COVID-19 positivity rate up in Metro Manila, 9 other areas — OCTA

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 07/01/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 positivity rate from June 25 to June 29 in 10 areas in the country has increased, independent pandemic monitor OCTA Research said on Friday. Seven of the areas also breached the World Health…

Cebu ultimate frisbee teams rule Dumaguete meet, seek local support

Glendale G. Rosal 03/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu ultimate frisbee teams took home the major crowns in the Ultimate Battlegrounds 2022 held earlier this month in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, highlighting the need to support this promising, and more often…

Happening soon in Bacolod, Cebu, Iloilo: Anti-COVID vaccination in pharmacies, clinics

Daniza Fernandez - Reporter / @DFernandezINQ 01/31/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Resbakuna sa Botika, the program which rolls out COVID-19 vaccination in pharmacies and clinics, will soon be expanded to three more cities outside of Metro Manila. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Monday said that…

Cebu point of entry of two confirmed Omicron cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu has become a point of entry for two confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19.  Doctor Mary Jean Loreche, chief pathologist of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7),…

1st Omicron case recorded in Iloilo

Nestor P. Burgos Jr. 01/05/2022

ILOILO CITY—The city government confirmed Wednesday, January 5, 2022, the city’s first recorded person infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant. In a Facebook post, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas said a 46-year-old male seafarer from Arevalo District…

Iloilo town puts up nipa huts as quarantine rooms

Nestor Burgos Jr. 09/06/2021

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — While other local governments are building modern COVID-19 quarantine facilities, a town in Iloilo province has built the quintessential “bahay kubo” for its residents afflicted with the coronavirus disease. At least 18…

Rabiya Mateo’s fans send her off with warm wishes

Immae Lachica 04/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines— With just a couple of weeks away from the coronation night for Miss Universe, Rabiya Mateo’s fans are making her feel the love she needs as she represents the country on the most beautiful…

April 2021 pharmacy licensure exam to be conducted only in MGCQ areas — PRC

Neil Arwin Mercado - Reporter / @NAMercadoINQ 04/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The pharmacy licensure exam scheduled this month will only be conducted in areas placed under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Friday. The PRC said this was in compliance…

Stranded folk from Western Visayas may now go home

09/17/2020

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — Stranded residents from Western Visayas can now go home after the national task force overseeing the government response to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) partially lifted the suspension of travel to the…

Cebu City contact tracers to train counterparts in Iloilo, Bacolod

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Following the significant drop in cases of the coronavirus disease here,  Cebu City’s contact tracers will now be sharing their expertise to counterparts in Bacolod City and Iloilo, where cases of the infection…

Feliciano to leave Cebu for Iloilo and Bacolod; EOC remains

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Retired Major General Melquiades Feliciano, deputy chief implementor for the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) in the Visayas, will be leaving Cebu to help Bacolod City, Negros Occidental and Iloilo City with their fight…

Netizen captures stunning color transition of sky in Iloilo City

Raul Constantine L. Tabanao 05/14/2020

MOALBOAL, CEBU — Netizen Carlos Adones Jr. captured in video the stunning transition of colors of the sky during sunset in Barangay Inday, Iloilo City on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Adones told CDN Digital that he and…

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