Lockdown making birdsongs ‘sexier’

AFP 09/26/2020

WASHINGTON — As the streets of San Francisco emptied out in the first months of the pandemic, the city’s male birds began singing more softly and improving their vocal range, making them “sexier” to females, according to…

Interventions eyed in Apas due to slight spike in cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Emergency Operations Center or EOC of Cebu City is preparing for interventions in Barangay Apas after new cases were recorded in the area for straight two days. On September 10, 2020, the…

13 die in Peru disco stampede after police lockdown raid

AP 08/24/2020

LIMA, Peru— Thirteen people died in a stampede at a disco in Peru after a police raid to enforce the country’s lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Sunday. The stampede happened at the Thomas disco in…

Metro Manila, 4 provinces back to less restrictive GCQ starting Aug. 19

Darryl John Esguerra 08/18/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila will revert to the less restrictive general community quarantine (GCQ) from Aug. 19 to 31 after a two-week reimposition of a strict coronavirus lockdown. In a speech aired Monday night, President Rodrigo…

Lockdowns lifted in six areas in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Residents of six sitios or areas in Cebu City can now breathe a sigh of relief as they are now lifted out of the granular lockdown. The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force-7 (RIATF-7) has…

Garganera: Lockdown in Abellanosa compound will be lifted soon, other areas to follow

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Residents of the first six sitios (subvillages) in Cebu City that were placed under granular lockdown will already be relieved of their miseries soon. Councilor Joel Garganera, the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) czar…

PRO-7 chief to public: Help ease traffic, plan your trips

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/03/2020

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — As regional policemen meet to find ways to help address traffic in Cebu City, the public is encouraged to plan their own trips to help and go out only if necessary to help…

Six puroks in San Fernando’s barangay under lockdown

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Six puroks in Barangay Pitalo, San Fernando town in southern Cebu will be placed under a localized lockdown for the next 15 days or from August 3 to 17, 2020. San Fernando Mayor…

Six areas in five Cebu City barangays placed under lockdown

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Six sitios or areas in five barangays in Cebu City have been placed under lockdown by Mayor Edgardo Labella on Saturday, July 25, 2020. Labella reposted the copy of his Executive Order No.…

Garganera apologizes for premature release of locked down sitios’ list

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, the deputy chief implementor of the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) in the city, apologized to the public for the premature announcement of…

Cordova Fire Station ‘back on track’; 15 firemen recover from COVID-19

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cordova Fire Station is now “back on track”. This developed after the lockdown of the fire station, which was due to most of the firemen being infected with the virus, was finally…

‘Rising despite lockdown’

Tony S. Bergonia - @inquirerdotnet 07/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is one of nine countries that are seeing a rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases despite having the world’s toughest lockdowns to stop coronavirus transmission, according to a groundbreaking University of Oxford…

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