DBM releases P1.08 billion for health workers hit by COVID

Ben O. de Vera 05/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Frontliners and other personnel employed in health facilities who had been infected with COVID-19 this year can now expect to receive compensation from the Department of Health (DOH). The Department of Budget and Management…

No new COVID case in Cebu City a week before elections

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – With seven days left before the May 9 polls would take place, no new COVID-19 case has been recorded in Cebu City. The city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Monday, May 2, reported…

PAL to restore prepandemic domestic capacity by Q4

Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/20/2022

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is pinning its hopes on the fourth quarter push—a period when passenger volume is expected to surge amid the holidays—to fully restore its domestic capacity this year. Stanley Ng, PAL president and chief operating…

Cebu City EOC: UniTeam rally could be a ‘superspreader’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Any huge gatherings like the recent UniTeam rally in Cebu City could be a ‘superspreader’ of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). But for Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, there was ‘minimal risk’ of…

Only vaccinated persons can enter places of worship – Año

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 04/12/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Only individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to enter the places of worship, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Monday during the taped weekly “Talk to the People” briefing of President Rodrigo…

Sugat sa Minglanilla 2022: Fully vaccinated ‘angels’ needed

Doris C. Bongcac 04/06/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Do you want to play the role of an angel on Easter Sunday 2022? The Municipality of Minglanilla in southern Cebu is urging fully vaccinated kids in their locality to sign up and…

49 of 80 barangays in Cebu City now COVID-free

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/04/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than half of the 80 barangays in Cebu City no longer have active cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) said they no longer received…

READ: Alert Level Classification from April 1-15

04/01/2022

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday, March 31, 2022, approved the April 1 to 15, 2022 Alert Level Classification of provinces, highly urbanized cities (HUCs), and independent component cities (ICCs). Under Alert Level 1 are: The…

Face masks stay, says Duterte as ‘monster’ COVID-19 is mutating

Daphne Galvez 03/22/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Even though the number of COVID-19 infections is currently “very low,” President Rodrigo Duterte said he is not yet ready to revoke an order for the mandatory use of face masks especially in enclosed…

Mandaue City brings vax drive closer to sitio residents

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/20/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Wanting to make sure that no one is left out, Mandaue City’s Vaccination Operations Center (VOC) is again bringing its COVID-19 vaccination drive to the different sitios here. VOC’s sitio-based vaccination campaign started…

OCTA Research notes decreasing COVID-19 cases in PH

Cathrine Gonzales 09/24/2021

MANILA, Philippines — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines were on a “downward” trend although its deceleration was slower due to increases in coronavirus infections in some regions outside Metro Manila, independent pandemic monitor OCTA Research said Friday,…

DOH: Average daily COVID-19 cases drop by 25 percent

Jovic Yee 11/03/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines saw its overall number of new cases drop by 25 percent last month, in part driven by the continued decline in the number of infections in Metro Manila, the epicenter of the…

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