Forced retreat

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 12/06/2022

It was my first, and I hope the last, time to get COVID, more than two years into the pandemic. I was going to title my column “To hell and back” but no, bad as it was,…

The spaces we inhabit

Jeromy Verayo - @inquirerdotnet 12/02/2022

Our relationship with the spaces we inhabit has transformed drastically over the last couple of years. The emergence of infectious diseases shaped our behavior and how we design our physical environment. COVID-19, in particular, tested the resilience…

Clashes in Shanghai as COVID protests flare across China

Reuters 11/28/2022

SHANGHAI/BEIJING – Hundreds of demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night as protests over China’s stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day and spread to several cities in the wake of a deadly fire…

PADO: COVID-19 restrictions allowed marine resources in Balicasag Island to regenerate

Doris C. Bongcac 11/28/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The pandemic may have affected the lives of many, but it also did some good as it allowed the marine ecosystem in the different dive sites in Panglao town in Bohol province to…

Cebu City Jail Male Dorm to hold dry run for resumption of face-to-face visitation

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 11/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With less than a month left before Christmas Day, officials of the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory have scheduled a dry run to test their preparedness for the resumption of face-to-face visitations. The…

Ending COVID-19 public health threat

Ma. Dominga “Minguita” B. Padilla - @inquirerdotnet 11/09/2022

Let’s face it, we are tired of COVID-19. For most nations around the world, pandemic fatigue has set in and people just want to get on with their lives, minus the many restrictions of the pandemic. The…

Wanted: A sense of urgency

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 11/08/2022

As the country began emerging from the worst of the pandemic earlier this year, I wrote of the need for us to go back to the basics in plotting our way forward. I was alluding to the…

Cebu 10s Rugby Festival: 10 teams to compete in tourney at CCSC

Glendale G. Rosal 11/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu 10s Rugby Festival will finally end its long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Nov. 12, 2022 at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) pitch.  The much-awaited rugby tournament organized…

DepEd-7 to let parents decide if their kids should continue wearing face masks in schools

Futch Anthony Inso 11/02/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) will let parents decide whether to let their kids continue wearing face masks inside schools or not. Dr. Salustiano Jimenez, regional director of DepEd-7, said…

Return health responsibility to Filipinos

Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco - @inquirerdotnet 11/02/2022

It is time to return the responsibility for individual health to the Filipino people. Over the past several weeks, Singapore has been experiencing a surge of COVID-19 driven by the XBB variant. Strikingly, in the middle of…

Grief and closure

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 11/01/2022

This was a terrible time last year, the COVID-19 death toll climbing since its start early in 2020, and peaking, in the Philippines, around the month of September with the deadly Delta strain. COVID-19 raised a new…

It’s official: Wearing masks indoors, outdoors now voluntary

Daniza Fernandez 10/29/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Wearing face masks in indoor and outdoor settings is now voluntary. Executive Order (EO) No. 7, allowing the optional face mask use and reiterating the continued implementation of public health emergency amid the COVID-19…

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