Cebu City Gov’t expects more ‘voluntary suspensions of operations’ from establishments

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Expect more business establishments here to impose voluntary suspensions of its operations to help curb the spread of coronavirus in the city. This was the projection of the city government’s Business Permit and…

Only immediate family allowed in wakes, says Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella urged families of deceased individuals not to invite other people to wakes, especially if the deceased has been swabbed prior to death and the results are still pending.…

Workplace transmission comprises almost 50% of Cebu City’s new cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases recorded from August 16 to August 24, 2020 are mostly from workplace transmission. According to the data released by the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), workplace-based transmission,…

Labella reminds Cebuanos: Be more vigilant, cooperate to continue flattening the curve

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Now that Cebu City has flattened the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) curve, it should work to keep it that way. Retired Major General Melquiades Feliciano, the deputy chief implementor of the Interagency Task…

Labella orders lighting up of Pasil Fish Market ahead of reopening

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the cleaning and lighting up of the Pasil Fish Market ahead of its scheduled reopening at the end of August 2020. Labella said the fish market,…

Lockdown in Sitio San Isidro, Barangay Quiot may be lifted

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is planning to lift the lockdown in Sitio San Isidro, Barangay Quiot after the results of the contact tracing returned negative for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cebu City…

Traffic, flood, garbage not to be forgotten amidst pandemic—Labella

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Most of Cebu City’s projects have been put on hold due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis as the government put most of its efforts into responding to the effects of the…

COA reminds Cebu City: Solid Waste Management Plan needs approval of national commission

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 07/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) is reminding the Cebu City government to have its 10-year Solid Waste Management (SWM) Plan approved by the National SWM Commission. In its 2019 Annual Audit Report, COA…

Cebu City’s new public cemetery to be transferred in Sapangdaku

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s new public cemetery initially planned to be developed in Barangay Guba will now be transferred to a vacant lot in Barangay Sapangdaku. The 2-hectare lot in Sitios Patayng Yuta and Baksan…

Cebu City completes distribution of 280K sacks of rice to barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government completed the distribution of the 280,000 sacks of rice as relief aid to the 80 barangays here on July 9, 2020. In a Facebook post, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo…

Cebu City Hall closed for disinfection on July 9-10

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Hall will be closed from July 9 to 10, 2020 for disinfection after some of its employees  contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). City Administrator Floro Casas, Jr., said that Mayor…

Labella requests for hemodialysis units for VSMMC

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is asking the Department of Health (DOH) to provide the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) with hemodialysis units so the hospital can accommodate dialysis patients amid the…

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