‘No debt’: Mayor Belmonte lists QC gains in State of the City Address

Inquirer.net - Oct 20, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — “We have fundamentally rewritten the financial story of our city,” Quezon City Mayor Maria Josefina “Joy” Belmonte said on Monday in her 2026 State of the City Address (SOCA), which she delivered before the City Council She noted that her city’s budget has more than doubled since 2019, achieved without imposing new taxes

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