Cebu City mulls opening of Bulacao border

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is planning to reopen the Bulacao border for entry into the city now that it has been placed under the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ). Lawyer Rey Gealon, the…

Cebu City urges watchers of VSMMC patients to go home

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is urging watchers of patients admitted at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to go home. The city’s spokesperson, Rey Gealon, said the city government has agreed with…

Lockdown in Sitio San Isidro, Barangay Quiot may be lifted

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is planning to lift the lockdown in Sitio San Isidro, Barangay Quiot after the results of the contact tracing returned negative for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cebu City…

Village officials in Cebu City ask people to keep following health protocols

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As help arrived for individuals in Cebu City affected by the granular lockdown, village officials reminded their constituents to continue to observe health protocols. The Cebu City government, through its Department of Social…

Cebu City to continuously assist watchers at VSMMC

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippine — The Cebu City government will continuously assist the watchers of COVID-19 patients waiting outside the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) at the Fuente Osmeña Circle. Cebu City spokesperson Rey Gealon said the…

Rama: Provincial government has no part in city’s tuob kits issue

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama clarified reports that the Cebu Provincial Government is involved in the issue surrounding the P2.5 million worth of tuob (steam inhalation) kits distributed to the city’s isolation…

COA to Cebu City: Properly account P132M worth of medicine, lab supplies

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) directed the Cebu City Government to properly account drugs, medicine, and laboratory supplies it purchased in 2019 that was worth a total of P132 million. In their 2019…

COA to Cebu City: Stop release of honoraria to SK officials, brgy workers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – State auditors flagged the Cebu City government’s tradition of handing out honoraria to youth officials and barangay workers. The Commission on Audit (COA), in its 2019 annual audit report, called out the attention…

LSIs in Cebu City appeal for food aid, lifting of travel ban

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Ben Caidisio, 35, traveled to Cebu City to work. Almost a month after the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine here on March 28, the company located at the Asia Town IT Park…

Cebu City welcomes evaluation from national gov’t

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government welcomed the decision of the country’s anti-coronavirus task force to evaluate how the city government had handled the pandemic here. “That’s their prerogative and we welcome their evaluation… Any…

Cebu City hopes DepEd will allow extended use of schools as isolation center

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is still hoping for a positive response from the Department of Education (DepEd) on using in the public schools as barangay isolation centers (BICs). Councilor David Tumulak, the chairperson…

OCD approval causes delay in lifting of lockdown in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is facing an unexpected dilemma in its goal to graduate to the new normal amidst the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This after the orders of Mayor Edgardo Labella…

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