Lapu markets to be closed Sundays during ECQ

Rosalie Abatayo 04/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — No public or private market in Lapu-Lapu City will be allowed to open during Sundays as part of the additional measures during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). In his Executive Order No. 48-C,…

Lapu closes Mandaue-Mactan bridges to nonresidents, non-essential personnel

Rosalie Abatayo 04/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government will already ban the entry and exit of non-essential personnel to and from the city amid the rising number of coronavirus disease cases there. The order which covers all…

Minglanilla buy-bust nets over P100k shabu

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Five men defied the government’s stay at home policy to visit a drug den in Minglanilla town, Sunday dawn. The five men together with the drug den operator were arrested by personnel of the…

Mabolo busts yield P900K shabu, net 5 drug suspects in 8 hours

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least P900,000 worth of suspected shabu were confiscated while five persons were arrested in a series of three buy-bust operations in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City in a span of eight hours on…

Cebu City implements number coding for vehicles

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is imposing a number coding scheme to control the number of vehicles traversing the city streets following the complaints of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) of too much traffic.…

Closely inspect all incoming vehicles, Capitol urges PNP, LGUs

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has directed police and local officials to closely inspect and require drivers and passengers of all vehicles trying to access parts of the province to present the necessary documents.…

As COVID-19 cases rise in Cebu City, Cebu province to close some borders

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Starting this Tuesday, April 21, 2020, the Capitol will be closing off several access points to Cebu province from Cebu City and vice-versa. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia at a press conference on Saturday,…

Police presence on streets, fines effective against ECQ violators

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The P1,000 to P6,000 penalty and police visibility on the streets have contibuted to the declining numbers of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) violators in Lapu-Lapu City. As of today, April 18, 2020,…

Public urged: Report to authorities instead of posting on Facebook about suspected COVID-19 patients

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Instead of posting on Facebook and other social media accounts about persons who are suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, the public of Talisay City, were encouraged to report to the authorities instead. This…

CCPO chief debunks reports of Sitio Zapatera residents escaping from the lockdown area

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has not received any information that residents in Sitio Zapatera, Barangay Luz, Cebu City, have escaped and fled to the other areas around the city and neighboring municipalities.…

Cebu City to go after accounts spreading fake news

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be going after netizens spreading wrong information online that may be detrimental to the worsening situation in the city. Mayor Edgardo Labella admonished netizen, Maria Victoria Beltran, who…

Gwen reports 7 new COVID-19 cases in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Governor Gwendolyn Garcia announced in a press conference this afternoon, April 18, 2020, the seven new COVID-19 cases that were recorded in Cebu province. This now brings to a total of 179 the…

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