Six new cases, two recoveries in Mandaue City

Immae Lachica 06/10/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines– Mandaue City logs six new positive cases and two recoveries of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of Wednesday, evening, June 10, 2020. The city’s total of positive cases has now reached 327…

A student’s success story amid the coronavirus pandemic

Raul Constantine L. Tabanao 06/10/2020

MOALBOAL, CEBU — Carmelito Clabisellas Jr. turned on his laptop early morning to prepare for an important event in his life — his graduation ceremony. But unlike any ordinary graduation rites, the one that he will “attend”…

LTFRB turns down appeal to allow jeepneys to ply under GCQ

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has denied the appeal of Liloan Mayor and League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) – Cebu president Christina Frasco to already allow public utility…

Cebu City Quarantine Center now hosts patients after being damaged by rains

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Quarantine Center now hosts patients of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) after being unused for at least a month since its completion in April 2020. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella…

Mayor Labella wants Cebu City under GCQ after June 15

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said he wants the city to remain under the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) even after June 15, 2020, as new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) are…

PCCI: Allow PUVs to operate

JHESSET O. ENANO, Leila B. Salaverria, Roy Stephen Canivel 06/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has urged the government to bring back public transportation, as countless workers continue to have little to no means of getting a ride to work in…

IATF did not tackle appeal for MGCQ yet — Gwen

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A week since Cebu province formally appealed to be reclassified from general community quarantine (GCQ) to a modified GCQ, the Capitol said it had yet to hear any development on the request from…

Ferro: UP Cebu protest was about the violation of GCQ guidelines

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), has defended the policemen who arrested  the protesters on the June 5, 2020 anti-terrorism bill protest. Ferro…

7 priests, 10 employees of Sto. Niño Basilica suspected virus carriers

Ador Vincent Mayol 06/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The centuries-old and most prominent Catholic church here remains closed to the public even as other churches have reopened, though with a limited number of worshipers, as the city shifted to a less stringent general…

DILG to LGUs: Cockfighting still prohibited in GCQ/MGCQ areas

Doris C. Bongcac 06/06/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Guidelines may have already been relaxed in areas under the general community quarantine (GCQ)  and the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), but cockfighting remains prohibited in these localities, the Department of Interior and…

Pandemic raises unemployment to 15-year high

Ana Roa, Ben de Vera 06/06/2020

Emelda Razon Aguillon, a massage therapist from Quezon City, lost her main source of income when the spa she had worked for suspended operations during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila due to the COVID-19…

No birthday party held on June 5 for Mayor Labella — Garcia

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There was no birthday party held for Mayor Labella in the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) building Social Hall on Friday, June 5, 2020. This was the statement of Cebu City Councilor Raymond…

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