Alleged maltreatment of ECQ violators in Tuburan to be probed

Rosalie Abatayo 04/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO) has ordered an investigation on the alleged maltreatment of four young men when they were invited to the police station in Tuburan town in midwestern Cebu. The…

Cebu governor to sue reporter for libel

Rosalie Abatayo 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines  — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will be filing a libel complaint against a Cebu-based reporter of a national news website, who posted on Facebook a query asking the governor if she was already senile,…

Close to 1,400 samples tested in CV as it records no new COVID-19 cases, deaths again

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Approximately 1,400 samples have already been tested in Central Visayas as it reports another day without new cases and deaths of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Department of Health in Central Visayas…

Mass testing for COVID-19 in Cebu City to roll out soon

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mass testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Cebu City will begin soon. This developed after the Cebu City government dispatched a total of 20,000 swab test kits to the City Health Department…

Cops eye ‘grudge due to drugs’ angle in killing of pregnant woman in Pasil

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/13/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are investigating if the killing of a woman, who was three months pregnant, in Barangay Pasil, Cebu City on Sunday, April 12, 2020, is drug-related. Police Master Sergeant Rey Iligan of…

House-to-house distribution of elderly’s cash aid

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Instead of using cash cards, the Cebu City government is planning for a house-to-house distribution scheme for the senior citizens’ financial assistance. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella announced on Monday, April 13, 2020,…

Sitio Zapatera residents cooperating, following COVID-19 measures

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A day after being placed in a lockdown due to the new positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), residents in Sitio Zapatera in Barangay Luz in Cebu City have started to become more…

Magnitude 3.5 earthquake felt in Antique

Rosalie Abatayo 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least two earthquakes were felt in parts of the Visayas this Monday morning, April 13, 2020. At 9:22 a.m. today, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake jolted parts of Antique province, Western Visayas, the…

No COVID-19 deaths in Central Visayas for 7 straight days

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The number of patients cleared of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Cebu City has increased to 15. This after Department on Health in Central Visayas (DOH -7) today, Sunday (April 12, 2020) reported…

63 persons rounded up for violating the no-swimming policy in Metro Cebu

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 63 persons were arrested today, April 12, 2020, by the police in Cebu City, Talisay City, and Lapu-Lapu City, for swimming in public and private beaches and pools in relation…

9K individuals in Barrio Luz’ sitio placed under lockdown

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Sitio Zapatera is the largest sitio (sub-village in English) in Barangay Luz, Cebu City. But its at least 9,000 residents have been placed under lockdown since April 7, 2020, after one of them…

LGUs told: Add nutritious food in relief goods, prevent malnutrition during ECQ

Rosalie Abatayo 04/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Acute food and nutrition insecurity because of lesser access to nutritious food may become the next threat to the public resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the subsequent enhanced community…

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