Liquor ban imposed in Cebu City, too

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Aside from implementing curfew and early closing hours for commercial establishments, and cancelling large events, the Cebu City Government is now imposing a total liquor ban.  Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on March…

Thermal scan checkpoints in Cebu City starts

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has implemented the thermal scanning checkpoints to check the temperatures of all the persons who will be entering the city. Following the guidelines of Mayor Edgardo Labella, who placed…

A world of pain

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/15/2020

  That’s how businessmen called the fate of stock market traders as stock exchanges tumbled around the world reeling from the effects of coronavirus and the disease called Covid-19.  The stock traders’ description or prediction of the…

No city lockdown, curfew to be implemented — Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has reiterated that the city will not be placed on lockdown yet amid the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). But Labella said that the Cebu City government…

Schools warned: Don’t violate class suspension order

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Schools, who will violate the suspension of classes mandated by Mayor Edgardo Labella in Cebu City, may face administrative charges.  In a phone interview, Labella warned that the schools have to follow the…

Metro Cebu cities suspend classes amid COVID-19 threat

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cities in Metro Cebu have declared the temporary suspension of classes under their jurisdictions in view of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) threat. Among those who declared the suspension of classes are the cities…

Labella mulls shorter workdays for Cebu City Hall

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 03/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Mayor Edgard Labella has still to decide if he will shorten the workdays of government offices amid the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19).  He said the city would…

No class suspension yet in Cebu City — Labella

Rosalie Abatayo 03/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — School children may be better shielded against the coronavirus disease while attending classes in school rather than when their classes are cut short amid the health threat. In a meeting with the heads…

‘Nahigugma si hepe or lust ra gyud ni’ng iya?’

Lloyd Suarez 03/07/2020

Kung  nahigugma  gyud si Police Major  Ildefonso Miranda, hepe sa Argao Police  Station, ngadto sa usa ka detainee nga si Jean Villanueva taga Barangay Casay sa lungsod sa Dalaguete, iyang ipatigbabaw ang ilang relasyon taliwa sa mga…

Alumnos gym to be turned into evacuation center

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is planning to convert the Alumnos gym in Barangay San Nicolas into an evacuation center following the fire that destroyed 81 houses in Sitio Ipil in the barangay on…

Envoy offers to help monitor 9 Koreans from Daegu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The South Korean government has expressed their intention to assist the city governments of Cebu and Lapu-Lapu, and the Department of Health (DOH) to closely monitor the remaining South Koreans, who arrived from…

Luz fire victims appeal to Capitol: Be humane, don’t take evac area yet

Rosalie Abatayo 02/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Over a month since the fire gutted their homes, residents of Sitio Santo Niño 3 in Barangay Luz were rattled again on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Nestor Loyloy, 40, said they were shocked when…

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