CANDELARIA, Quezon—A historic first in steel manufacturing for Quezon province was achieved on Monday with the groundbreaking of SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp.’s manufacturing facility in Barangay Malabanban Sur here.
LUCENA CITY—The El Niño phenomenon has wrought an estimated damage worth of P205.7 million affecting over 6,000 hectares of rice, corn, coconut and other high-value crops in several municipalities of Quezon province.
LUCENA CITY—A brand new kind of health service delivery system is now available in Quezon province with the launching of telemedicine system which uses modern method of virtual service of medical professionals to patients in far-flung areas of the province.
LUCENA CITY—A protest rally is brewing against the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) resolution approving several development projects of San Miguel Corp. (SMC) in Pagbilao and Sariaya, Quezon.
LUCENA CITY—One of the largest and most diversified corporations in the country has proposed several big-ticket development projects in Quezon province, particularly in the municipalities of Pagbilao and Sariaya.
LUCENA CITY—A former Quezon provincial board member and a gubernatorial candidate in next year’s midterm elections has written a no-holds barred book about President Duterte, his Cabinet members and other national political personalities, touching on current and burning national issues using rhetorical devices of sarcasm, irony, satire and humor.
LUCENA CITY—Authorities announced here on Friday that some 3,009 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels received various forms of assistance from several agencies through government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program, or E-Clip.
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PAGBILAO, Quezon—Quezon farmer-producers are expected soon to become entrepreneurs and help facilitate the progress of the agricultural sector in the whole Quezon province with the establishment of Quezon Food and Herbal Processing Center (QFHPC) in Barangay Talipan here.
LUCENA CITY—The Quezon provincial government is gearing to start an all-out effort for the total tourism development of the northern part of the province.
LUCENA CITY—A 19-year old legless and one-armed Grade 9 student made it as a champion swimmer in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) region and earned the support and admiration of the members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Quezon.
LUCENA CITY—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Quezon seeks to institutionalize and promote a mental-health program for the province to help persons with mental illness and remove the stigma to those afflicted with it.
LUCENA CITY—As part of the celebration of February as “Buwan ng Sining” (Month for the Arts), 24 members of Quezon Artists Guild (QAG) have mounted an exhibit of their artworks, which kicked off on February 19 and runs up to March 3.
LUCENA CITY—On the 32nd anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution, which ousted strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos from power, a former senator, a human-rights lawyer and a university professor delivered scathing speeches against moves to change the Constitution and adopt federalism as a form of government.
LUCENA CITY—To fast-track the government programs on science and technology to benefit the local communities, various government agencies in Calarbarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) region have linked arms to form a consortium for research and development.
CAMP Nakar, Lucena City—The Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO) is banking on its Community Mobilization Program (CMP) to pursue its anti-criminality drive in the province as the police nabbed seven drug violators and rescued three minor victims of sex trafficking in separate police operations last Sunday and Tuesday here.
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UNISAN, Quezon—Residents of five villages here were the recipients of twining and weaving equipment and 1-kilometer farm-to-market (FMR) road project expected to boost their earning capacity.
LUCENA CITY—Over 10,000 community volunteers from Quezon province have banded, calling themselves Provincial Union of Leaders against Illegalities (Puli) to help the police and local government authorities to combat various crimes and preserve peace and order in the entire province.
LUCENA CITY—The head of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has urged various stakeholders of the coconut industry in Quezon province “to put their acts together” to achieve a full resurgence of the industry and contribute more to the country’s economy.
LUCENA CITY—The provincial government of Quezon has fully restored a sunken garden at Perez Park at the capitol compound here since its establishment 90 years ago.
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LUCENA CITY—Quezon province is on a winning streak as it bagged successive awards last week from the departments of Health (DOH) and Tourism (DOT), and earlier from the Department of the Interior and Local Governments (DILG).
LUCENA CITY—A practicing lawyer and member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) here seeks to have a security training for his colleagues to ensure their life and safety from potential attackers as he disclosed his close brush with death on November 16.
