Lack of internet connection, a challenge to vaccination – Cebu City Health

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The lack of internet connection has been challenging for the Cebu City Health Department (CHD) in the continuous vaccination program in at least 18 sites. Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, head of the CHD, said…

Cebu City dad recommends shuttles for workers to address lack of PUVs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor James Cuenco, the head of the Jeepney Task Force, will be writing to Mayor Michael Rama on the possibility of providing free shuttle service for workers in the city. This…

Ordinance requiring fuel stations, utilities, telcos to be disaster resilient pushed in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An ordinance requiring fuel stations, power and water utilities, telecommunication companies, and essential establishments to be disaster resilient is being pushed in Cebu City. Councilor James Cuenco has filed the Resiliency and Efficiency…

Home isolation now preferred — Cebu City EOC

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Homes isolation is now preferred in Cebu City for positive cases of COVID-19 with mild and manageable symptoms. Councilor Joel Garganera, the deputy chief implementor of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), said that…

178K consumers now have water supply – MCWD

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More households and consumers now have water supply. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) announced that at least 178,000 of its consumers now have running water, corresponding to 85 percent of its total…

#CDNFiestaSeñor2022: Basilica vendors’ answered prayers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Fiesta Señor celebration this 2022 may be the most quiet that it had been in the past decades as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has restricted the movement of people. For the first…

MCIA moves domestic and international departures to Terminal 2 starting Jan. 16

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Mactan Cebu International Airport will be moving all domestic and international departures to Terminal 2 (T2) starting January 16, 2022, at 6 a.m. due to ongoing repair works. “The damage to Terminal…

Cebu City shifts clearing ops to mountain barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The road network in Cebu City’s urban areas are now back to normal and the city government will start focusing its clearing operations in the mountain barangays. Councilor Jerry Guardo, the chairperson for…

Damaged resorts in Cebu Province may get loans from gov’t banks

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Resorts in Cebu Province that sustained damages from Typhoon Odette will have a chance to rebuild again. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said that the Capitol is in negotiations with the Landbank of the Philippines…

At least 90k households in Cebu Province to get P5,000 as assistance for rebuilding homes

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Province will soon be releasing financial assistance worth P5,000 each to at least 90,000 families whose homes were totally damaged by Typhoon Odette. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said they are looking into releasing…

Telcos told: Do not charge fees for cut connections during typhoon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Nestor Archival has asked the telecommunications companies  (telcos) to forego billing consumers who lost their connections during the typhoon. The councilor delivered a privilege speech on January 5, 2022, in…

No border restrictions, Cebu to have one island policy

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Province and the Tricities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu, have agreed that the policy of the entire island should be uniform when it comes to handling the threat of the Omicron variant…

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