CEBU CITY, Philippines—The country’s merchandise trade registered a decline in March due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and the resulting restrictions in production supply chains and global trade flow. This was revealed by the National Economic…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) released over P3-million in livelihood funds for more than 100 residents of Barangay Sawang Calero in Cebu City. DOLE-7 turned over a check amounting…
CEBU CITY—Two fishermen organizations shared their blessings to some Cebu City residents by donating a total of 450 kilos of their fish catch. Alma Saavedra, information officer of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu Philippines –A 49-year-old male inmate of the Mandaue City Jail is the newest COVID-19 case in Mandaue City today, May 5, 2020. According to the Mandaue City’s Public Information Office, Patient MC-90 is the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Micro and small businesses have until Friday, May 8, to apply for the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) Program that is implemented through the Social Security System (SSS) to provide a wage subsidy of between…
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Capitol employees returned to work this morning in full force after the provincial government of Southern Leyte downgraded the enhanced community quarantine to a general community quarantine on May 1. It was…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Personnel from the Mandaue City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) will be visiting 13 barangays starting at noontime today, May 4, 2020, for the release of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) allocation to qualified beneficiaries.…
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — The borders of Northern Mindanao region was closed to other regions as cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive rose to 14 as of May 3. In a statement, the Northern…
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — The entire medical staff of the surgery ward of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) made up of 31 individuals, and 8 patients of the hospital’s surgery ward were placed under isolation…
CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again found several quick-rich schemes that victimize the public. Lawyer Alma Marie Dalena, SEC Cebu Extension Office officer-in-charge, encouraged investors to think twice before investing their money…
CEBU CITY—Amid concerns over the efficacy of the Real-Time – Polymerase Chain Reaction (rtPCR) and the Rapid Antibody-Based Diagnostic Test (RDT), medical experts here support the use of the latter for mass testing in the cities of…
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – A 22-year-old woman from Maasin City earned praises online after she returned the P5, 000 cash assistance which her common-law husband, Ariel Salas, received under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the…
