44 out of 80 Cebu City barangays have zero active cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The deputy chief implementor for Cebu City’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) welcomed Mayor Edgardo Labella’s move to provide cash incentives for barangays that could achieve zero…

Labella optimistic Cebu City can achieve ‘COVID-free’ status

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is optimistic that the city can achieve a coronavirus-free status, a challenge dangled by the Visayas’ top official of the anti-coronavirus task force. “I am optimistic (we can…

Cimatu reminds Cebu City barangays to sustain gains in fight vs COVID

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/26/2020

ALCOY, Cebu — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu renewed his reminders to local officials in Cebu City not to let their guard down yet on the fight against the coronavirus. Cimatu, who was in Alcoy town in southern…

Cimatu leads search for potential burial sites in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/14/2020

(UPDATED as of 6:45 p.m.) CEBU CITY, Philippines – Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu led the search for properties in Cebu City that could be used as the final resting place for some of its residents on Monday,…

Labella hopeful of downgrade in quarantine status

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella remains hopeful that the city’s enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will be downgraded after Wednesday, July 15, 2020. “I hope that it would be downgraded because if you look…

Cause-oriented groups in Cebu: We need medical, not militarized solutions

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cause-oriented groups in Cebu are calling for the national government to provide medical, not militaristic, solutions to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic here. The Movement Against Tyranny Cebu (MAT – Cebu) and…

Duterte to send Cimatu to Cebu to monitor COVID-19 situation

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will be sending Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to oversee and evaluate Cebu’s response towards the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). President Duterte made this announcement in a meeting with Cabinet officials…

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