Gwen to IATF: Junk ‘color-coding’ schemes on countries for fully vaxxed ROFs

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia reiterated her appeal to the national government’s anti-COVID task force to incentivize returning overseas Filipinos who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This time, Garcia is urging the Inter-Agency Task…

What to Expect: Entire Cebu under Alert Level 2

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Starting Wednesday, October 20, 2021, the entire island of Cebu will be shifting to the new Alert Level system of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF). Presidential…

IATF urged to allow business establishments to ‘self-regulate’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) is urged to allow business establishments to police the implementation their own protocols. Members of the Cebu Provincial Board on Monday,…

Comelec gets IATF nod to simulate voting in pandemic scenario

Leila B. Salaverria, Patricia Denise Chiu 10/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The government’s COVID-19 pandemic task force has allowed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to conduct a voting simulation exercise in San Juan City on October 23, calling it an essential activity in preparation for the…

Cebu board member supports calls to abolish IATF

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A member of the Provincial Board (PB) has backed the calls to abolish the government’s anti-COVID task force. 3rd District Board Member and lawyer John Ismael Borgonia is planning to file a resolution,…

Miss World Ph 2021 finally pushing through on Oct. 3

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 10/02/2021

CEBU, Philippines — After several postponements due to lockdown restrictions, the Miss World Philippines organization announced on Friday, October 1, 2021, that the grand coronation night will finally be pushing through on Sunday, October 3, 2021, at…

Rama wants to open cemeteries on Nov. 1 and 2

Dyrecka Letigio 09/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Acting Mayor Michael Rama wants cemeteries to be opened on November 1 and 2, 2021, so people can celebrate the Kalag-kalag this year. Last year, all cemeteries were closed from October…

Unbeaten Suganob brothers headline Bohol’s first pandemic pro boxing card

Glendale G. Rosal 09/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Island of Bohol will host its first pro boxing fight card since the COVID-19 pandemic dubbed as the “Kumong Bol-anon 1″featuring the unbeaten Suganob brothers on September 27 at the PMI Bohol…

How fast does Delta spread? In Cebu, 24k new cases in 1 month

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Central Visayas experienced the “second wave” of COVID-19 cases, during the first few months of 2021. At that time, everyone was enjoying the most relaxed form of community quarantine status – Modified General…

Kalma, ako lang ‘to: Roque trends on Twitter as video of ‘meltdown’ during IATF meeting  turns up

John Eric Mendoza - @inquirerdotnet 09/10/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque became a trending topic on Twitter on Friday shortly after a video of his supposed meltdown during a meeting of the Interagency Taskforce on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) surfaced on…

Shorter quarantine period for fully vaxxed returning ROFs, OFWs pushed

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Capitol plans to shorten the quarantine period for overseas Filipinos arriving at the Mactan airport and who are already fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia made the announcement during a…

Gwen puts Cebu province in GCQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Tuesday, September 7 decided to place Cebu province under General Community Quarantine (GCQ). Garcia issued Executive Order (EO) No. 41 formally declaring the new quarantine status for the…

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