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LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) chief Police Colonel Arnel Banzon has ordered the lockdown of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and Mobile Patrol Unit (MPU) offices, after two of their personnel tested…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Imposing granular lockdowns and not being placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) is what Cebu City needs amid the rise of COVID-19 cases here. This was the statement of Mayor Edgardo Labella on Wednesday, January…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—As of January 24, 2021, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already affected 30 out of the 85 sitios (sub-villages in English) of Barangay Guadalupe here. Because of this, village officials in Guadalupe are inclined…
BRUSSELS—You’re stuck in lockdown but that doesn’t mean you can’t visit a tropical island, a space station, or have games night with your friends. Certain video games have filled the need of the world’s confined for a…
SHANGHAI – China on Saturday reported a slight increase in new cases of Covid-19 as it marks the anniversary of the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, in the city of Wuhan where the disease emerged in late 2019.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Local officials here assured the public that no lockdown will be reimposed amid the increasing number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Monday, January 18, 2021, debunked reports…
It happened one summer, some 60 years ago, when I was in a boat that nearly sank in a freak accident. We were four kids, with three adults — a boatman, an uncle, and my maternal stepgrandmother.…
The effects of lockdown were different for men and women. A study conducted by Canadian researchers found that women suffered more from the period of social distancing associated with COVID-19, particularly in terms of sleep, anxiety, depression…
Baguio City — I was here just a week before the lockdown and my heart has pined for Baguio ever since, wondering when I can go back. When the Department of Tourism and the City of Baguio…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Despite reviving stricter quarantine restrictions, Cebu City will not be implementing a city-wide lockdown, local officials here have assured. “We don’t want any lockdown… It brought hardship to us to our family and…
ROME, Italy – Father Christmas wears a mask and can travel the world thanks to a special permit, Italy’s prime minister said Thursday, November 12, 2020, to ease children’s fears that Santa Claus may also be under…
LONDON–Collins Dictionary said on Tuesday that “lockdown” is its Word of The Year in 2020 following a dramatic increase in usage during the spread of Covid-19. Lexicographers said they picked the word because it had become synonymous…
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