MANILA, Philippines — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz died Wednesday morning “due to a lingering illness.” He was 85. This was confirmed by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines in a tweet. “Archbishop Emeritus Oscar…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— An artist from Bohol is using his artistic mind to help highlight his advocacy to promote cleaner seas. Pedro L. Angco Jr. of barangay Laya in Baclayon town, Bohol, is the artistic…
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…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Far from the two-digit daily additional cases in the past months, Mandaue City on Sunday, August 23, 2020, logged only one new COVID-19 infection, while adding six more recoveries into its tally. In…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two new cases have been added to the municipality of Alcoy’s tally of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections on Sunday, August 23, 2020. In its update, the municipality said one of the two…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the municipality of Daanbantayan is back to double digits anew, with 11 new cases reported for the northern Cebu town this Sunday, August 23.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Another local chief executive in Cebu province has been afflicted with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Asturias Mayor Jose Antonio Pintor tested positive of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the local government’s…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Aftershocks of the strong quake that rocked Masbate last Tuesday, August 18 were still recorded after a few days since it happened. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a 3.6-magnitude…
MANILA, Philippines — The bicameral conference committee on Thursday, August 20, 2020, approved the reconciled version of the proposed Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or the Bayanihan 2 bill, Senator Sonny Angara said. “We just adjourned…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Law enforcers in Cebu nabbed on Thursday dawn, August 20, 2020, a barangay tanod (village watchman in English) in Balamban town after he was caught in possession of illegal drugs. A statement from…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Starting September 1,2020, employees and visitors of the different municipal and barangay offices in Santander in southern Cebu will be required to wear face shields on top of their face masks. The policy…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tally surpassed the 170,000-mark on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, as the Department of Health (DOH) logged in additional 4,650 cases. According to the latest data of the DOH, there…
