EOC sees urgency of tightening border controls in ports

Dyrecka Letigio 07/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) sees an urgency to impose stricter protocols for arriving travelers by requiring them to present a negative COVID-19 test result prior to departure. Councilor Joel Garganera,…

Vice Mayor Rama on lack of vaccines: Are we being punished for being efficient?

Dyrecka Letigio 07/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama said the allocated vaccines in Cebu City were far insufficient for its vaccination capacity. The vice mayor, who leads the vaccination program of the city, lamented that…

Shipyards file TRO, injunction against Consolacion Mayor amid reclamation protest

Dyrecka Letigio 07/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Shipyards and shipping companies are set to face the court Thursday, July 1, 2021, over their prayer for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and writ of a preliminary injunction over the issuance of…

CCMC Phase 4 construction cancelled?

Dyrecka Letigio 06/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City Councilor Mary Ann Delos Santos demanded transparency with the construction of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). This after she posted a document signed by City Administrator Floro Casas, Jr.,…

Cebu City sets only 1 day roll-out for 5k vaccines on July 1

Dyrecka Letigio 06/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City expects to roll out 5,000 newly delivered doses of the Sinovac vaccines in only one day. Councilor David Tumulak, the point person for the vaccination site, said that the doses were…

Delta variant far stronger than other variants — IATF

Dyrecka Letigio 06/29/2021

Delta variant CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Delta variant of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the Interagency Task Force’s (IATF) main reason why they are apprehensive of allowing Cebu to implement its own policy. Doctor Edsel…

Garcia’s request to IATF: Allow Cebu policies to apply to Cebu residents

Dyrecka Letigio 06/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia is appealing to the national Interagency Task Force (IATF) to allow the policies of Cebu for Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROFs) to apply to Cebu residents only. Garcia said that…

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