CCPO to strictly implement liquor ban

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will be implementing intensively the liquor ban reimposed by Mayor Edgar Labella following the rise in the active Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the city. Police…

Liquor ban imposed once again in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — No more drinking of liquor in restaurants, establishments, and public spaces in Cebu City again starting 12:01 a.m. of February 3, 2021. This was the decision of Mayor Edgardo Labella after the Cebu…

EOC to hotels, event venues: Limit crowd to only 50 people at a time

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — To ensure observance of social distancing requirements, Cebu City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is reminding hotels and establishments that offer event venues to always limit their crowd to a maximum of 50 people.…

Chan to IATF: Allow minors, seniors in hotels, resorts

Futch Anthony Inso 10/16/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan will appeal anew to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID)  to allow minors or  those 21 years old and below and…

Chan to hotels, resorts: Go digital in contact tracing

Futch Anthony Inso 10/12/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Hotels, and Resorts in Lapu-Lapu City are ordered to establish a digital contact tracing system as a measure against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is to ensure the safety of tourists, especially…

Lapu-Lapu mayor: 70% of hotels, resorts open

Futch Anthony Inso 09/28/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY — Seventy percent of hotels and resorts in Lapu-Lapu City have already opened. Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan, however, clarified that they could only operate at 50 percent capacity as based on the Executive Order No.…

Hoteliers asked: Offer low rates for OFWs, guests amid community quarantine

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Albeit the losses incurred by the tourism industry due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Tourism (DOT) has called on accommodation establishments not to take advantage of repatriated workers or exempted employees…

Businesses, hotels to be closed when Cebu City goes into ‘lockdown’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Businesses and hotels will have to cease operations once the enhanced community quarantine will begin in Cebu City on March 28, 2020.  Mayor Edgardo Labella said that establishments not selling commodities would have…

Resorts told: You can accept guests, but no beach activities

Rosalie Abatayo 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Resorts are not among the businesses that were ordered to temporarily close amid the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). But they might be, the Capitol warns, if they tolerate the “social gatherings”…

DOT issues guidelines on coronavirus threat

Jerome Aning - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/02/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Saturday issued guidelines for tourist establishments on accommodating guests, following official confirmation of the presence of the Wuhan novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the country and the World Health…

Some hotels, resorts in Cebu note cancellations in bookings, reservations amid coronavirus threat

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Amid the threat of entry and spread of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the Philippines, several establishments in Cebu catering to tourists, especially Chinese nationals, have started to observe cancellations in bookings and…

DENR shuts down 10 hotels in El Nido antipollution drive

Inquirer 05/19/2019

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PALAWAN, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered the closure of at least 10 hotels found illegally discharging waste into El Nido’s Bacuit Bay. Michael Drake Matias, director of…

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