Lapu-Lapu exec: 4 more Home Care Center staff members positive for COVID-19

Futch Anthony Inso 08/13/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Four more staff members of the Home Care Center for Children in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City, have tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was confirmed by Annabeth Cuizon, head of…

Tricities under MECQ, Cebu Province under GCQ with heightened restrictions until August 31

Dyrecka Letigio 08/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Tricities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu will remain under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until August 31, 2021. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced on Friday morning (August 13) the quarantine status update…

Chan: More vax sites bring Lapu-Lapu nearer to herd immunity

Futch Anthony Inso 08/09/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines— Now that the Lapu-lapu City government has opened more vaccination sites, Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan is aiming to achieve herd immunity or 70 percent of the target population to be vaccinated before Christmas. On…

Nine nurses hired for Lapu-Lapu hospital — Mayor Chan

Futch Anthony Inso 08/08/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government was already able to hire 9 additional nurses that woould be deployed in hospitals in the city. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said that these nurses were locally…

LTFRB-7: 112 PUVs caught violating health protocols in Metro Cebu

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/07/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Operators of 112 public utility vehicles (PUVs) were issued show cause orders and inspection report summons (IRS) by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB) for violating health protocols…

Lapu-Lapu police chief: 197 caught violating health protocols

Futch Anthony Inso 08/02/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) has apprehended 197 individuals on Sunday, August 1, 2021, during the first day of the implementation of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) status in the city.…

LTFRB-7: Operators to decide whether to continue to ply amid restrictions

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) has reiterated that public utility vehicles (PUVs) are still allowed to ply their routes in Metro Cebu even if the tri-cities of…

Humay-Humay public cemetery in Lapu-Lapu reopened

Futch Anthony Inso 07/30/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Nuestra Señora de Regla Parish National Shrine in Lapu-lapu City has already reopened the Humay-humay Public Cemetery in Barangay Gun-ob since Monday, July 26, 2021. This was confirmed by Fr. Reynante Joseph…

Mandaue, Lapu return to MECQ status from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Due to the continuous increase of COVID-19 infections, two of Cebu’s largest cities were reverted back to stricter community quarantine status. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday dawn, July 29, 2021, announced that the Inter-Agency…

Ahong says opposition wants to make his administration look bad

Futch Anthony Inso 07/27/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan believes that the opposition in the city council wants his administration to look bad, especially as the 2022 elections draw near. Chan made such a statement after he accused…

Lapu-Lapu notes low turnout of senior citizens in vaccination rollout

Futch Anthony Inso 07/18/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government has recorded a low turnout for senior citizens who were inoculated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Lawyer James Sayson, deputy for the Local Vaccination Centers, said that…

Lapu-Lapu opens vaccination site at Island Central Mall

Futch Anthony Inso 07/16/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-lapu City government has opened a new vaccination site at Island Central Mall in Barangay Ibo. Lawyer James Sayson, deputy for Local Vaccination Operation Centers, said that the vaccination site could accommodate…

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