Cebu City barangays to get P143 million financial assistance

Dyrecka Letigio 08/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City barangays are set to receive their financial assistance in the coming weeks after the city government signed the guidelines for the release of the cash vouchers. Councilor Raymond Garcia said that…

CPPO chief: Gov. Gwen satisfied with provincial checkpoints

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/14/2021

  MEDELLIN, Cebu — Cebu’s top police official said Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has expressed satisfaction over how checkpoints in the different towns of the province are being managed. The governor’s statement came just two days after she…

Bañacia: I am already expecting the worst

Futch Anthony Inso 08/13/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government was never surprised with the extension of its modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) status after August 15. Nagiel Bañacia, head of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO),…

Acting Mayor Rama prepares EO for MECQ extension

Dyrecka Letigio 08/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Acting Mayor Michael Rama is preparing to issue an Executive Order (EO) to lay down policies for the extended modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).  The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has maintained…

Capitol to provide aid for tourism workers in MECQ areas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government promised to give assistance to workers and tour guides in areas affected by the declaration of Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Wednesday, August 11,…

No negative RT-PCR/Antigen test results, no entry in 8 ports of entry in Cebu Province

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/12/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu -All travelers entering eight ports of entry in Cebu Province will now be required to present negative results of either RT-PCR or Rapid Antigen tests. This after Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Wednesday, August…

Perpetually perplexed people

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 08/12/2021

Although more than a year late, a meme came out recently on social media to spread humor while lessening people’s confusion and to make sense of the jumble of letters and acronyms that restrict our movements during…

Police warns public: Violators of health protocols will now be arrested, fined

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/11/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu–Quarantine violators in Cebu City will no longer just be reprimanded as they will now be arrested and fined, police here said. Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, the director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO),…

Higher fines, border controls, limited movement in Cebu City

Dyrecka Letigio 08/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has reimposed border controls, increased the penalty for violators, and intensified the monitoring of movement among residents as ways to curb the rising cases of COVID-19 in the city. This was…

Only essential trips, workers allowed to go out in Cebu areas under ‘MECQ with heightened restrictions’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – In areas in Cebu province placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ), only workers and individuals with urgent trips and itineraries are allowed to go outside of their houses. This after Cebu Gov.…

11 localities in Cebu province back to MECQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 11 localities in Cebu province were reverted to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to stem the increasing cases of COVID-19. Several mayors here announced on social media that starting Wednesday, August…

Mandaue police nab quarantine violators, ‘tigbakay’ aficionados

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/10/2021

MANDAUE CITY Philippines — The Mandaue City Police Office has already apprehended 27 individuals and warned 557 others for violating health protocols and engaging in illegal cockfighting, or ‘tigbakay’ from August 1 to 8, 2021 August 1…

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