Ride Hero app to help commuters track available bus rides

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Ride Hero application was officially introduced at a press conference at the Cebu City Hall on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The mobile application helps commuters by showing them the location and capacity of buses…

‘Don’t defy entry ban, you’ll get caught, penalized’

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Don’t try to enter Cebu by sea or your boat will be impounded, you will be penalized and you will be sent back to where you came from.” Lieutenant Junior Grade Eric Salcedo,…

Cebu to ban entry of passengers from outside province

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial government will start banning the entry of visitors from outside the province as part of their mitigation efforts on the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The ban will…

Airport screening procedures now include departing passengers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Another layer of screening procedures will be implemented at Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA). The Bureau of Quarantine in Central Visayas (BOQ – 7) announced in a press conference on Monday, March 9,…

Police in Cebu to help DOH trace persons in the same flight with woman positive for nCoV

Alven Marie A. Timtim 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) will help trace the persons who were in the same flight with the 38-year-old woman who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (nCoV). Police Brigadier…

Gwen: Home quarantine not yet an option for Pinoy passengers arriving at MCIA from China

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Home quarantine or self-isolation is not yet an option for Filipino passengers arriving from China via the Mactan Cebu International Airport today, February 3, 2020. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said the provincial task force against…

MCIA: 79 Pinoys who arrived from China on Feb. 2 under self quarantine 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/03/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – The Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) disclosed that 200 passengers from China landed at Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) on Sunday, February 2, 2020.  MCIAA general manager, lawyer Steve Dicdican, said these…

Passengers from Wuhan, China to be flown out of Kalibo, Aklan – CAAP

Krissy Aguilar 01/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Over 500 airline passengers who arrived at the Kalibo International Airport in Aklan from Wuhan, China will be subjected to forced repatriation following the novel coronavirus scare, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines…

BI intercepts 3 women in Naia bound for HK to work as bar girls

Darryl John Esguerra - INQUIRER.net 01/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines—Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) have foiled another human trafficking attempt after they intercepted three women who were allegedly recruited to work as bar girls in Hong…

Deny heavy passengers? We didn’t order that to Angkas, TWG says

Krissy Aguilar 01/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The interagency technical working group (TWG) heading the Motorcycle Taxi Service Pilot Implementation Run clarified Friday it did not order Angkas to deny rides to “heavy passengers.” TWG consultant Alberto Suansing stressed that what…

Weather improving in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 12/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The sun has come out in Cebu on Christmas Day, December 25, 2019, bringing a ray of hope to those who have been stranded because of Typhoon Ursula. Netherlen Seletrero, weather specialist in the…

Ursula leaves 156 passengers, 109 rolling cargoes stranded in Negros Occidental

Florence Baesa 12/24/2019

DUMAGUETE CITY , Negros Oriental — A total of 156 passengers and 109 rolling cargoes have been stranded in Negros Occidental as of 5 p.m., December 24, 2019, due to Typhoon Ursula. Lieutenant Commander Jansen Benjamin, Negros…

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