A black hooded figure carrying what looks like a sickle, a severed head and a warning comes out exactly at 8 p.m. in a barangay in Sta. Cruz, Manila. Barangay 344 officials have used the symbol of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the lockdown of the entire Barrio Luz, a northern barangay in the city, following the rapid increase of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the area.…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday warned the public he would order the military and police to enforce “martial law-like” lockdown measures as violators of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) continue to rise. The President made…
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP…
MANILA, Philippines — The government is slowly fine-tuning its “gameplan” after April 30 or when the extended Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine to block the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lapses. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, spokesman of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangay Mambaling can momentarily breathe a sigh of relief as the initially reported new case of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, was actually an old case. City Health Officer Daisy…
By next week, the Social Security System (SSS) will offer calamity loan to members grappling with the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fernando F. Nicolas, SSS vice president for public affairs and special events, told…
Parents in India have taken inspiration from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to name their kids born during the public health crisis. A couple named their newborn “Sanitiser” last Sunday, April 12, as hand sanitizers have become…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City recorded its highest number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive cases in one day since the start of the enhanced community quarantine, when 23 individuals tested positive on Wednesday, April 15,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Police Office together with the Crisis Respond Batallion held a simulation exercise along C. Padilla Street in Barangay Mambaling on Wednesday morning, April 15, 2020. According to Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, director of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangay Labangon and Barangay Luz in Cebu City are intensifying the movement control within their barangays as new cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) were recorded in the two barangays. Luz Barangay…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A day after being placed in a lockdown due to the new positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), residents in Sitio Zapatera in Barangay Luz in Cebu City have started to become more…
