeeping, Hilot and Wellness, Food and Beverages Services, Bread and Pastry Production, Dressmaking, Electrical Installation and Maintenance, Cosmetology, Home Care Provider, and Productivity Skills and Capacity Building (PSCB) Training.
The program is expected to expand the opportunity for people to gain skills and enhance their employability, competitiveness, efficiency and productivity in the labor market.
The program is free and open to Quezon City residents. Classes are held in their barangays while the trainers/facilitators/proctors are provided by the Social Services Development Department.
The batch of graduates came from 14 barangays of the city.
The Quezon City Government, through the Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS), in cooperation with JICA and BEMAC, have launched the second pilot run of electric passenger tricycle (e-trike) service that will operate in three QC barangays: Barangays South Triangle, Paligsahan and Sacred Heart.
The Quezon City Government, through the QC Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department (QC EPWMD), conducted a massive simultaneous clean-up of the city’s waterways, in support of the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day on Saturday, September 22.