Chan: 10 Lapu-Lapu City hospital frontliners COVID-19 positive

Futch Anthony Inso 02/26/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Ten more frontliners in Lapu-lapu City tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was confirmed by Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan and this time those tested positive are healthcare medical workers from the…

Oslob mayor says he is positive for COVID-19

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Another mayor in Cebu province tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Oslob Mayor Jose Tumulak Jr. announced on Wednesday, February 17, in a statement on social media that he received confirmation that…

Lapu-Lapu City police chief tests positive for COVID-19

Futch Anthony Inso 02/09/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The City Director of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO), Police Colonel Arnel Banzon, tested positive for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was confirmed by the deputy director for administration of the LCPO, Police…

Workers make up 70% of 300 cases in Mandaue in January — EOC exec

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/05/2021

MANDAUE CITY, CEBU, Philippines — Working class people or workers, whose ages are from 20 to 40 years old, make up 70 to 80 percent of the at least 300 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in January…

Almost 1k quarantine violators nabbed in Cebu City since Jan. 1 – police

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Close to 1,000 individuals were caught in Cebu City since January 1 for violating quarantine restrictions and not following other health protocols, police said. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations…

Lapu-Lapu City SWAT, MPU headquarters locked down

Futch Anthony Inso 01/28/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) chief Police Colonel Arnel Banzon has ordered the lockdown of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and Mobile Patrol Unit (MPU) offices, after two of their personnel tested…

Lapu-Lapu CESU head: All arriving int’t travellers will be quarantined, swabbed

Futch Anthony Inso 01/14/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government will now put under 14-day quarantine and swab test all its residents, who will arrive at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) and who traveled from other countries. Grace Carungay,…

Chan’s petition to Sto. Niño: An end to COVID-19 pandemic

Futch Anthony Inso 01/11/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has only one prayer petition to the Señor Sto. Niño: An end to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic so that the city’s economy can already recover.…

Mandaue residents with COVID symptoms told: Call EOC, get tested for virus

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/11/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Once again, the Mandaue City government is encouraging residents who are experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to call the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to get test for the virus.…

Lapu-Lapu has 51 active COVID-19 cases

Futch Anthony Inso 01/10/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City now has 51 active cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of January 9, 2021. Based on the data prepared by Grace Carungay, head of the City Epidemiology and Surveillance…

Contact tracers in Cebu City finally get salary, health care workers gets 2nd tranche of assistance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contact tracers in Cebu City are finally getting their long-awaited salaries after months of delay or since August  2020. The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) revealed that…

DOH-7: Public, private cooperation needed in purchasing vaccine

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — News on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines soon rolling out in the Philippines have recently sent waves in all sectors. And even more so locally with Cebu being named as one of the…

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