Cebu province starts planning for new normal

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government has started brewing plans for health, transportation, and business guidelines should the province transition to general community quarantine after May 15, 2020. On Tuesday, May 5, 202o, the Cebu…

British Prime Minister moved to ICU as coronavirus symptoms dramatically worsens

04/07/2020

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to the intensive care unit of a London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms dramatically worsened Monday, April 6, 2020, just a day after he was admitted for what…

Health frontliners can now apply for free accommodation in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City government is now accepting applications for free accommodation for health and medical frontliners.  Lawyer John Jigo Dacua, the head of the Department of Public Services, announced this on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.…

COVID-19 claims Cebuano oncologist’s life

Rosalie Abatayo 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has claimed the life of another Cebuano frontliner. This time, it is Dr. Dennis Ramon Tudtud, an oncologist. Dennis Thomas Tudtud confirmed the death of his father through a…

CV delegates in DepEd events under home quarantine

Futch Anthony Inso 03/24/2020

Cebu City, Philippines—All 478 delegates of Central Visayas in the recent National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) and National Festival of Talents (NFOT) of the Department of Education (DepEd) are currently considered as persons under monitoring (PUM) and…

DOH-7: No COVID-19-related deaths in Cebu so far

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) debunked reports circulating online that a doctor admitted in a hospital in Cebu City died due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH –…

Labella orders stricter social distancing, limiting of customer influx in selected establishments in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/23/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Strict social distancing and limitation in the influx of customers shall be observed in establishments and services that remain operational in Cebu City.  This after Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella issued Executive…

School in Cebu develops face shield for health frontliners 

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Amid the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care professionals due to the coronavirus outbreak, here’s good news coming from Cebu Technological University (CTU) campus in Tuburan town, northwestern Cebu.  Set up to…

Study: Individuals with undetected COVID-19 are sources of majority of confirmed cases

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Did you know that individuals with undetected infection of the novel coronavirus, which were prevalent in China, were the infection source of majority of the confirmed cases?  This is the finding of a study conducted…

NBA shuttering facilities, as more teams face positive tests

03/20/2020

The NBA has told its teams to close their training and practice facilities to all players and staff starting Friday, a development that came on a day where four more teams revealed they have had players or…

Dumaguete mayor signs EO for operating hours of business establishments

Florence Baesa 03/20/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo on Thursday, March 19, 2020, signed Executive Order (EO) No. 14-A, clarifying the operating hours of business establishments in the city amid the coronavirus crisis. E.O. 14-A says…

BIR resets tax filing deadline to May 15

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/19/2020

CEBU CITY—The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has reset the deadline for the filing of the 2019 annual Income Tax Returns (ITRs) by a month to May 15, 2020, according to a press release from the Philippine…

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