Rice from Vietnam arrive in northern Mindanao

Froilan Gallardo 04/04/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — Two foreign cargo ships carrying 5,300 metric tons of rice from Vietnam arrived at the ports of northern Mindanao last weekend. National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) 10 Director Mylah Mylah Faye Cariño…

ADB sees slower economic growth for PH this year, but strong rebound expected in 2021

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/03/2020

    CEBU CITY—The Asian Development Bank (ADB) foresees a slower economic growth for the Philippines this year but projects a strong rebound in 2021. The ADB made this pronouncement in a new ADB report released today…

Lapu’s social workers to go house to house to distribute social amelioration cards

Norman V. Mendoza 04/03/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, CEBU, Philippines — The City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) of Lapu-Lapu City will soon start distributing the Social Amelioration Cards on a house-to-house basis. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan announced this during a…

DICT warns public against vishing or voice phishing

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —If you receive an unsolicited call asking for personal and sensitive information, you should be on the alert. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) reminds the public to be wary of vishing…

Drug pushers, users in Lapu-Lapu told: Despite ECQ, war on drugs continue

Norman V. Mendoza 04/03/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Despite the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Lapu-Lapu City police will continue to go after those involved in the illegal drug trade. Police Colonel Clarito Baja, Lapu-Lapu City Police Office director,…

Motorcycle-riding gunmen kill construction worker

Florence Baesa 04/02/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines  —  A 42-year-old construction worker was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen on board a scooter motorcycle in front of his house in Barangay Poblacion, Zamboanguita town in Negros Oriental tonight, April…

Labogon tanod pursuing armed man shot, wounded

Norman V. Mendoza 04/02/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines — A barangay tanod was shot and wounded after he and the police pursued an armed person at Sitio Lapyahan in Barangay Labogon, Mandaue City at past 7:00 this evening April 2, 2020.…

80% of persons who came in contact with 2 Lapu COVID-19 cases identified

Futch Anthony Inso 04/02/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Eighty percent of individuals that have physical contacts with the two coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive patients were already identified by the Lapu-Lapu City Health Office (LLCHO). Mitos Sheila Roco, Health Emergency Management…

Chan orders mandatory quarantine for family of Yuri Richards

Futch Anthony Inso 04/01/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan has ordered the mandatory quarantine of the family members of Roy Deldig, who is also known as Yuri Richards in the Cebu media industry, because of suspicions that…

DOLE-7 okays P5K aid to 2000 workers in CV

Futch Anthony Inso 03/31/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) has already approved the P5,000 financial assistance or a total of P10,770,000 for some 2,154 workers in the region under the Department’s…

Power consumption in Visayas grid declines

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The power consumption in the Visayas experienced a decline Friday last week when compared to that of January 29, around two months ago, according to a press release from the Department of Energy-Visayas…

100 Southern Leyte residents to remain in Cebu City for now – Mercado

Jani Arnaiz 03/31/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte –More than 100 Southern Leyte residents, who are now stranded in Cebu City, will not be allowed to go home just yet. Governor Damian Mercado said he cannot risk the safety of his…

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