Cebu City stays under MGCQ amid 1,150 active cases

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 01/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City remains under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) despite the city having 1,150 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in a span of just 30 days. The Interagency Task Force (IATF) for the…

CCPO wants old 10PM curfew back

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) wants the old schedule of curfew back. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations of CCPO, said they will be making a recommendation before Mayor…

Cebu City EOC not inclined in adopting yet new IATF reso lowering age limit

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC), the city’s dedicated anti-coronavirus committee, is not keen on adopting a new resolution that lowered the age limit of people allowed to go outside of their…

Age restriction relaxed in MGCQ areas: From 15-65 to 10-65

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 01/22/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The government has eased age restrictions in areas under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) as it allowed persons aged 10 to 65 years old to step out of their homes by February 1, 2021,…

Labella says Cebu City need not go back to GCQ

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – For straight 10 days, Cebu City has logged double-digits in its daily number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. But for Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, there is still no need to…

In Photos (Part 2): A glimpse of Cebu amid the pandemic

Dennis Singson 01/01/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has forced most countries to adapt to changes to protect each one’s well-being from an infectious virus that has ravaged and infected millions in the world. In…

Labella wants ‘granular lockdowns’ in Cebu City in case of surge of new COVID-19 variant

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella plans to reimpose granular lockdowns, not a city-wide lockdown, in the event of a surge of the new variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) here. “If ever…

Minglanilla ‘Covid-free’ as of Dec. 12

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Another town in Cebu province declared itself free from confirmed cases of the new coronavirus disease. The local government unit (LGU) of Minglanilla in southern Cebu announced on December 11, 2020, that it…

Curfew shortened, Qpasses no longer needed for Misa de Gallo in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City residents aged 15 to 65 years old will have more time now to go outside this Christmas season after the city government has reduced the curfew to a mere four hours…

Gov’t wants all LGUs to shift to MGCQ in 2nd quarter of 2021

Cathrine Gonzales 12/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The national government is eyeing to have all local government units (LGUs) shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) by the second quarter of 2021, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday. Health Undersecretary…

Fate of Inter-LGUs TPUJs to be known by Dec. 7

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – It seems that there is light at the end of the tunnel for traditional public utility jeepneys (PUJs) doing cross-boundary travels. Councilor James Anthony Cuenco, in a recent press interview, announced that the…

Duterte: Metro Manila, 6 other areas stay under GCQ in December

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 11/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has extended anew the implementation of general community quarantine (GCQ) in Metro Manila for the entire month of December. Apart from Metro Manila, areas also under GCQ until the end of…

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