(Screenshot of the pool party allegedly posted on Facebook on May 9)
According to Mayor Joy Belmonte, the improvised pool party was arranged by the residents on Mother’s Day, April 9.
“May 9 to 11 nagkaroon ng improvised pool party, meaning inflatable pool ang ginamit; meron pong diskuhan, may sayawan, may inuman, may videoke kumpleto po, at walang nagsusuot ng mask (May 9 to 11 they had an improvised pool party, meaning inflatable pool was used; there was a disco, dancing, drinking, videoke, and no one wore mask),” Belmonte said in an interview with DZMM on Monday.
“Ayon doon sa mga kwento kwento ng mga ininterview ng contact tracers ay ang fire truck po ng barangay ang siyang naglagay ng tubig doon sa improvised swimming pool, ang inuman po ay naganap sa covered court (According to the stories of those interviewed by contact tracers, the fire truck of the barangay put water in the improvised swimming pool, the drinking took place in the covered court),” she added.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 21) Quezon City has had no issue with the non-disclosure policy on vaccine brands, noting that it would be impractical for a large city to accommodate everyone s preference amid limited supply, Mayor Joy Belmonte said Friday.
In an interview with CNN Philippines
The Source, Belmonte said Quezon City residents do not have a problem with the policy they have implemented right from the start in their 30 vaccination sites. Here in QC, and I can only speak for myself, this has never been a problem for us, this issue of branding. It has never been a policy of the city to disclose what brand is available in a particular site, she said.
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(QCPD PIO/ MANILA BULLETIN)
The project launch, which was held at the QCPD grandstand, was attended by Mayor Joy Belmonte along with the QCPD command group headed by Police Brig Gen. Antonio Yarra, Deputy District Director for Operations Col. Antony Maghari, and District Directorial Staff chief Col. Gerardo Umayao.
“Now is the time that Quezon City police and the community must unite and work hand-in-hand for a common goal and that is to ensure public safety for peace and order in the community; to exercise the true ‘Bayanihan’ spirit, especially in this time of crisis brought by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Yarra said.
QC Mayor Joy Belmonte (QC PIO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Citing data from OCTA Research Team, the local government said it only reported an average number of 743 new cases from April 20 to 26. The number is lower than 1,183 average cases from March 30 to April 5, which was considered the peak of COVID-19 surge in the country.
From a reproduction of 1.59, the latest reproduction number is now at 1.23, which is closer to the recommended reproduction number of the World Health Organization of less than 1.
The positivity rate is slightly lower at 21 percent from 26 percent while the daily attack rate per 100,000 population was pegged at 23.60 percent.