DOH-7: Central Visayas should remain under MGCQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has recommended for the entire region to remain under the most relaxed form of community quarantine. “We’re still not qualified to shift to the ‘new…

Lapu-Lapu City discourages use of ‘homestay’ app as it reopens tourism industry

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Citing its “weak monitoring mechanisms,” the Lapu-Lapu City Government discourages tourism players and tourists to book their vacation trips using applications that offer homestays. This was just one of the new rules the…

COVID-free barangays in Cebu City down to 29

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The number of coronavirus disease-free barangays in Cebu City has dropped from 38 to only 29. Councilor Joel Garganera, head of the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), said that based on their September…

Rise in COVID cases in construction sites worries Cebu City officials

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local officials in Cebu City will be meeting with construction experts and officials as they race to address the rising number of construction workers who test positive for the new coronavirus. Councilor Joel…

6 Cebu City establishments suspend operations due to COVID infections

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least six business establishments in Cebu City have suspended operations due to coronavirus infection, a local official here confirmed. Cebu City Councilor and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) czar, Joel Garganera, told CDN…

Cebu City EOC renews warning on swab test refusal, eyes stricter rules

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Anti-coronavirus officials in Cebu City renewed their warnings directed at individuals, particularly close contacts of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, who will refuse to undergo swab tests. The city’s emergency operations center…

Cimatu cites ‘cooperation’ in Cebu City’s fight vs COVID

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Monday, August 31, officially capped his two-month stay here in Cebu City to oversee the government’s coronavirus response. Cimatu, in a press conference on Monday, announced that he…

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