Cebu province overtakes Cebu City in number of active cases

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas has hit the 19,000-mark in the total number of COVID-19 cases with 120 additional cases reported on the last day of August. In its August 31-bulletin on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…

Face-to-face transactions at Capitol will be temporarily suspended for disinfection

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Face-to-face transactions in the Cebu Provincial Capitol will temporarily be suspended as its employees will be under a work-from-home set-up from July 1 to 3, 2020, to give way to a “thorough disinfection.”…

Galvez: Cebu City still needs ‘stringent’ restrictions

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While the public awaits the President’s announcement on the post-June 30 quarantine status of the country, Secretary Carlito Galvez, National Task Force chief implementer, hints that Cebu City still needs more “stringent” restrictions…

Cebu province breaches 1,000 mark in COVID cases

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu province has breached the 1000 mark in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases this Sunday, June 28, 2020. Based on the data released by the Department of Health in Central…

18 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City recorded 18 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of Wednesday afternoon, May 20, 2020. According to City Legal Officer, Atty. Rey Gealon, the 18 cases were from Barangays…

DOH-7’s ‘official’ May 4 case tally: 187 cases, 1 death in Cebu City

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  For May 4, 2020, Cebu City recorded a total of 187 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and one new death. The Department of Health in Central Visayas, in their official case monitoring…

BJMP-7 spox ‘discourages’ sending of packages to Cebu City Jail

Rosalie Abatayo and Alven Marie Timtim 04/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —An official of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Central Visayas (BJMP-7) is asking family members of inmates now detained at the Cebu City Jail to refrain from sending packages to the…

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