Labella: Cebu City conducted more swab tests than rapid tests

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella revealed that the city had conducted 4,995 swabs through contact tracing of positive cases in the 32 infected barangays. This is at least 4,300 more than the supposed…

Labella willing to tighten Cebu City’s borders if more barangays get infected

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said he is willing to tighten the borders of Cebu City should more barangays (villages) become infected with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The mayor said in a…

Labella: Swab testing to continue in brgys with most COVID-19 cases, rapid testing in other brgys

Delta Dyrecka Letgio 05/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Swab testing in barangays which recorded the most number of the infection will continue even if the Cebu City government will already start with the mass rapid testing on Wednesday, said Mayor Edgardo…

Barangay Suba workers positive for COVID-19, chief calls for help

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangay Suba is the home of one of the most important fish ports in Cebu city providing one of the major sources of seafood in the city. However, with the rising cases of…

Isolation of COVID-19 positive patients continues in Cebu City

Delta C. Letigio 04/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite the limited space, the Cebu City government continues to isolate the individuals proven to be positive of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or the COVID-19 positive patients in the barangays with recently…

Labella okays swab testing for Cebu City cops

Alven Marie Timtim, Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has agreed to make all policemen who are assigned in the city to undergo swab testing to check on their health conditions. In a radio interview this morning,…

Expect new normal after ECQ – Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) will end on May 15, 2020, but people cannot expect to return to their old normal lives after that. Mayor Edgardo Labella said that a new normal…

‘Credible ba gyud atong mga testing kits sa COVID-19?’

Lloyd Suarez 04/25/2020

  Makapaduda sa accuracy ang atong mga testing kits dihang nag-negatibo dayon sa COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) ang batang lalaki nga bag-ong gi-anak nga unang nag-positibo. Laing makapalibog kay ang inahan nag-negatibo man. Gi-angkon ni Dr. Jaime…

City Hall starts transfer of COVID-19 patients from Brgy Labangon to isolation center

Doris C. Bongcac 04/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City government targets to complete tonight, April 25, 2020, the transfer of Barangay Labangon residents, who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), to their designated isolation center. In a…

NRA quarantine facility to open on Saturday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s awaited quarantine facility at Block 27, North Reclamation Area (NRA) will finally open on Saturday, April 25, 2020. The facility was promised to be finished in 10 days, but it took…

Cebu City ECQ to be extended until May 15

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has announced the extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the rising cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In an official statement, the mayor said that…

Rama ‘unhappy’ with Labella’s handling of COVID-19 crisis, disregard of legislative dept

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –A seemingly unhappy  Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama has started to criticize Mayor Edgar Labella’s handling of the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis that has already affected close to 200 individuals in the city.…

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