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SENATOR Loren Legarda has renewed her call for the Philippines to ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, saying the country has nothing to lose “but everything to gain with it.” In particular, Legarda urged all concerned…
Cebu City Hall is gearing up for the improvements of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) and the Guba Community Hospital in the mountains for next year. CCMC hospital Administrator Kenneth Siasar told the Cebu City Council…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is now under pressure to make a decision on whether or not to close the 17-year-old Inayawan sanitary landfill. With Environment Secretary Gina Lopez saying she wants the landfill closed, Osmeña admitted…
Regardless of whether or not they have the funds, the provincial government has some explaining to do on why there is a continued increase in the number of dengue cases in Cebu. The Provincial Board’s (PB)…
The Cebu Provincial Board passed a resolution that placed the province under a state of calamity due to what they described as a “dengue outbreak” in yesterday’s session. PB member Christopher Baricuatro authored a resolution declaring a…
RATHER than question the province’s declaration of a dengue outbreak, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said the Department of Health (DOH) should help the provincial government instead. Davide commented on the recent pronouncements of DOH and Regional…
BARANGAY Guadalupe again became the top dengue hotspot in Cebu City based on records of the Department of Health (DOH). Rennan Cimafranca, chief of the Regional Epidemiological and Surveillance Unit (RESU), said also identified were barangays Lahug,…
If the Cebu Provincial Health Office followed the criteria set by the Department of Health (DOH), the number of dengue cases or incidents in the entire Cebu province is insufficient to justify the declaration of a province-wide…
The Cebu City Council has declared a state of calamity as dengue cases continued to rise this year in what the council describes as “one of the deadliest plagues affecting Cebu City residents.” With over 2,000 cases…
PARENTS were urged to have their babies one year old and below undergo newborn screening to determine if they suffer congenital metabolic disorder. Ruff Vincent Valdevieso, newborn screening nurse coordinator of the Department of Health (DOH), said…
With nearly 15,000 dengue cases in Cebu province from Jan. 1 to Sept. 24 this year, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is asking Gov. Hilario Davide III to declare a dengue outbreak in the province. Davide said…
The almost 140 percent increase or 5,000 recorded dengue cases in Cebu province from Jan. 1 to Sept. 24 this year have been classified as a disaster by the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council. This…
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