Cebu City appeals to DepEd: Forego isolation room requirement for schools

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/31/2022

CEBU CITY Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is asking the Department of Education to forego the requirement of having isolation rooms installed in schools that will be returning to face-to-face (F2F) classes. Councilor…

Significant drop in positivity rate noted in Mandaue City

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/10/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City’s positivity rate has dropped by over 30 percent compared to last month’s figure. The city’s positivity rate has significantly decreased to 13.02 percent from almost 50 percent in January according to…

17 Cebu City cops isolated after testing positive for COVID-19

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 01/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 17 Cebu City policemen have tested positive for COVID-19 in the latest round of mass testing. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations of the Cebu City Police…

Report to EOC if positive in home antigen test

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is urging those who took antigen tests at home to report positive results to them.  Councilor Joel Garganera, the deputy chief implementor of the EOC, said that those…

Samsam in isolation after family gets COVID-19

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – More local chief executives in Cebu are undergoing isolation as the number of new COVID-19 cases here continues to rise.  Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony ‘Samsam’ Gullas on Monday, January 24, 2022, announced…

Cebu City records 1,126 new COVID-19 cases for Jan 20

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has once again broken its record of daily new COVID-19 cases on January 20, 2022. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) revealed on January 21, 2022, that upon verification the city actually…

Cebu City needs its own powerplant, install utilities underground — Rama

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the city needs drastic measures for disaster preparedness if it wishes to survive another typhoon as strong as Odette. In his report to the City Council during…

PhilHealth to unveil benefit packages for mild, moderate COVID-19 patients on home isolation

Daphne Galvez 08/23/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is set to roll out benefit packages for COVID-19 patients with mild and moderate symptoms isolating at home or other care facilities, an official of the Department of…

72 OBO, CEO employees in Mandaue placed under home isolation

Mary Rose S. Sagarino 01/21/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippine – The 72 employees from the City Engineer’s Office (CEO) and Office of the Building Official (OBO) here who are close contacts of the employee from the engineering department who tested positive for the…

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