EOC welcomes Cebu City’s shift to GCQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local officials here welcomed the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) to place the city under a more lenient quarantine status. For Councilor Joel Garganera,…

IATF downgrades quarantine statuses of Cebu tri-cities

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The national government’s anti-COVID task force has approved the recommendations to downgrade the quarantine statuses of the tri-cities of Cebu. Malacañang on Monday, September 6, announced that the cities of Cebu and Mandaue…

Daanbantayan to suspend physical novena Masses as town fiesta nears

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  Starting Thursday, August 26, there will be no physical novena Masses in Daanbantayan’s churches. This after the local government there decided to impose restrictions for their upcoming fiesta this Monday, August 30. “Nasabutan…

Cebu lawmakers slam IATF advisor over column

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Lawmakers in Cebu slammed a member of the national government’s anti-COVID task force over his column recounting how they warned the province of threats of the more transmissible Delta variant. In a joint…

Garcia: National policy on not swabbing upon arrival ’caused’ rise of Delta variant

Dyrecka Letigio 08/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Garcia hit back at Doctor Edsel Salvana, an Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) adviser, who claimed that the surge of the Delta variant cases in Mindanao was due to the leniency of…

Acting Mayor Rama prepares EO for MECQ extension

Dyrecka Letigio 08/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Acting Mayor Michael Rama is preparing to issue an Executive Order (EO) to lay down policies for the extended modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).  The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has maintained…

11 localities in Cebu province back to MECQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 11 localities in Cebu province were reverted to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to stem the increasing cases of COVID-19. Several mayors here announced on social media that starting Wednesday, August…

Interzonal travel still allowed in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – There will be no border control restrictions all over Cebu despite localities here having different quarantine statuses. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia issued Executive Order (EO) No. 35 on August 2 that served as…

Cebu province under ‘GCQ with heightened restrictions’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The national government’s anti-COVID task force on Sunday, August 1 granted the appeal of Cebu province to be placed under a more relaxed quarantine status. Malacañang on Sunday announced that they have approved…

Unified Cebu agrees to implement MECQ

Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — All local government units (LGUs) in Cebu will be implementing the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) that the Interagency Task Force (IATF) has recommended here. The mayors of all LGUs met with Cebu…

Mandaue prepares for MECQ while waiting for reply of MGCQ appeal

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/30/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines- — The Mandaue City government has yet to recieve a feedback from the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) on the city’s appeal to remain under modified general…

Chan to IATF: Let Lapu-Lapu MGCQ stay; have uniform quarantine status in Cebu

Futch Anthony Inso 07/29/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to make a uniform community quarantine classification in Cebu since the local government…

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