EOC: Cebu City in a ‘better position to handle rise in new cases’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – For local officials here, the recent rise of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not an alarming development. But they continue to remind the public to continue observing minimum health standards and remain…

Labella: Qpasses will be back after Christmas

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City residents will have to greet the New Year inside their homes as the quarantine passes will be reinforced immediately after Christmas. The suspension of the use of the quarantine passes is…

Rains reduced Misa De Gallo attendees — EOC

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) found a silver lining amid the raging storm on Saturday dawn brought by Tropical Depression (TD) Vicky. According to Councilor Joel Garganera, EOC deputy chief implementor, there…

Contact tracers in Cebu City finally get salary, health care workers gets 2nd tranche of assistance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contact tracers in Cebu City are finally getting their long-awaited salaries after months of delay or since August  2020. The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) revealed that…

Establishments in Busay to hire private traffic personnel to address traffic jams

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philipines — The establishments in Barangay Busay, Cebu City, pointed to be the cause why the generally peaceful barangay was jammed with traffic last December 13, 2020, have taken the initiative to hire private traffic…

58 barangays in Cebu City ‘COVID-free’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The new coronavirus outbreak in Cebu City may seem to have improved as it enters the second week of December. As of December 12, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) reported…

Mandaue drivers crowd TEAM office to get clearance

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/01/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — More than 60 Traditional Public Utility Jeepney (TPUJ) drivers and operators flocked to the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) office on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, to get a TEAM clearance. Arnold Malig-on,…

EOC warns Cebuanos of ‘superspreaders’ ahead of holiday season

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local officials in Cebu City have reiterated their reminders to the public not to let their guard down just yet against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) now that December is just one sleep…

Cebu City plans to intensify testing following COVID-19 spike

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is planning to intensify contact tracing and testing following the rise of new Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the past weeks. The Emergency Operations Center said that it is only…

Cebu City recognizes Felicianos’ efforts in COVID-19 pandemic through adoption

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council recognized the efforts of Retired General Melquiades Feliciano and his wife, Mia Feliciano, for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response last June to August 2020. Feliciano set up the…

Recent rise in COVID-19 not a ‘second wave’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The number of active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Cebu City may have slightly increased. But local officials, quoting statements from the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7), said this instance…

Parties, gatherings among top sources of new COVID infection

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City saw a rise in the number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the past few days but where did these infections come from? The city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC),…

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