Boy, 2, is Mandaue City’s latest COVID-19 survivor

Immae Lachica 05/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A two-year-old boy is Mandaue City’s latest COVID-19 survivor. The boy, who is known as Patient MC19, of Purok Señorita, Barangay Cabancalan, Mandaue City has been declared COVID-free this Monday evening, May 25,…

Housing developers in Central Visayas back Tri-Cities’ efforts to mitigate COVID-19

PR 05/23/2020

The members of the Subdivision and Housing Developers Association (SHDA) in Central Visayas express their support to the local governments of Cebu City, Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City in all their efforts to control the transmission of…

Scavenger kills fellow scavenger during drinking session in Mandaue

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A drinking session gone wrong ended in the fatal stabbing of a scavenger in Mandaue City at past 2 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2020. Marco Sanchez, 33 of Talisay City, Cebu, a…

Mandaue rolls out schedule for mass testing

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City government on Saturday, May 2, 2020, rolled out the schedule for their rapid massive testing that will run for 10 days, and will target the city’s 28 barangays. Called as…

What to expect with the mass random testing in Cebu City on Monday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health will begin the mass random testing for the rapid antibody tests on May 4, 2020 in the highly-urbanized cities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu. In Cebu City, the random…

Online Miss Gay Covid19 aims to spread joy, help LGBTQIA+ members amid this pandemic

Immae Lachica 05/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, pansexual) community here in Cebu has set on a new journey to bring joy and positive vibes to the people through the…

Economic-health balance sought in deciding Cebu HUCs shift to modified ECQ

Rosalie Abatayo 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The highly urbanized cities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu are now faced with the challenge to balance economic sustainability and public health security as they take steps to determine the feasibility of shifting…

Rapid testing in cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, and Cebu slated to start May 4

Rosalie Abatyo 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The rapid testing for about 46,000 individuals in the sitios (sub-villages) and barangays (villages) of the cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, and Mandaue is expected to begin on Monday, May 4, 2020. The rapid…

Mandaue City makes swabbing booths to protect health care workers

Norman V. Mendoza 04/24/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Along with the nearly completed cubicles of quarantine facility, the Mandaue City government is also making improvised swabbing booths to prevent possible contamination during the mass testing of suspected COVID-19 patients. In an…

Cebu City logs 7 new COVID-19 cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Seven more individuals from Cebu City have been infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 bringing to a total of 173 the COVID-19 cases in the city, according to the latest data from the Department…

With ‘no’ relief goods yet, ‘hungry man’ turns to drugs

Norman V. Mendoza 04/11/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A man, who turned to selling illegal drugs because he was hungry and claimed the barangay officials had not yet delivered relief goods, was arrested at past 10 p.m. today, April 10, 2020,…

Gun slips from manager’s hand, fires; bullet hits, kills helper

Norman V. Mendoza 04/05/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines — A 40-year old plant helper was accidentally shot and killed by his manager in Barangay Labogon, Mandaue City around 7:30 p.m. today, April 5, 2020. Oliver Ho of Bogo City in northern…

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