The social meanings of face masks, revisited

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 07/30/2020

It has been exactly six months since I wrote about face masks in this column, and the world has drastically changed since. Back then, people hoarded masks amid fears of ash fall, and what inspired me to…

Brgy. Busay officials to Capitol, DOH: Explain to us quarantine protocol

Rosalie Abatayo 02/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Officials of Barangay Busay are asking the Cebu provincial government and the Department of Health (DoH) to explain to them the quarantine protocol as the province-owned evacuation center that sits on the boundary…

Walk for Life 2020: Fighting nCoV through prayers

Immae Lachica 02/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Instead of hiding in fear of the 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the Archdiocese of Cebu Commission on the Laity is encouraging everyone to unite in prayer against the deadly virus in this year’s Walk for…

Cebu City Council urges authorities on top of 2019 nCoV situation to furnish them info, details

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/10/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Council has urged government agencies tasked to monitor and handle the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation to furnish them with data on the patients and travelers who arrived in…

DOH: 18 PUIs in Central Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/10/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – There are now 18 patients under investigation (PUIs) in Central Visayas, the latest data from the state health bureau shows. The figures, shown on the Department of Health’s (DOH) 2019 novel coronavirus…

Senator Villar: nCoV scare to boost local tourism

Michael Jaucian 02/09/2020

IRIGA CITY –– Senator Cynthia Villar told hundreds of farmers during the 1st Agribusiness Tourism event here that the novel coronavirus (nCoV) would boost local tourism in the country. “Since there’s a ban on any flight coming…

Central Luzon health workers mobilized to aid returning Filipinos from China, including baby

Maria Adelaida Calayag - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/09/2020

CLARK, PAMPANGA – Health workers from all over Central Luzon have been mobilized to assist 45 Filipinos who will be flown back from Wuhan City in China and quarantined for 14 days on Sunday (Feb. 9) at…

2nd Filipino nCoV case is in Dubai

Jerome Aning - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday said the Philippine Embassy in the United Arab Emirates was fully coordinating with UAE health authorities on the case of a Filipino who was among several…

Tarlac town rejects OFWs coming from virus-hit China

Jovic Yee, Maria Adelaida Cayag 02/08/2020

  The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday assured the government and residents of Capas in Tarlac province that all necessary precautions would be taken to prevent them from contracting the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from any of…

China virus: How heavy the blow on PH economy

Ben O. de Vera, Doris Dumalao-Abadilla 02/08/2020

A prolonged crisis over the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) would likely cut up to P133 billion from the country’s P19-trillion economy, the country’s chief economist said on Friday with the property sector already feeling the effects of the…

Garcia issues EO to lay down protocols to be followed in the ports of Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines -The ban imposed on persons suspected with the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) will now include those arriving and leaving the different ports of Cebu. Executive Order No. 5 which Governor…

Organizers may hold PRISAA Regional Finals in March

Mars G. Alison 02/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An official of the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) in Central Visayas has clarified that the PRISAA Regional Finals is only postponed to a later date and not cancelled. Bernard Ricablanca, deputy secretary…

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