Spoiled rice intended for COVID-19 victims returned to supplier 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangay Mabolo was among the first barangay who received their allocation of rice assistance from the city government. At least a week into the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Mabolo residents expected to receive…

Horizons 101 denies discriminating frontliners, faces probe

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A condominium in Cebu City denied reports of alleged discrimination against nurses during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and said the incident was a “miscommunication”. In a statement sent to media, the management…

Cebu Cathedral’s Siete Palabras to be streamed online

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral will broadcast live the traditional Siete Palabras or Seven Last Words on Good Friday, April 10, 2020. In an announcement posted on their Facebook Page, the Cathedral revealed that…

Cebu City dads authorize Labella to enter into MOA with DSWD

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is now ready to implement the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP). This after the City Council authorized Mayor Edgardo Labella during a special session held on Monday evening,…

Martinez to DSWD: Start the distribution of SAP cards

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) Cebu Chapter President Celestino Martinez III has asked the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) to already facilitate the distribution of Special Amelioration Program…

684 curfew, ECQ violators crowd CCPO’s detention cells – Grijaldo

Alven Maria A. Timtim 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The increasing number of curfew and enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) violators is giving policemen in Cebu City a headache. Police Colonel Hector Grijaldo Jr., chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said that…

Cebu City’s displaced workers urged to join DOLE’s BKBK livelihood program

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City residents who lost their sources of income due to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) are encouraged to join the Barangay Ko Bahay Ko (BKBK) program of the Department of Labor and…

Another online trader nabbed for selling overpriced thermal scanners

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities continue to crack down on online traders, who sell overpriced in demand medical products amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis in the Philippines. The latest to fall is a 40-year-old resident of…

PRO-7 director lauds 2nd PMFC personnel for recent accomplishments

Alven Maria A. Timtim 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Impressed by the recent accomplishments of the Second Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC) of the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPP) in Barangay Das Lutopan, Toledo City, no less than the chief of the…

BREAKING: No COVID-19 cases, deaths in CV for the 5th time; 2 more recoveries

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas reports another day without any confirmed cases and deaths related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for Monday, April 6, 2020. As a result, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and…

‘Strengthen frontliners’ protection through ordinance’

Rosalie Abatayo 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local government units are encouraged to follow suit in imposing laws against discrimination of health care workers amid the present public health emergency brought about by the coronavirus crisis in the Philippines. Although…

Gwen: Still too early to decide on lifting of ECQ

Rosalie Abatayo 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Even when the pandemic and the subsequent enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will be over, things may no longer go back to the way they were. So said Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Monday,…

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