Garcia: We have to abide by COA recommendations

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia says the Capitol will continue to recover the properties disposed of during the previous provincial administration that the Commission on Audit (COA) cited in its 2019 audit report as…

Gwen warns brgy chiefs: Don’t allow ‘tigbakay’ under your watch

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has warned barangay chiefs that they will be held accountable if illegal gambling activities, particularly cockfighting or “tigbakay,” will persist under their watch. Garcia, who signed this Thursday, July…

Governor Garcia denies testing positive for COVID-19

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has denied rumors that she and her chief of staff, lawyer Frank Eduard Dinsay V, have tested positive for COVID-19. Garcia, in a live virtual presser on Thursday, July…

Capitol gears up for reopening of tourism activities as Cebu province shifts to MGCQ

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Canyoneering, whale shark and thresher shark watching, and other tourism activities in the countryside of Cebu province may soon resume as the province shifted into a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) starting Wednesday,…

Capitol to train 16K BHWs on alternative health care

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Capitol is planning to train the 16,000 barangay health workers (BHWs) in its 44 towns and seven component cities for alternative health care along with its plan to establish a Provincial Traditional…

Governor Garcia orders barangay control points back

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Capitol has ordered the barangays in Cebu province to set up anew their border control points alongside the reinstitution of strict border controls with Cebu City effective midnight of Friday, June 26,…

Gwen orders strict border control with Cebu City anew

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The eased border restrictions for workers from the province travelling to Cebu City and back has proven to be shortlived. This as the Cebu provincial government will impose anew, starting this Friday, June…

Cebu province has 435 active cases of COVID-19

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The total number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Cebu province is now at 641 as of Monday, June 22, 2020. In her regular presser on Monday afternoon, Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has…

Backriding on non-commercial motorcycles to be allowed in Cebu province

Rosalie Abatayo 06/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Backriding on non-commercial motorcycles may soon be allowed within the territorial jurisdiction of Cebu province. This as Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia signed an executive order on Wednesday evening, June 3, 2020, which will…

Cebu to use P3M COVID aids to boost immune system

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government is planning to use the cash donations it received from the private sector to fund its “advocacy of boosting the Cebuano immune system.” The Capitol, as of May 26,…

Cebu governor: Baby is among new COVID cases in Cebu

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has announced that a one-month-old infant with declared address at Argao, Cebu is one of the eight new COVID-19 cases in the province in the last four days (May 18-21). …

PUMs in Cebu province increase despite border closure

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After days of steady decline, the number of persons under monitoring (PUMs) in the towns and cities in Cebu province has climbed to 4,443 anew on Thursday, April 23, 2020. The present number…

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