Gov’t target: 100 frontliners from Visayas to be sent to NCR

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local and national government officials are targeting to send a total of 100 health workers from Visayas to the country’s capital to help address the spike of COVID-19 there. On Wednesday, April 7,…

Cebu frontliners to receive cash incentives, meds

Morexette Marie Erram 04/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Each of the 50 medical frontliners from Cebu who will be deployed to the National Capital Region (NCR) is expected to receive cash incentives up to P70, 000 for their assignment. Read: Cebu to send…

Free swab tests for returning Filipino travelers at Mactan Cebu Int’l Airport

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Filipinos from abroad can now avail of free real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests at the Mactan airport. The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV), in a press release, announced…

Sec. Dino fully recovers from COVID-19

Futch Anthony Inso 02/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Secretary Michael Dino of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV)  has been discharged from a private hospital in Cebu City after fully recovering from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)…

Visayas puts additional measures against ASF

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central and Western Visayas are putting up additional measures to keep their hog industry safe from the African Swine Fever (ASF).  The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) is stepping up border…

PNP Chief Sinas starts Cebu visit early with courtesy call on Secretary Dino

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The highest-ranking official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has arrived in Cebu earlier than his expected arrival on Saturday, November 21. Police General Debold Sinas, PNP chief, who was supposedly to arrive…

Cimatu to Cebu City: Aim for zero in COVID-19 cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu challenged Cebu City to reach zero in the cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cimatu said that with the improvement of the COVID-19 situation, the city government must…

Quarantine center in Cebu suspends operations as COVID cases decrease

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Due to the continuous decline of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Cebu, a quarantine center here has suspended its operations. The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV), in…

OPAV: 4K food packs given to VSMMC frontliners since July

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) reported to have distributed over 4,000 food packs to medical workers at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) since the first week…

Talisay, Minglanilla, Consolacion mayors ‘support’ random testing in businesses

Rosalie Abatayo 08/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The mayors of the city of Talisay and the towns of Minglanilla and Consolacion, which remain under general community quarantine (GCQ), have expressed their support to Project Balik Buhay’s proposal to make it…

Malasakit buses to ply last trip on Aug. 3

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Malasakit buses will already ply its last trip on Monday, August 3, 2020, now that Cebu City’s status has been downgraded to general community quarantine (GCQ). The Office of the Presidential Assistant…

Chinese Consulate in Cebu extends help, donates ambulance

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Cebu will be extending more aid to local and national governments here battling the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese Consul General Jia Li on Friday,…

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