Rama to meet with stakeholders for new EO on October

Dyrecka Letigio 09/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Acting Mayor Michael Rama is set to meet stakeholders in the city to draft adjustments in the executive order (EO) that would guide the city’s quarantine implementation for October 2021. Rama…

IATF downgrades quarantine statuses of Cebu tri-cities

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The national government’s anti-COVID task force has approved the recommendations to downgrade the quarantine statuses of the tri-cities of Cebu. Malacañang on Monday, September 6, announced that the cities of Cebu and Mandaue…

LTFRB-7 waits for final quarantine status: No reduction of PUVs yet

Mae Fhel Gom-os 07/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There will be no changes or reduction in the number of public utility vehicles (PUVs) currently plying routes in the entire Cebu Island. Director Eduardo Montealto Jr. of the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory…

Mandaue, Lapu return to MECQ status from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Due to the continuous increase of COVID-19 infections, two of Cebu’s largest cities were reverted back to stricter community quarantine status. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday dawn, July 29, 2021, announced that the Inter-Agency…

PDEA-7 chief: Drugs slipped into Cebu as quarantine status eased

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There might have been illegal drugs being shipped undetected while Cebu Province and Cebu City gradually downgraded their quarantine status. This was what Director Levi Ortiz of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in…

Cebu City downgraded to GCQ

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/31/2020

Cebu City, Philippines—Cebu City, despite having the most number of cases in Central Visayas, will now be under general community quarantine (GCQ). This was announced in a televised address of President Rodrigo Duterte that was aired Friday…

Cimatu confident Cebu City will be downgraded to GCQ on July 16

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the Interagency Task Force (IATF) overseer in Cebu, said he is confident that the city will be downgraded to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) by July 16, 2020. “I am…

Cebu province, 3 other areas appealed for quarantine reclassification

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, that four areas in the country, including Cebu province, appealed for the reclassification of their community quarantine status. The presidential spokesman said the appeals were…

Duterte to announce quarantine status on June 15

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Questions about whether Cebu City will continue to be under general community quarantine or if Cebu province’s appeal to “move on” to a modified GCQ will be granted will be answered on Monday,…

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…

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