Dizon to Labella: Suspend use of ECQ passes

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon is asking Mayor Edgardo Labella to suspend the use of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) passes as this has caused more problem for the city’s constituents.  In a…

Labella seeks council’s authority for DSWD MOA

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Edgardo Labella is seeking the council’s permission to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The MOA will allow the city to avail the Social…

Labella to barangay chiefs: Ensure social distancing

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The incident in Barangay Buhisan on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, should not happen again. This was the pronouncement of Mayor Edgardo Labella on Thursday morning, on April 2, 2020, a day after a…

Stay at home order for Cebu City minors, elderly inked

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has ordered minors and senior citizens to stay at home as a means to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella issued…

Religious sects told: Suspend congregational activities

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government reminds the religious sectors in Cebu to suspend activities drawing the public together such as congregational worship. This is in response to a viral video of parishioners in a…

Inutil pa atong mga Cebu leaders pag lockdown

Lloyd Suarez 03/21/2020

  Nakasabot  ko  sa atong  mga  local  leaders gipangulohan  ni Governor  Gwen  Garcia  nga dili  mo-impose  og total  lockdown pagkakaron  kay usa pa  ang  nag-positibo  sa  sakit nga Coronavirus Disease 2019 o COVID-19 diha sa dakbayan sa…

Issuance of permits suspended; market fees waived

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will not be issuing any permits while the city is under general community quarantine for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a memorandum, Mayor Edgardo Labella, ordered the Business…

‘No lockdown but strict movement protocols in Cebu’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/20/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Strict movement protocols, not a lockdown, will be implemented in Cebu amid the confirmation of the first Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) case here. The Cebu provincial government and the cities of Cebu,…

100K sacks of rice for underprivileged residents

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will distribute 100,000 sacks of rice to the underprivileged members of the city. Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the city had purchased the rice to help the no-work-no-pay residents…

Cebu City eyes P1 billion budget for COVID-19

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be allotting P1 billion for the putting up of necessary measures to fight the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19).  Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the money would…

CCMC, not SRP will be quarantine center for Coronavirus cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) is being prepared as a quarantine center for any suspected case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the city.  In a letter to opposition councilors who requested that the…

With night market closed, vendors allowed to temporarily sell along sidewalks

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The night market in Colon Street here will be closed for a month while the city is in general community quarantine due to the coronavirus.  This will affect at least 100 vendors selling in the…

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