Lapu-Lapu now on Alert Level 1, Mandaue may be next — DOH-7 exec

Futch Anthony Inso 03/31/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government has already been placed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to COVID  Alert Level 1 status. This was confirmed by Dr. Mary…

Chan: 73% of Lapu-Lapu seniors vaccinated

Futch Anthony Inso 03/18/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan announces that the city has already vaccinated 73 percent of its senior citizens. Chan made the announcement, during the “Bida Tungo sa New Normal” roadshow that was…

DILG eyes dialogue with Cebu gov’t on COVID-19 travel protocols

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 02/10/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is eyeing a dialogue with the Cebu provincial government so that the province’s COVID-19 travel protocols will be aligned with the national government’s. DILG Undersecretary…

Alert Level 3: Some gov’t offices in Lapu-Lapu closed, work-from-home implemented

Futch Anthony Inso 01/13/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some government offices in Lapu-Lapu City have already implemented closure and work-from-home arrangements for their staff, in adherence to the protocols of Alert Level 3 status. Lawyer Misaellee Tejano, executive secretary of Mayor…

Lapu-Lapu gov’t to appeal Alert Level 3 ruling: Encoder encoded wrong data

Futch Anthony Inso 01/07/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government has made an appeal to the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) not to place the city under alert level 3. The city, along…

Only fully vaxxed devotees allowed to attend novena Masses for Nuestra Señora De Regla

Futch Anthony Inso 10/27/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government will not allow devotees, who are not fully vaccinated, to attend the novena Masses at the Nuestra Señora De Regla-Parish National Shrine that will start on November 11, 2021.…

Rama to IATF: Allow Cebu City to open cemeteries

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City acting Mayor Michael Rama has written to the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID or IATF) to allow the city to open cemeteries on October…

No more liquor ban in Lapu

Futch Anthony Inso 10/20/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government has suspended the implementation of the liquor ban and adopted the protocols set by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) during the implementation…

Chan welcomes IATF move to do away with mandatory quarantine to arriving passengers from ‘green’ countries

Futch Anthony Inso 10/16/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has welcomed the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to no longer observe a mandatory quarantine to arriving passengers,…

Talisay yet to issue guidelines for observance of Kalag-Kalag

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Talisay City Government is yet to issue the guidelines for the observance of Kalag-Kalag this November 1 and November 2. The Talisay City Police, for their part, recommended reimplementing the protocols they…

Chan plans to re-align P104M for COVID vaccines to other Lapu-Lapu projects

Futch Anthony Inso 06/03/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan plans to re-align the P104 million budget which is intended to procure coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. Chan made such a statement, after the Inter-Agency Task Force…

Mayor Chan to ask IATF to allow entry of foreign tourists

Futch Anthony Inso 04/13/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan will recommend to the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to allow foreign tourists to enter the city. Chan said that this he will…

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