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),…

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 verbally orders suspension of dolomite-quarrying firms

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/25/2020

ALCOY, Cebu — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday, September 25 has verbally ordered the temporary suspension of two large-scale dolomite quarrying and processing firms in Alcoy town, Cebu. Cimatu on Friday led the ocular inspection in…

IN PHOTOS: Cimatu visits dolomite-processing, exporting firms in Alcoy

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/25/2020

ALCOY, Cebu – Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has ordered the temporary suspension of two large-scale dolomite-quarrying and processing firms in Alcoy town in southeastern Cebu on Friday, September 25, 2020. READ MORE: Cimatu orders suspension of Alcoy firms…

Labella reminds Cebuanos: Be more vigilant, cooperate to continue flattening the curve

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Now that Cebu City has flattened the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) curve, it should work to keep it that way. Retired Major General Melquiades Feliciano, the deputy chief implementor of the Interagency Task…

Talisay, Consolacion, Minglanilla heading to MGCQ — Cimatu

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With the decreasing number of active cases in the city of Talisay and the municipalities of Consolacion and Minglanilla, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the IATF overseer for the Visayas, said the three local…

Cebu City may be on its way to recovery, says Cimatu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City couldn’t be considered the epicenter for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country as Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the overseer of the Interagency Task Force (IATF), noted the drop in…

Cimatu OKs PBB relaunch

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the overseer of the Interagency Task Force (IATF) in Cebu, has approved the relaunch of the Project Balik Buhay (PBB) program in the tricities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu.…

Labella will not appeal MECQ status in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella will not appeal to the Interagency Task Force (IATF) the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) status of Cebu City. Although he would have wanted to be downgraded to…

Cimatu confident Cebu City will be downgraded to GCQ on July 16

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the Interagency Task Force (IATF) overseer in Cebu, said he is confident that the city will be downgraded to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) by July 16, 2020. “I am…

Cimatu suspects BICs may have caused community transmission, recommends ECQ extension

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu suspects that the barangay isolation center (BICs) has caused the community transmission in the barangays. He said in a virtual presser with Presidential spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque, on June…

Deadly delay

09/23/2018

Too late is the relief of four officials of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Central Visayas. Too late is President Rodrigo Duterte’s review of the mining industry, years after mine closures by erstwhile environment secretary Regina…

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