31 minors, shelter staff “clinically recovered” from COVID-19

Futch Anthony Inso 08/24/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The 31 minors and four staff from the Home Care Center for Children in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City have already been declared clinically recovered from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Annabeth Cuizon, head…

Chan: Returning Lapu-Lapu OFWs should stay in city’s hotels

Futch Anthony Inso 01/21/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government wants its returning overseas Filipino worker (OFW) constituents to be accommodated in hotels within the city. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan met with  actingRegional Director Mae Codilla of…

Mandaue’s returning OFWs will be quarantined at MCIC

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/14/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who will be returning home to Mandaue City need not worry about where to be quarantined. This is because the city has prepared the Mandaue City Isolation Center…

PAL: Foreign passengers from US won’t be allowed in flights to PH

Katrina Hallare - Reporter / @KHallareINQ 01/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Saturday said that it would not allow foreign passengers from the United States or foreign travelers who have been in the country for 14 days to be in their flights…

Passengers bound for Cebu City from flagged countries will be quarantined

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City-bound passengers from countries reported to have the new strain of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) will be quarantined for 14 days in a health facility should they arrive today before the…

Gov’t mulls aid for persons on 14-day COVID-19 quarantine

Darryl John Esguerra 07/30/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — The government is looking to extend assistance to individuals required to undergo 14-day quarantine amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the government is considering a last-minute amendment…

Consolacion requires 14-day quarantine for returning residents from Cebu City

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As Cebu province is set to reimplement strict border controls with Cebu City, residents of the province who would opt to go home while they can may need to undergo home quarantine when…

No cause for alarm: Bohol now has 7 COVID cases

Doris C. Bongcac 06/17/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu -Another locally stranded individual who recently arrived in Bohol province tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. Quoting a report from the Department of Health (DOH), Governor Arthur Yap said that the LSI came…

‘Extra’ quarantine period for OFWs shortened to 5 days

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Instead of seven days, repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) would now only have to be quarantined for five days upon arrival in Cebu before they would be allowed to return to their hometowns…

51 OFWs return to Bohol province after completing 14-day quarantine in Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac 05/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Fifty-one Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), who were quarantined in Cebu City, already returned to Bohol province at dawn today, May 9, 2020. In a Facebook post this morning, Governor Arthur Yap said that…

23 OFWs arrive in Dumaguete City, to undergo another 14-day quarantine

Florence Baesa 04/28/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental- Twenty-three (23) repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) arrived at the port of Dumaguete from Manila past 12:00 noon today, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, on board M/V St. Michael Archangel of 2GO Shipping Lines.…

Chan clarifies: I don’t oppose 14-day quarantine after Garcia’s challenge

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/01/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said he does not oppose the Cebu Provincial Government’s plan to place travelers from China under a 14-day quarantine. This developed after Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia…

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