Cebu City now has 2,500 beds in isolation centers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has now 2,500 beds in the different Barangay Isolation Centers (BIC) for the asymptomatic cases of the coronvarius disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a statement through the city’s Public Information Office (PIO),…

Barangays told to begin ILI Surveillance System

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The barangays in Cebu City are told to begin the Influenza-like-Illness (ILI) Surveillance system to track down all residents with symptoms of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Dr. Junjie Zuasula, an epidemiologist of…

DILG orders creation of barangay response teams

Jeannette I. Andrade 02/03/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año ordered on Sunday all the barangays in the country to form health emergency response teams to help contain the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus even as the Philippine National…

CCPO launches “Mag-isturya ta” program to tap residents’ help in war against criminality

Alven Marie A. Timtim 02/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will soon be holding meetings and consultations with residents of the city’s different barangays to get their inputs on how the police can effectively address criminality and…

Cebu City Council pushes for quarantine rooms in barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Council wants barangays (villages) here to have their own quarantine rooms to isolate anyone who shows symptoms of respiratory infections in the community. This after the Department of Health confirmed that a…

Camotes’ barangay volunteers receive cash incentives from Capitol

Rosalie Abatayo 01/07/2020

CAMOTES ISLANDS, Cebu — Elizabeth Gahira has been serving as a volunteer barangay health worker in Barangay Himensulan, San Francisco in Camotes Island for more than 30 years. Gahira, 62, in turn, receives an honorarium of P230…

Sachet of suspected shabu found inside Zapatera Barangay Hall

Alven Marie A. Timtim 01/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A sachet of suspected shabu was found inside an office at the barangay hall of Zapatera here late Monday night, January 6, 2020. Barangay employees found the sachet inside an envelop in the office…

Gwen: Election postponement to provide continuity of service

Rosalie O. Abatayo 12/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia believes the postponement of the barangay polls will bring stability in local government units. Garcia, in a press conference  this afternoon, December 9, said the development will bring continuity in…

Comelec: No funds wasted despite Barangay, SK polls postponement

Rosalie Abatayo 12/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to December 2022 will give the Commission on Elections (Comelec) more than enough time to devise measures that will make the next scheduled…

Cebu City Police to heed mayor’s request to hold off demolition in Barangay Apas

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will comply with the request of Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella not to intervene in the demolition of Lot 937 in Barangay Apas, Cebu City. Police Colonel Gemma Vinluan,…

Cebu City Health Office readies anti-dengue plans, actions for schools, barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/09/2019

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — The Cebu City Health Office plans to coordinate with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the barangays for their anti-dengue campaigns in schools and the barangays. This is amid the Department of Health’s…

Comelec to hold satellite registration in selected Mandaue City barangays

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/01/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Good news for all wanting to register with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Hoping to encourage more voters to register, the Comelec in Mandaue City said it will be holding satellite voters registration…

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