4 specimens of COVID-19 tests in VSMMC sent to RITM for further confirmation

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has announced that they have delivered four samples of the pilot Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests that they conducted to the Research Institute of Tropical…

Capitol forms task force on price control

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government formally created a task force to monitor all businesses engaged in selling basic commodities. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia issued Executive Order (EO) No. 11 which effectively formed the Cebu…

Talisay police pursuing love angle, personal grudge in killing of cop assigned at MPG

Alven Marie Timtim 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Policemen in Talisay City are pursuing love angle and personal grudge in the killing of Police Corporal Marlon Belleres earlier today, March 21, 2020. Quoting the outcome of their initial investigation, Police Major Gerard…

Rama facing another graft case in Sandiganbayan

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama will be once again be facing graft and corruption cases at the Sandiganbayan along with the members of Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) during his term as…

Capitol to students, elderly: Stay at home or else …

Morexette Marie Erram 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has announced that students, and the elderly, whose ages are 65 years old and above, should stay at home starting tomorrow, Sunday (March 22, 2020) at 3 p.m. At…

Anti-hoarding, anti-panic buying ordinance passed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Buying more than you can consume and hoarding goods for profit can now be penalized in Cebu City as the Cebu City Council passed an Anti-hoarding and Anti-panic buying ordinance amid the spread…

Capitol orders alcohol manufacturers to regulate supply

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Government has ordered producers of rubbing alcohol to regulate their supply despite the surging demand from consumers due to threats of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Governor Gwendolyn Garcia issued…

Desalination plants to be functional by 2021 — MCWD

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The water supply problem in Metro Cebu may find some relief in the year 2021 as the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) expects functional desalination plants by then. Lawyer Jose Daluz III, the…

Consolacion drug bust yields P9.7M shabu; 5 nabbed

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of P9.7 million worth of suspected shabu were confiscated during a buy-bust operation conducted in Purok 1, Barangay Nangka, Consolacion, Cebu at around 6:30 p.m., on Friday, March 20, 2020. Consolacion…

Cebu City Council approves P1 billion budget to fight Coronavirus

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council approved the P1 billion budget for the mitigating measures against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Coronavirus). Councilor Raymond Garcia, the majority floor leader of the council, said that the budget…

New CCPO chief told to do his best amid COVID-19 crisis

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A new chief for the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has just been assigned, just two months after the outgoing chief assumed the post. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director of the…

Close to 400 stranded foreigners in Cebu flown to Manila

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Close to 400 foreigners left stranded in Cebu have been transported to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as of March 20, 2020. Based on statements from GMR – Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation…

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