Alegria places third sitio under localize lockdown after logging 3 more cases

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines  — The municipality of Alegria placed another community in Barangay Santa Filomena under a localized lockdown after it confirmed three more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections. On Saturday evening, August 1, the Alegria Public Information…

2 sitios in Alegria, Cebu under lockdown after cases with ‘superspreader’ tendencies detected

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two sitios in Alegria, southern Cebu, have been placed under localized lockdown following the confirmation of two new coronavirus infections in the town. The locked-down communities are Sitio Tapon in Barangay Santa Filomena…

Garcia on Cebu MGCQ tourism: ‘Waterfalls are for your eyes only’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Waterfalls, which are among the tourist attractions in Cebu province, will only be for sight-seeing in the first stages of the reopening of the province’s tourism industry. This was the clarification of Cebu…

In Alegria, officials and volunteers clean-up town’s reef

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines- As most parts of Cebu province prepare to reopen under the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), local officials and volunteers in Alegria town decided to clean up the sea. In a post on Facebook,…

Alegria town records first case of COVID-19

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Alegria town recorded its first case of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on June 30, 2020. The first case was from a woman from Barangay Valencia who recently gave birth through Caesarian section…

COA to Alegria: Impose tax on collection of canyoneering activity fees

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The state’s auditing body is recommending to the local government of Alegria town in southwestern Cebu to impose tax on the collection of canyoneering activity fees. “We recommended that the Municipal Mayor agreed…

Drilling services to start in Alegria oil field soon

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Drilling of the six production wells in Alegria’s oil field is about to start. This developed after Polyard Petroleum International Group Limited announced that they had entered into a Turnkey Drilling Service Agreement…

LGUs urged to assess need to suspend classes; rough seas strand 300 passengers 

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The local government units (LGUs) of the province of Cebu are encouraged to proactively assess their localities if there is a need for them to declare a suspension of classes due to the…

Chinese firm, partners eye mini-refinery, natgas deposits in Alegria

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/31/2019

CEBU CITY — The China International Mining Petroleum Co. Ltd. and its partners are looking into the possibility of putting up a mini-refinery to process the crude oil coming from its oil wells in Alegria town, Cebu.…

Stalls in Badian’s ‘food strip’ burned down

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 04/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least five establishments, most of which are food stalls, in a food strip in Barangay Poblacion in Badian town of southwestern Cebu were gutted down by a late evening fire on Tuesday,…

Alegria coach shaken with rock-throwing incident in Tuburan

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 04/11/2019

Cebu City, Philippines —The head coach of Alegria’s basketball squad that is competing in the 2019 Governor’s Cup basketball tournament admitted that he and his players are shaken up by the incident that saw their vehicle get…

Woman shot dead in Alegria, Cebu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/02/2018

A barangay councilwoman was shot dead by two unknown assailants at the Sangi Public Market in Barangay Madridejos, Alegria town in southern Cebu. Fifty-two-year-old Juanita Lobrino, who served as councilwoman of Barangay Guadalupe of the same town,…

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