Cortes: Don’t forget to observe health protocols

Doris C. Bongcac, Mary Rose S. Sagarino 05/08/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Mandauehanons are reminded to always observe health protocols as they celebrate the annual feast of their patron saint, St. Joseph the Worker, this Saturday, May 8. In his fiesta message, Mayor Jonas Cortes…

Labella promises to open more jeepney routes soon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has promised to open more jeepney routes soon following the multiple requests from the Jeepney Task Force (JTF) to do so. The mayor said the city government will…

Labor Day rally in Cebu City peaceful as 300 cops secure route of 700 protesters

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Some 300 policemen secured the streets in Cebu City and monitored 700 protesters as they held their Labor Day march today, May 1, from Fuente Osmeña Circle to downtown Cebu City. Police Lieutenant Colonel…

Limited jeepney routes, liquor ban for now — Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government continues to study the possibility of lifting the liquor ban and reopening all jeepney routes. However, Mayor Edgardo Labella said that for now the liquor ban and the jeepney…

Mandaue City to continue penalizing health protocol violators

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/19/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines—There will be no changes in the policies implemented by the Mandaue City government with regards to penalties for violators of health protocols here. Lawyer Lizer Malate, head of the city’s Emergency Operations Center, said…

Expert says Cebu’s COVID-19 situation less likely to end up like NCR

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 04/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in Cebu is relatively better than that of the National Capital Region (NCR) due to the coordinated efforts of all stakeholders in the community to keep the…

Normal crowd for Carbon Market this Holy Thursday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There were no more binignit riot for this year’s Holy Week as the Cebu City Market Operations Division (MOD) said they had controlled the crowd entering the Carbon Market. MOD Head Irvin Cabales…

A call for normalcy: A year after Cebu City’s ECQ

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — On March 28, 2020, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella closed down the city from non-residents to contain the growing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Then, there were only five cases of the disease…

Strict implementation of health protocols cited for Lapu’s decreasing COVID-19 infections

Futch Anthony Inso 03/24/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has attributed the decreasing number of newly reported cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the city to its intensified implementation of the health and safety protocols,…

EOC to supermarkets, groceries, delivery services: Tighten implementation of health protocols

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) urged supermarkets, groceries, and delivery services to tighten their implementation of the health protocols as data trends see an increase of cases related to these industries.…

Mandaue City, Talisay City PUJs may enter Cebu City soon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More inter-local government unit (LGU) jeepneys may soon enter Cebu City as Mayor Edgardo Labella has agreed to allow the jeepneys from Mandaue City and Talisay City to ply the city’s streets. Labella…

Ahong moves implementation of face shield policy to March 18

Futch Anthony Inso 03/10/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines- Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has moved the start of the implementation of the mandatory wearing of face shields in the city to March 18, 2021. In his public address on his Facebook…

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