76 Bohol samples cleared of COVID-19

Rosalie Abatayo 05/12/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 76 swab samples from Bohol province have tested negative for the coronavirus disease, the provincial government reported this Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Dr. Yul Lopez, Bohol’s spokesperson for COVID-19 updates,…

Cebu logs 121 new COVID-19 cases

Rosalie Abatayo 05/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 121 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were added to Cebu’s tally on Monday, May 11, 2020. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, in a virtual presser on Monday afternoon, said…

LPA may develop into Tropical Depression Ambo

Rosalie Abatayo 05/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) that is currently located in the seas east of Mindanao will likely develop to become the first tropical depression in the country this 2020, Pagasa said on Sunday,…

3 ‘light’ earthquakes logged in Bohol, NegOr

Rosalie Abatayo 05/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three light earthquakes, one in Bohol province and two in Negros Oriental, were recorded in Central Visayas in the first hour of Sunday, May 10, 2020. At 12:10 a.m, the Philippine Institute of…

7 CPDRC jail guards test positive for COVID-19

Rosalie Abatayo 05/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Seven jail guards of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) are among the 122 new positive coronavirus patients in Cebu this Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, in her public…

Bantayan patient’s 7 close contacts negative for COVID-19

Rosalie Abatayo 05/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Seven out of the 33 identified close contacts of the confirmed coronavirus patient from Bantayan town have tested negative for the infection, the municipality announced on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. In the town’s…

Gwen: Cebu has excess pork supply

Rosalie Abatayo 05/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With the decrease in the demand for pork amid the enhanced community quarantine, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said there is enough, even an excess, in the supply of the meat for Cebu. Garcia, reacting…

Gwen fears Labella’s lifting of pork ban would endanger Cebu’s P11B hog industry

Rosalie Abatayo 05/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —With the current public health crisis, a possible viral infection among livestock will be another daunting challenge for Cebu So said Governor Gwendolyn Garcia as she expressed hope that Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella…

Gwen: 189 new COVID-19 cases in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 05/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia announced that Cebu has logged 189 new cases of COVID-19 this Monday, May 4, 2020. Quoting data from the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), Garcia said 188 of…

Cebu Churches bring Flores de Mayo online

Rosalie Abatayo 05/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The mirthful tradition of celebrating Flores de Mayo may take a pause this year due to the risk of the coronavirus disease pandemic, but the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the…

LPA in Mindanao dissipates, ITCZ to still bring rains in Vis-Min

Rosalie Abatayo 05/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) that brought rains over Visayas and Mindanao last weekend has completely dissipated past 2 a.m. on Monday, May 4, 2020. But cloudy skies, scattered rainshowers, and thunderstorms, however,…

Frontliner is Talisay City’s 3rd COVID-19 patient

Rosalie Abatayo 05/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Most fronliners leave their own families to join the fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), notwithstanding that they, too, may test positive for the infection. This Sunday, May 3, 2020, a frontline health worker…

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