MECQ Cebu City: Public transport, free movement remains, no quarantine pass

Dyrecka Letigio 07/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City residents can still move freely within Cebu Island, albeit only for work and essential purposes. The Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in Cebu City from August 1 to 15, 2021, will…

Border control points to be set up starting August 1 in Cebu City, Cebu Province

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Cebu City and Cebu Province policemen will reimplement border control points starting midnight of August 1. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said…

Unified Cebu agrees to implement MECQ

Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — All local government units (LGUs) in Cebu will be implementing the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) that the Interagency Task Force (IATF) has recommended here. The mayors of all LGUs met with Cebu…

Chan favors granular lockdown vs MECQ

Futch Anthony Inso 07/30/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan proposes that instead of placing the city under Modified Enhance Community Quarantine (MECQ) status, he is more in favor of implementing granular lockdown. He said this is…

MECQ: What to expect

Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The island of Cebu will be placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) starting August 1 to 15, 2021. Although some local government units (LGU) including Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City have issued…

Tumulak assures: Vaccination roll out will not stop

Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak, the point person for the vaccination sites, assured that the roll-out will not be affected by the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ). Cebu City will be placed under…

No appeal: Cebu City still to review MECQ policies

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will not be appealing to the national Interagency Task Force (IATF) over their recommendation to place the city under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) from August 1 to 15, 2021. Rama…

IATF recommendation: Entire Cebu under MECQ

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/30/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The National Interagency Task Force (IATF) has recommended placing the entire Cebu under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) from August 1 to 15, 2021.  This amid the revelation on July 29, 2021, that the…

Chan to IATF: Let Lapu-Lapu MGCQ stay; have uniform quarantine status in Cebu

Futch Anthony Inso 07/29/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to make a uniform community quarantine classification in Cebu since the local government…

Mandaue, Lapu return to MECQ status from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Due to the continuous increase of COVID-19 infections, two of Cebu’s largest cities were reverted back to stricter community quarantine status. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday dawn, July 29, 2021, announced that the Inter-Agency…

Top VisMin Super Cup official hopeful Mindanao leg will open as scheduled

Glendale G. Rosal 06/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Chelito Caro, the 2021 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup basketball operations chief, is very optimistic that the Mindanao leg will kick off on Friday, July 2, 2021, in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur…

Let the children go outdoors

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 04/09/2021

For over a year now, minors—especially young children—have borne the brunt of the Philippines’ draconian quarantine policies. Indeed, since the original “expanded community quarantine” declaration in March 2020, children have been forbidden to go out of their…

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