VATICAN CITY — Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican reopened to visitors on Monday after being closed for over two months under Italy’s lockdown orders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. A handful of visitors queued…
ROME — Italy on Sunday recorded the fewest deaths from coronavirus in one day since its two-month lockdown began, as the country stands poised to reopen most commercial activity. The civil protection unit said 145 people had died…
The Department of Health (DOH) urged local officials to ramp up their immunization programs once lockdown restrictions in their areas are eased, after the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused the vaccination rate nationwide to…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Six sitios (sub villages) in Barangay Tejero have been placed under total lockdown because of the rising cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in these areas. Cebu City Legal Officer Rey Gealon,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangay Mambaling Captain Gines Abellana said that locking down Alaska Mambaling had become a huge challenge for his barangay. The residents have been uncooperative, continue to go out of their houses, and even…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered a lockdown in Sitio Alaska in Barangay Mambaling following a surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the barangay. In a statement which he released…
With the lockdown again extended in some areas until May 15, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has also pushed back tax-filing and payment deadlines even as it enjoined taxpayers to no longer wait for the cut-off…
All local government units (LGUs)—provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays—have been ordered to extend until June 25 the payment deadlines of all taxes, fees, and charges that fell due during the COVID-19 lockdown. This order was contained in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Despite the rising number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Barangay Mambaling here, the village is still not imposing a total lockdown. In a phone interview with CDN Digital, Mambaling Barangay Captain Gines Abellana…
ROME — Pope Francis waded into the church-state debate about virus-imposed lockdowns of religious services, calling Tuesday for “prudence and obedience” to government protocols to prevent infections from surging again. Francis’ appeal came just two days after…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fighting an unknown enemy is very scary. What makes it even scarier is the thought that they too can get the infection and die while they risk their lives serving their fellow Cebuanos…
The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and other at-risk regions will be lifted once a working vaccine is developed, according to President Rodrigo Duterte. “I am telling you: The moment this vaccine is out, I…
