Quezon City (/ˈkeɪzɒn/KAY-zon;Filipino:Lungsod Quezon Tagalog pronunciation:[ˈkeːson]), also known to Filipinos by its initials as QC) is the most populous city in the Philippines. It is one of the cities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Quezon City was named after Manuel L. Quezon, secondPresident of the Philippines, who founded the city and developed it to replace the City of Manila as the national capital for 28 years from 1948 to 1976. Quezon City is not located in and should not be confused with Quezon Province, which was also named after the president. It is the largest city in Metro Manila in terms of land area and most populated local government unit in the country.
A major tourism draw to the province is Mount Banahaw. The mountain is surrounded by spiritual mysticism with many cults and religious organizations staying on the mountain. Numerous pilgrims visit the mountain especially during Holy Week.
History
Originally, what now forms Quezon was divided among the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, and Nueva Ecija. The first European to explore the area was Juan de Salcedo in 1571-1572, during his expedition from Laguna to Camarines provinces.
Degamo and nine other persons, a lawyer alleged Thursday ... “This person has been retained as a lawyer by some of the respondents and he has been helping in that way,” he said ... Also on Thursday, the lawyer of Negros OrientalRep ... At a media briefing in QuezonCity, lawyer Danny Villanueva representing Jhudiel Roxas Rivero, also known as Osmundo R.
To decongest jails in Metro Manila, the Public Attorney’s Office has resumed regular visitations at the QuezonCityJailFemale Dormitory ... and legal missioin at the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory.
The 63-year-old de Lima has been detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame, QuezonCity for more than six years since Feb. 24, 2017, for what her lawyers and supporters maintain to be trumped-up charges of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading inside the NBP when she was justice secretary.
To restart the program, the chief public attorney personally went to the QuezonCityJailFemale Dormitory (QCJFD) last week, bringing with her teams of public lawyers as well as doctors and nurses who conducted free legal and medical missions.
OPPOSITION to the appointment of lawyer Edgardo Carlo Vistan as chancellor of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, QuezonCity continued to mount as senior faculty and professors of the state-run school circulated an open letter questioning his qualifications to occupy the post ... Vistan’s closest rival was Dr ... ....
Pimentel said that the starting pay of a PAO lawyer should not be lower than the starting salary of a prosecutor. JudgeMariaGildaLoja–Pangilinan of the QuezonCity-Regional TrialCourt said in her 2017 decision in the PAO retirees' case that the DBM has no authority to interpret the law, and the PAO and NPS laws "stand and be made to harmonize.".
Luna, at a weekend forum in QuezonCity, said that the BARMM's move has no legal basis, as the term of office of the incumbent set of Maguindanao del Norte officials, led by Sinsuat, was clearly spelled out under Section 50 of Republic Act (RA) 55110, the law that separated the ...
from returning to the Philippines, his lawyer said Monday. Speaking at a forum in QuezonCity, Ferdinand Topacio reiterated that his client, who is in the United States, "definitely intends to return to clear his name." ... We are also questioning that kung bakit biglang nawala (why they suddenly did not report for duty)," the lawyer said.
and EdwardSantiago, at a no-holds barred Pandesal Forum at the Kamuning Bakery in QuezonCity, decried as “illegal and irregular” the series of raids on his ... The lawyer said he personally took the guns from the Quezon City home of Teves and turned them over to police headquarters.
from returning to the Philippines, his lawyer said Monday. Speaking at a forum in QuezonCity, Ferdinand Topacio reiterated that his client, who is in the United States, "definitely intends to return to clear his name." ... To be held at the Seda Residences in Makati City, the forum will feature distinguished women who exude what female empowerment is.