LUCENA CITY—Quezon Gov. David Suarez is pushing for the adoption of the province’s “First 1,000 Days of Life, Maternal and Child Healthcare Program” as a national policy for government leaders and policy-makers to resolve the national problem of malnutrition during the two-day regional symposium on “Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition” held last Friday and Saturday in Bangkok, Thailand.
LUCENA CITY—The provincial government of Quezon bagged the 2017 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the Calabarzon Region.
TAYABAS, Quezon—Quezon Gov. David C. Suarez commended 15 soldiers from the province who fought and survived the five-month siege in Marawi City from Maute-inspired terrorists.
BALER, Aurora—Various local government personnel from the different municipalities of Quezon province went on a two-day study tour and learning experience on October 23 and 24 to learn about biodiversity, wildlife management and renewable energy.
LUCENA CITY—The Quezon Metropolitan Water District (QMWD), which supplies potable water for Pagbilao town and the two cities of Lucena and Tayabas, is still in the process of evaluating joint-venture agreement (JVA) with Primewater Corp. and other private companies designed to upgrade its facilities and serve better its more than 45,000 concessionaires.
LUCENA City— Quezon Gov. David Suarez has expressed reservations about President Duterte’s decision to remove the campaign against illegal drugs from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and its transfer to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
LUCENA CITY—A group advocating for agrarian reform and justice said 435 farmer-beneficiaries in Quezon province’s Bondoc Peninsula will be receiving their certificate of land ownership award (CLOA) covering over 1,000 hectares of land from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
REAL, Quezon—The municipal government here has put a huge stake on a modernized P228.9-million water-supply system project that would benefit more than half of this town’s over 35,000 population living in five barangays of the town’s poblacion.
LUCENA CITY—The provincial governor of Quezon has revealed his comprehensive agricultural-development plan toward making the province a food giant not only in the Calabarzon region, but also in the country and in Southeast Asia.
LUCENA CITY—Sen. Grace Poe assured the passage in the Senate of Quezon 1,000 days of Life (Q1K) child and nutrition program as she hailed Quezon province for being its first implementer in the whole country.
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LUCENA CITY—Quezon Gov. David Suarez seeks to reduce the prevalence of malnutrition and produce healthy Quezonians in the future as he urged some 1,400-strong barangay nutrition scholars to do their task of promoting good nutrition and health habits and information for the children and adults in their areas of responsibility in the province.
LUCENA CITY, Quezon—An enhanced day-care education system in Quezon province has been assured with the impending construction next year of two 350-square-meter super day-care centers in Polillo and Unisan towns along with improved teacher training and quality instruction materials for the early quality education of children aged 3 and 4 years old in the whole province.
LUCENA CITY, Quezon—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Quezon last Thursday approved the P2-billion loan agreement between the provincial government and Land Bank of the Phililippines (Land Bank) to fund various development projects of the province.
LUCENA CITY—The Sangguniang Panglalawigan (SP) of Quezon on Monday assailed the continuous questionable foreshore construction of structures by the San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. (SBPL), a 500-megawatt coal-fired power project being put up inside an existing power facility in Barangay Cagsiay 1, Mauban, Quezon.
LUCENA CITY, Quezon—Quezon Gov. David “Jayjay” Suarez has embarked on an expanded province-wide program for maternal and child nutrition and health services in an effort to produce healthy and smart children to ensure a holistic development of the province’s future generation.
LUCENA CITY, Quezon—Senior citizens in Quezon province flex their aging muscles as they seek to strengthen their ranks to alleviate their plight in their twilight years.
LUCENA CITY—Quezon Gov. David Suarez has approved the Provincial Commodity Investment Plan (PCIP) for 2018-2020, which covered various existing commodities for expanded production and development in various areas in the province.
LUCBAN, Quezon—As this town’s Pahiyas thanksgiving festival continues to draw millions of local and foreign visitors and tourists, Gov. David Suarez and Lucban Mayor Celso Olivier Dator join hands in promoting more spectacular celebrations to showcase local products and culture.
