Cebu City logs only 1 new case for Nov. 2

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City on Monday, November 2, recorded its lowest number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) since June. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) announced in its latest COVID-19 bulletin issued…

Storm Signal lifted in northern Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The northern part of Cebu may no longer be included in the areas affected by Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni) as of Sunday afternoon, November 1, but Cebuanos are still advised to take…

Signal No. 1 up in northern Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – More areas in the country have been placed under Tropical Cyclone Warning Signals (TCWS) as Super Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni) wreaks havoc across southern and central Luzon. In its 8 a.m. severe…

Severed head found in Looc shores

Paul Lauro 10/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A severed or decapitated head was washed ashore in the coasts of Barangay Looc, Mandaue City on Saturday afternoon, October 31, 2020, a week after a torso of a woman (a headless body…

Bicyclist killed in Consolacion road accident

Paul Lauro 10/31/2020

CONSOLACION, Cebu – Another bicyclist was killed in an early morning road accident this Saturday, October 31, 2020. The victim, who remains unidentified, got hit by a passenger bus while traversing the national highway in the vicinity…

Entire Cebu remains under MGCQ until Nov. 30

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — All areas in Cebu island will remain under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) for the entire month of November. This after the Malacañang, in a memorandum dated and issued on October 30, 2020,…

Tugboat catches fire in Cebu City waters

Morexette Marie Erram 10/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines (UPDATED)—A tugboat owned and operated by a roll-on, roll-off company caught fire while sailing along Cebu South Channel on Monday, October 26, 2020.  Reports from the Philippine Coast Guard in Cebu (PCG-Cebu) said the…

Rescue ongoing for distressed ship in eastern Bohol

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 10/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rescue operations are ongoing after a ship off the seawaters in Eastern Bohol raised a distress signal after it has taken in seawater on Sunday noon, October 25. Acting Commander Alvin Dagalea of…

Dismembered body parts found on seawaters off Mandaue

Paul Lauro 10/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Investigators, forensics, and embalmers have yet to start an autopsy on the body found inside a garbage bag in the river in Sitio Kalubihan, Barangay Talamban in Cebu City. But dismembered body parts…

Cebu City dangles P100k worth of incentives to barangays that can achieve COVID-free status

Morexette Marie Erram 10/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Government will be providing financial incentives worth P100,000 to barangays that can achieve having zero active cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mayor Edgardo Labella announced this development in a speech…

LOOK: Images from Lahug fire

10/21/2020

(Updated) Cebu City, Philippines–A fire broke out from a pre-school building in Barangay Lahug here at around 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. As of this posting, firemen from the Cebu City Fire Office continue to…

Only 3 active COVID-19 cases left in Bogo City as of Oct. 19

Doris C. Bongcac 10/19/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu–Bogo City in northern Cebu is left with only three active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as of Monday, October 19, 2020. The city government shared the good news in an advisory posted on…

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