Cebu City urged to raise brgy. health workers’ monthly stipend to P10K

Pia Piquero 08/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local health officials in Cebu City are calling for an increase in the monthly stipend of barangay health workers (BHWs), proposing a raise from the current P7,500 to P10,000. This proposed hike, if…

Rise of HIV cases in Cebu City worries city dad

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Rey Gealon has expressed concern over the increasing number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the city. Quoting a national report, Gealon said that Central Visayas has 8,407 newly…

Dengue cases up; CCHD appeals for public cooperation

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 06/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) urges the public to cooperate in anti-dengue campaigns and strategies as dengue cases in Cebu City from January 1 to June 3, 2022 almost tripled the number…

Booster shots in Cebu City for residents only for now

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) said booster shots offered in fixed sites in the city are for residents only.  This means that those who are residents of other local government units (LGU) and were…

Region 7 holds Pfizer vaccine rollout in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local health officials here in Cebu on Monday, May 17, 2021, kicked off the ceremonial rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. At least 60 individuals participated in Monday’s ceremony, which was held at the…

Cebu City Health ceases release of COVID-19 info

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) will no longer post the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on their Facebook page as mandated by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). In an advisory, the…

COVID-19 cases in Cebu City near 5,000 mark

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The total number of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Cebu City is nearing the 5,000-mark. This as the City Health Department (CHD) announced on Sunday, June 28, that they had documented…

Cebu City logs 19 COVID-19 deaths for June 25

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City reported 19 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths on June 25, 2020, the highest number of deaths recorded in the city in one single day. According to the data released by the…

CCHD won’t include sitios in reporting COVID cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) will not be reporting the specific sitios of new cases in the city’s barangays to avoid confusion. Many netizens have been asking for details from the CCHD’s…

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