COVID – 19 in Cebu City: ECQ and mass testing

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/11/2020

Part 2 (Conclusion) It was still two days since Cebu City was placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and public officials then were racing to address the public’s clamor for a more efficient way of distributing quarantine…

COVID-19 in Cebu City: Mass testing and change in the outbreak’s dynamics 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/10/2020

(PART 1) CEBU CITY, Philippines — Steam inhalation, locally known as tu-ob in Cebuano, has been a common home-made remedy among Cebuanos who suffer respiratory problems and infection. Wrapping their heads in towels, and inhaling the steam…

Before Covid-19, Philippine Jails Already a Death Trap

Aie Balagtas See 05/07/2020

Human rights advocates believe that numbers will still increase and the full force of Covid-19 is yet to be felt. They also call for transparency in releasing death and infection rates to help craft policies and mitigate…

‘Firing up’ the community to prevent fires

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three generations of the Cortes family in Barangay Suba, Cebu City have witnessed and suffered losing their house in a fire.  Recently, they were among the over 2,800 individuals in Sitio Sto. Niño…

Poliovirus in Butuanon River: Health and sanitation issues all rolled into one

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/18/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Rivers played a vital role throughout humanity’s existence.  In history, they were used as indicators where some of the world’s first civilizations flourished. In art and literature, the little streams connecting to them…

The hidden world of ‘ecstasy’ tucked away in the recesses of party places

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – It was inside a club in one of Metro Cebu’s known party places – with only narrow, strobe lights giving way to darkness – when Chen, for the first time, saw up close…

Drugs and violence: 20 stories of crimes, tragedy in 2019

Dennis Singson 01/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the year 2019 drew to a close, CDN Digital looks back at the top 20 crimes and stories involving police in Cebu for the year. Cebuanos always open the year with revelry…

Love and drugs: Encila’s life as Consolacion’s drug queen

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — She was dubbed as Consolacion’s drug queen when police found out that she was the source of 28 kilograms of shabu, worth P190.4 million that they confiscated in two, separate anti-drugs operations last March…

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