Over 1,000 kilos of hot meat confiscated in Cebu City since June 2021

Dyrecka Letigio 10/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Hot meat or meat without the proper inspection certification has become rampant in the mountain barangays in Cebu City this year. So far, the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) has confiscated…

Cebu City to trail map waterfalls for safety and risk reduction

Dyrecka Letigio 09/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRMMO) has begun trial mapping waterfalls around the city’s mountain barangays to ensure the safety of visitors both locals and tourists. The trail mapping…

Caindec appeals to barangays, parents to regulate minors driving motorcycles

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 09/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The regional director of the Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) appeals to barangays and parents to coordinate with them in regulating minors who drive motorcycles in mountain barangays. This follows after at least three…

CMFC, stakeholders build houses for chosen Cebu City hinterland families

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 09/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Chosen families from 24 mountain barangays in Cebu City will have new houses before the year ends. Police Major Chuck Barandog, chief of the Cebu City Mobile Force Company (CMFC) said that as…

Cebu City ends August 2021 with 266 COVID-19 deaths, ‘improving’ situation

Dyrecka Letigio 08/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City ends August 2021 with 266 deaths, its second-highest number of deaths in a single month since the pandemic began in March 2020. The highest death toll the city ever recorded in…

Talamban cop chief’s call to residents: Be disciplined, do your part in addressing pandemic

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The chief of Talamban Police Station renews call to residents under their jurisdiction to be disciplined enough and do your part in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Police Major Alvin Llamedo, Talamban Police Station…

EOC reports more deaths in mountain barangays

Dyrecka C. Letigio 08/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has reported more deaths in the city’s mountain barangays. The EOC revealed that there have been six more deaths each in the North District and South…

Mountain barangay deaths concern EOC

Dyrecka Letigio 08/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has noticed a rise in deaths in the city’s northern barangays since the beginning of August 2021. Councilor Joel Garganera said that they opened a cluster…

Cebu City gov’t brings COVID-19 vaccines closer to mountain barangays

Mae Fhel Gom-os 06/22/2021

Cebu City, Philippines–For the convenience of residents in mountain barangays here, around 1,300 Sinovac vaccines allocated for them were brought closer to them last Friday and Saturday, June 18 and June 19, 2021. In an interview on…

Rama wants Sinovac for mountain barangay residents

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City wants more Sinovac vaccines so that these can be allocated to mountain barangay residents. This was the statement of Acting Mayor Michael Rama in a press conference on Friday, June 11,…

In Cebu City, mountain brgys next for vax rollout

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local officials here are mulling to start the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the mountain barangays as early as the first week of June. Vice Mayor Michael Rama, in a recent press statement, announced…

Cebu City to open three more vaccination sites

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will be opening three additional vaccination sites for the expected resumption of the rollout with the arrival of more vaccines. Vice Mayor Michael Rama said in a press conference on May…

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