Dino to chief execs: Be patient, vaccines are coming

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 04/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Presidential Assistant to the Visayas, Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino is urging the local chief executives in the Visayas to be more patient with the vaccines. Dino said that he will be lobbying for…

Labella appeals to nat’l government: Give us more vaccines

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has appealed once more to the national government to provide more vaccines to the city. The vaccine rollout has temporarily been suspended in the city because there were…

Cash aid distribution for seniors in Mandaue City 99% complete

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/24/2021

OLANGO ISLAND, Lapu-Lapu City — Mandaue City was able to distribute 99 percent of the financial assistance worth P4,000 to the city’s more than 24,000 senior citizens. Lawyer Regal Oliva, the city’s treasurer, said the remaining one…

Lapu-Lapu seniors jab suspended for now

Doris C. Bongcac 04/24/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Close to 2, 000 senior citizens in Lapu-Lapu City already received their first dose of the coronavirus disease vaccine. Mayor Junard Chan said that they were the recipients of the first batch…

528 seniors and persons with comorbidities get vaccinated in Lapu-Lapu City

Futch Anthony Inso 04/21/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 528 senior citizens and persons with comorbidities in Lapu-Lapu City have already received the first dose of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. This was confirmed by Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong”…

Cebu City exceeds daily target on second day of seniors vaccination

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines –More seniors visited Cebu City’s vaccination sites on Tuesday, April 20, the second day of the vaccine rollout for senior citizens here. Councilor Dave Tumulak said that they exceeded their daily target of 1,…

LOOK: Vaccine rollout for seniors in Consolacion town starts this Wednesday

Doris C. Bongcac 04/21/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The municipality of Consolacion in northern Cebu started on Wednesday morning, April 21, its vaccine rollout for senior citizens. Vaccination was held at the town’s basketball court. “Interested senior citizen, inform your BHW…

Mandaue City starts vaccination of seniors on Wednesday

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/20/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City will begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Subangdaku Barangay Captain Ernie Manatad, chairman of the city’s COVID-19 vaccine board, said senior citizens from his…

Some seniors experienced increased BP after COVID-19 vaccine shot – Ibones

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Health officials in Cebu City said that some of the senior citizens who already had their vaccine shot experienced an increase in their blood pressure. But it was nothing serious, says Dr. Jeffrey Ibones,…

Vaccination for senior citizens in Cebu City starts April 19

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/16/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The vaccination for senior citizens in Cebu City will start on Monday, April 19, 2021. This developed after the Vaccine Advisory Board (VAB) agreed on the procedure for conducting the vaccination. Vice…

VOC recommends start of roll-out for senior citizens by Monday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Vaccination Operations Center (VOC) is recommending the roll-out for senior citizens by Monday, April 19, 2021. Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, the acting city health officer, said the turnout for the last…

Most Mandaue seniors ready to receive COVID-19 vaccines

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/14/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – About 60 to 70 percent or 14 to 15,000 of the city’s 24,122 validated registered senior citizens have already registered to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Subangdaku Barangay Captain Ernie Manatad, chairman of the…

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