Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte (Screengrab from QC government Facebook page) MANILA - Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has assured constituents that the city's social services program will be further expanded to guarantee assistance for all those in need. Belmonte detailed her plans for the city for the next three years during her inauguration speech after she took her oath as the reelected city mayor on Wednesday. "Every year, we progressively increase the budget dedicated to social services. Nagsimula tayo sa PHP9.8 billion na budget nong 2019. Ngayong 2022, halos doble ng budget na yan ang inilaan natin para sa mga programang direktang sumasagot sa mga pangangailangan ng mga mamamayan (We started with a PHP9.8 billion budget in 2019, and now in 2022, we have almost doubled the budget for programs that will directly address the needs of our citizen)," she said. She added the PHP16.1-billion budget for social services which the city intends to keep on increasing in the nex