PAGBILAO, Quezon—A much-awaited P330.5-million diversion road project here starts construction with the groundbreaking rites held in Barangay Del Carmen last Friday.
LUCENA CITY—Concerned that cultural and historical sites and structures in the province are being threatened by the development and infrastructure work of the government, a neophyte provincial board member of Quezon has proposed the hiring of a cultural-heritage worker in every municipality of the province to protect and preserve these sites and structures.
Story and photos by John A. Bello
LUCENA CITY, Quezon—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Quezon seeks to summon the heads of the two local engineering districts of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on the alleged destruction of Spanish-era stone-arched bridges in Tayabas City declared as National Cultural Treasures by the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP).
LUCENA CITY—The head of over 9,000-strong Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (Kalipi) in Quezon province wants success stories to happen for ordinary women of the whole province.
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IN Lucena City a new kid on the block is beginning to draw crowds of urban food enthusiasts.
LUCENA CITY, Quezon—Rizal province emerged as the top-ranking province in the Philippines last year, followed by Cavite, South Cotabato, Laguna and North Cotabato.
PAGBILAO, QUEZON—A coal-fired power plant here is providing electricity to poor residents through solar power.
PAGBILAO, Quezon—A coal-fired power plant here is providing solar power to poor residents.
By John Bello / Correspondent
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City-—As he returns home to his own city as the top policeman in Quezon province, he has a mouthful to say in implementing and maintaining peace and order for the police chiefs in 39 towns and two cities in the province.
LUCENA CITY—Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Quezon tried, but failed, on November 7 to pass an ordinance certified as urgent by Gov. David Suarez authorizing him to negotiate on a P2-billion development loan with the Land Bank of the Philippines and other financial institutions to finance big-ticket projects for 2017 to 2019.
LUCENA CITY—The Quezon Provincial Development Council (PDC) has approved the Annual Investment Program (AIP) worth P5.9 billion, as the province was formally declared “conflict-manageable and ready for further development.”
LUCENA CITY—Quezon Gov. David C. Suarez and his father, House Minority Floor Leader Danilo E. Suarez, led Quezon officials in the simple floral-offering ceremonies to celebrate the 138th birthday of the late President Manuel Luis Quezon (MLQ).
LUCENA CITY—The Quezon provincial government gave a 6-wheeler water tank truck to the Quezon Metropolitan Water District (QMWD) on July 3 that will supply water to 42,000 users in this city, Tayabas and Pagbilao.
LUCENA CITY—Local governments, the provincial board, as well as residents and tribesmen in the affected area have rejected the construction of a dam designed to provide power in the province as well as augment Metro Manila drinking water supply.
LUCENA CITY—Mayor Rhoderick “Dondon” Alcala urged city and barangay officials here to get ready and be alert in time of disaster and calamity during the launching on Thursday of Oplan Listo, a disaster-preparedness drive spearheaded by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
TIAONG, Quezon—President Aquino vowed that a big-ticket toll-road project, promised and approved under former Presidents Ferdinand Marcos and Fidel V. Ramos, will now take off under his administration and completed by 2019.
LUCENA CITY—The Quezon Provincial Development Council (QPDC) has approved the Supplementary Annual Investment Plan (SAIP) worth P365 million to address additional development programs, projects and activities for the whole province this year.
LUCENA CITY—The Quezon provincial legislative council has asked Gov. David “Jayjay” Suarez to provide 2 to 5 hectares of land along the national highway for the establishment of a weighbridge station to regulate overloading vehicles that cause “billions of pesos” in potential damage while traversing the national roads system in the province.
LUCENA CITY—The Quezon provincial legislative council has approved the construction of the third coal-fired power plant in the province, in response to the anticipated shortage of power supply in the country for the coming years.
LUCENA CITY—Residents here will have a new public market a year from now, in the same site, where the old one accidentally burned down in May 2014, in Barangay 6.
