Talisay City Police records 12 arrests on first day of reverting to MECQ

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 12 individuals were arrested by the Talisay City Police on the first day after Talisay City was reverted to modified enhanced community quarantine (MGCQ) status. Most of the individuals were arrested…

Garcia, RIATF contemplating ways to ‘do justice’ Talisay’s reversal to MECQ

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia and the regional Interagency Task Force (RIATF) are considering steps to clarify the national Interagency Task Force’s decision to revert the status of Talisay City from General Community Quarantine (GCQ)…

Public transport to revert back to ECQ and MECQ standards on June 17

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Public transport will once again be limited as Cebu City upgrades to an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and Talisay City upgrades to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) starting today, June 16, 2020. In…

Gullas to DOH: ‘Talisay has 43 recoveries, not zero’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas hopes the Department of Health (DOH) will revisit the city’s cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and see that they have 43 recoveries to date, contrary to the…

Duterte options: Longer GCQ or back to stricter quarantine

Leila B. Salaverria - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/14/2020

Extending the general community quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila and Cebu City or placing these cities on modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) are among the options that President Duterte is considering before he makes an announcement on…

Labella awaits IATF clarification on Cebu City’s quarantine status

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella is among the chief executives, who are still waiting for the clarification of the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) on the…

LIST: What to expect in areas under GCQ, MGCQ

Darryl John Esguerra - INQUIRER.net 05/29/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Three days from today, May 29, the Philippine government will start enforcing less stringent community quarantine measures after more than two months of strict movement restrictions to prevent the further spread of the novel…

Labella appeals to IATF to place Cebu City under GCQ

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has written to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to place the city under general community quarantine (GCQ) instead of modified enhanced…

Cebu City businesses need to pass employee information to operate under MECQ

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be requiring business establishments that will be operating during the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) to submit the basic information of their on-site employees. Lawyer Rey Gealon, who…

IATF resolution makes Cebu City lone MECQ area until June 15

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With over 2,000 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Cebu City will be implementing the highest level of community quarantine status among other local government units in the country until June 15, 2020.…

Cebu City to shift to MECQ, rest of Central Visayas under GCQ until June 15

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — From June 1 to 15, 2020, Cebu City will shift to modified enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) while Mandaue City will transition to general community quarantine (GCQ). This is after the Interagency Task Force…

Cebu City, NCR must ‘continue significant restrictions’ – experts

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The national government must ‘continue significant restrictions’ in areas high-risk of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak such as Cebu City. This was just one of the recommendations from experts of the University…

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