No new COVID-19 deaths in Central Visayas on Oct. 22

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Central Visayas recorded another day without new mortalities related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Department of Health here (DOH-7), in its latest COVID-19 bulletin, reported no additional deaths on Thursday, October 22, 2020. …

New virus infections below 2,000 for 3 days straight

Dona Z. Pazzibungan 10/23/2020

For the third consecutive day, the Department of Health (DOH) reported fewer than 2,000 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, October 22, 2020, and 38 more deaths from COVID-19. With 1,664 new infections identified by accredited laboratories, the…

Airlines pressed to refund hundreds of millions in unused airfare pending since March

Daxim Lucas 10/21/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The umbrella organization of the country’s largest travel agencies on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, urged airlines to expedite the refund of hundreds of millions worth of unused airfare that have remained pending since the…

Coronavirus infections in PH surpass 360k mark with 1,640 new cases

Katrina Hallare 10/20/2020

MANILA, Philippines — There are now 360,775 COVID-19 infections in the Philippines after the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 1,640 new cases on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. The latest data from the DOH showed that of the…

20 seafarers avail of CPA’s crew change hub services

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The new crew change hub services established by the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) on October 18, 2020, has benefitted 20 seafarers after two days of activation. In a statement released by the CPA,…

Cebu City to comply with IATF’s resolution allowing minors, seniors to go out of homes

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Government is willing to adopt new guidelines from the national government’s anti-coronavirus task force but still asks the public to only go out of their homes for urgent needs. Cebu City Mayor…

Talisay City mayor expresses hope in fiesta message

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/15/2020

TALISAY CITY, Cebu—Talisay City should have been adorned in colorful banners and flowers with the smell of lechon (roasted pig) permeating throughout the city today, October 15, 2020.  The Halad Inasal festival for the feast day of…

Central Visayas logs 103 new cases, recovery rate hits 89%

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas has logged 103 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, a day after the active cases in the region dipped to below 1,000. In the October…

3 new cases, 2 recoveries in Talisay City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Talisay City recorded three new cases and two recoveries of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on an update posted on October 13, 2020. The Talisay City Public Information Office (PIO) revealed in the post…

COVID-count: Active cases in Mandaue at 102 as of Oct. 13

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/14/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—Mandaue City logged three new recoveries and two new active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on the latest update released by the city’s Public Information Office (PIO) Facebook page on Tuesday night, October…

Vaccine reluctance linked to belief in virus hoaxes: study

10/14/2020

Paris, France—Up to a third of people in certain countries may believe coronavirus misinformation and in turn be less open to immunisation, scientists said Wednesday, warning that development of a vaccine “might not be enough”. Researchers in…

52 tourism-related establishments in Cebu given green light to resume operations

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some 52 tourism-related establishments in Cebu province have been allowed to operate while the province is under the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). The Provincial Tourism Office has released the list of the…

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