NegOr reports 1st COVID-19 recovery, brings total in CV to 8

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 49-year-old male coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient from Dumaguete City was the first to have recovered from the infection in Negros Oriental. With his addition, the Department of Health in Central Visayas…

P6B for CV: Cebu officials ask DSWD for clearer guidelines on cash aid distribution

Morexette Marie Erram 04/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu officials have asked the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide them with clearer guidelines on the distribution of cash assistance under the national government’s social amelioration program for those…

Policeman sacrifices sleep, family time for a greater cause: Protect the public from COVID-19

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Sleep. That would be one of the first things that Police Corporal Jan Reynald Oporto, an investigator of Carbon Police Station, would do as soon as the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic comes to…

DOLE-7: Inspection of BPO office still ongoing

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE -7) is now conducting an inspection and assessment in a business process outsourcing (BPO) firm based in Cebu City.  Salome Siaton, director of…

Sa-a: Alleged ‘subhuman’ treatment of BPO workers, an isolated case

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Information Technology-Business Process Management Organization (IT-BPMO) said the incident of alleged “subhuman treatment” of workers of a BPO company in Cebu City is an isolated case.  “I would like to…

Delivery truck driver arrested for challenging checkpoint police to a fistfight

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A delivery truck driver is now facing charges of unjust vexation, oral defamation and disobedience to a person in authority, after he allegedly challenged policemen manning a checkpoint along the North Reclamation area,…

499 PUMs cleared in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has cleared 499 persons under monitoring (PUM) in all 80 barangays.  In their most recent data, the City Health Department (CHD) revealed that out of the 552 PUMs in the city,…

Labella seeks council’s authority for DSWD MOA

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Edgardo Labella is seeking the council’s permission to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The MOA will allow the city to avail the Social…

Cebu City police to go after those who will threaten frontliners

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will implement the full extent of the anti-discrimination ordinance in a bid to ensure the safety of the city’s frontliners. Police Colonel Hector Grijaldo said that health…

RHS7 hospital readied for CV cops, who may test positive of COVID-19

Alven Marie A. Timtim 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A floor of the Regional Health Service 7 (RHS7) PNP Station Hospital inside Camp Sotero Cabahug along Gorordo Avenue has been readied to house policemen, who may test positive of the coronavirus disease…

Capitol asks LGUs to ‘join hands in prayer’ against COVID-19

Rosalie Abatayo 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Capitol is asking local government units (LGUs) here to “join hands in prayer” that the cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection here will not spike amid intensified testings. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said…

COVID-19 cases in C. Visayas now at 34; 4 recoveries and no mortality reported

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH -7) logged one new confirmed case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the same time, reporting four new recoveries. In its latest COVID-19 bulletin,…

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