Joy Belmonte

Joy Belmonte-Alimurung (born Maria Josefina Tanya Go Belmonte; March 15, 1970) is a Filipina politician who has served as the 11th mayor of Quezon City since 2019.

A member of the local Serbisyo sa Bayan Party, Belmonte previously served as the vice mayor of Quezon City from 2010 to 2019 under her predecessor, Herbert Bautista.

She was sworn in as a new member of the Liberal Party in November 2009, alongside her father and Bautista, in support of the presidential run of Senator Benigno Aquino III.

[12] On July 27, Belmonte made headlines when she was in-charge as acting mayor during a monsoon because she refused to suspend classes early but still did when the students were stranded already.

[18] Her platform included furthering women's rights, adding closed-circuit television cameras along streets, improving the documentation of public projects, and an intensified anti-drug campaign.

[21] Other more concrete points of her platform included child-minding centers, creating homes for abandoned senior citizens, a 24/7 emergency hotline, and discounts for solo parents and PWDs.

[22] She won against her closest rival, then-incumbent 1st District representative Vincent Crisologo, in a large margin and was proclaimed the 11th Mayor of Quezon City.

[23] On her first months in office, she led road-clearing operations on city roads through the creation of the "Task Force 60 Days" following the 60-day directive to all local executive chiefs given by then president Rodrigo Duterte.

The local government had also provided financial aid to employees of high-risk establishments affected by lockdowns, and care kits to closed-care setting facilities grappling with virus outbreaks.

[1] Controversies during this period included a chaotic and overcrowded distribution of supplemental aid in April 2021 and the mauling by local officials of a fish vendor that was not wearing a face mask outdoors in 2020.

She also gave Quezon City Task Force Disiplina head Rannie Ludovica, who posted a "shoot-to-kill" threat online against quarantine violators, a "second chance" despite calling his statement "appalling.

Joy Belmonte (right) with President Rodrigo Duterte (middle) along with Sonny Belmonte (left). July 2018
Belmonte in 2024 Chinese New Year festival