Mandaue logs 27 cases, 2 recoveries on August 1

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City’s count of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is now at 763 as the city logs on Saturday, August 1, 27 additional infections and two new recoveries. The city’s Public Information Office…

UCMed molecular lab to help boost number of COVID tests a day

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The operationality of more testing laboratories for COVID-19 in Central Visayas is considered to contribute to sustaining the government’s move for the region’s economic recovery. On Thursday, July 30, 2020, the University of…

Barcenas: Petitions vs Anti-Terror Law have ‘high’ chances in SC

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Veteran Cebuano lawyer and Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG-7) Chairperson Democrito Barcenas said the chances remain high for the petitions filed before the Supreme Court (SC) challenging the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020…

Garcia: ‘False COVID patients covered under PhilHealth packages’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Is there a hocus-pocus going on in the tagging of COVID-19 ‘probable’ cases for the sake of PhilHealth package coverage? Governor Gwendolyn Garcia raised the concern as she said that the Philippine Health…

Daanbantayan logs 15 new cases, active cases back to 18

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines  — After its active COVID-19 cases dropped to as low as one in the past week, the northernmost Cebu town of Daanbantayan reported an additional 15 new infections on Thursday, July 30, 2020, raising…

Palace declares regular holiday on July 31 for Eid’l Adha

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has declared Friday, July 31, 2020, as a regular holiday nationwide in observance of Eid’l Adha, the Islamic Feast of Sacrifice. The palace issued on Wednesday, July 29, Presidential Proclamation…

Mandaue City recoveries near 1,000; Active cases down to 728

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The COVID-19 recoveries in Mandaue City is now at 970 after the city reported 157 additional patients that have recovered from the viral infection. In an update posted on Thursday morning, July 30,…

Excess watchers of VSMMC patients shouldn’t be a problem, says Gwen

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The “excess” watchers of patients in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center who have been affected by the one-watcher policy of the hospital are “a problem that does need to be a problem.” This…

Gwen says more elected officials, including mayor, involved in tigbakay

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After the police raided a “tigbakay” or illegal cockfight in Daanbantayan town and identified at least seven elected officials involved, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said there remains more officials in the towns engaged…

Cebu’s tourism portal up and running

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The online booking system for Cebu’s tourism offerings is now up. The tourism portal, discover.cebu.gov.ph, will host the booking of all the tourism activities offered by the towns and cities in the province.…

Long-term developments in MCIA continues despite air travel plunge from COVID

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite the downturn in the air travel industry due to COVID-19, improvement projects at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) will continue as part of its long-term development. Lawyer Steve Dicdican, general manager…

‘Do not litter your face masks!’ — EcoWaste Coalition

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While the wearing of face masks may protect a person from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), irresponsible disposal of the single-use masks may also cause harm to others, humans and animals alike. This…

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