Pending Cebu ordinance seeks penalty for improper face mask disposal

Rosalie Abatayo 09/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An ordinance seeking to impose penalty on persons violating the mandatory wearing of face masks and the improper disposal of the protective equipment is now pending before the Cebu Provincial Board. The proposed…

Barili Mayor Marlon Garcia passes on after weeks of fighting COVID-19

Rosalie Abatayo 09/06/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Barili Mayor Marlon Garcia passed away early on Sunday morning, September 6, 2020, a month after Governor Gwendolyn Garcia announced that he was “fighting COVID-19.” Atty. Winston Garcia confirmed the death of his…

Mandaue logs 10 more COVID-related deaths, 3 new infections, and 3 recoveries

Rosalie Abatayo 09/03/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu— The city of Mandaue reported 10 additional deaths among its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, hiking the count of COVID-19 related deaths here to 102. The newly reported deaths, however,…

Siquijor is COVID-19 free anew

Rosalie Abatayo 08/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Siquijor is COVID-19-free again. This as all of the four coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Siquijor province have already recovered from the infection. The provincial government of Siquijor, in its COVID-19 bulletin posted…

Mandaue City Jail logs COVID-19 case anew

Rosalie Abatayo 08/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City Jail has recorded a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection anew, three weeks after all its previous cases have been declared as recovered. In Mandaue City’s COVID-19 update on Wednesday evening, August 19,…

Cebu Gov Gwendolyn Garcia fractures hip

Rosalie Abatayo 08/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia suffered a fracture to her left hip after slipping inside her home in Cebu City over the weekend. Capitol legal consultant Rory Jon Sepulveda gave the update on the…

Talisay, Minglanilla, Consolacion mayors ‘support’ random testing in businesses

Rosalie Abatayo 08/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The mayors of the city of Talisay and the towns of Minglanilla and Consolacion, which remain under general community quarantine (GCQ), have expressed their support to Project Balik Buhay’s proposal to make it…

Chan says frontliners’ efforts start to pay off with improving COVID-19 status

Rosalie Abatayo 08/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While new cases are still added to Lapu-Lapu City’s daily COVID-19 tally, Mayor Junard Chan said the situation in the city is already improving based on the declining number of cases added daily…

Central Visayas total recoveries at 10,451, active cases drop to 5,507

Rosalie Abatayo 08/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 10,451 individuals who have been infected with COVID-19 have already recovered from the virus, lowering the number of active cases in Central Visayas to 5,507. In the August 5, 2020-report…

1,180 quarantine violators apprehended in Mandaue since March

Rosalie Abatayo 08/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The city government of Mandaue has appealed to its constituents anew to abide by community quarantine protocols as it heightens campaign against violators. Over the weekend, the city has already “freed-up” some space…

Duterte warns: Gov’t will go after SAP ‘opportunists’

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Rosalie Abatayo 07/27/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to go after individuals, including local officials, who took advantage of the national government’s emergency cash aid for the underprivileged.  The President, during this 5th State of the…

Later curfew hours in Cebu province starts

Rosalie Abatayo 07/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Starting tonight, July 23, 2020, the curfew hours in Cebu province will already be set from 12 midnight to 5 a.m. the following day. This is two hours later than the previous curfew schedule…

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