Barangays decry lack of ECQ passes

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangays in Cebu City are asking the city government for more quarantine passes. Barangay Lahug officials have written to Mayor Edgardo Labella raising concerns on the lack of quarantine passes. Lahug village chief,…

Garcia: No printing of additional passes in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigo 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippine — Cebu City Councilor Raymond Alvin Garcia said that the city could no longer print additional quarantine passes for the barangays. In a phone interview with CDN Digital, Garcia said that the purpose of…

Two days of no new COVID-19 case in CV

Rosalie Abatayo 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The subnational laboratory of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC -SNL) has reported no new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Central Visayas for Tuesday, March 31, 2020. This is…

City Council to hold 1st online session on Wednesday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council will be holding its first online session on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Vice Mayor Michael Rama told CDN Digital that only a skeletal force will be left in the…

Ferro orders probe on ‘attack’ on male nurse from Cebu City

Alven Marie Timtim 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The recent attack on a Cebu-based health worker did not go unnoticed. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), said they are now investigating…

ECQ pass counterfeiters to face criminal raps, forfeit pass privileges

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — People who illegally reproduce the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) passes in Cebu City will bear the brunt of the law. City administrator Lawyer Floro Casas, Jr., said the city government will go after…

Regulated entry of buyers imposed in public markets in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Expect delays when buying supplies from the different public markets in Cebu City. Jonil Matuguina, Market Authority head, said that on Tuesday, March 30, 2020, they started to impose limitations in the number of…

Curfew violators in Danao City made to pray the rosary

Alven Marie Timtim 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The chief of the Danao City Police Station has found a unique way to make curfew violators repent. Instead of making them undergo lectures or render community service, curfew violators were told to…

Health group says ‘lockdown’ is not enough, calls for mass testing anew

Rosalie Abatayo 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu chapter of the Coalition for People’s Right to Health has called on the government to intensify case finding for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) through mass testing in “at-risk communities.” In…

Health workers, frontliners should be spared from harassment, discrimination – DOH-7, IBP Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH – 7) and Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Cebu Chapter (IBP – Cebu) condemned the discrimination and attacks made against health workers. The DOH-7…

Ferro: Special lanes for medical workers in checkpoints

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Policemen manning the border checkpoints around Cebu Province and in Cebu City will make a special lane for the medical workers to make it easier for them to pass through these checkpoints. Police…

Medical workers in Cebu City get more help

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In response to reports that several frontline workers fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) experienced discrimination and harassment, several establishments in Cebu City offered to provide help to them. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo…

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