DOH-7 reiterates calls for strict social distancing as PUMs, SARI, ILI count reach 14K

Rosalie Abatayo 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has reiterated its calls for the public to stay at home and maintain strict social distancing as persons that they are currently monitored for coronavirus…

BPOs told: Submit contingency plans for employees

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella wants all Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) firms to submit contingency plans for their employees amidst the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) scare. Only the…

Caindec urges public to follow social distancing measures to avoid lockdown

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY—Victor Caindec, director of the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7), is urging the public to follow the social distancing measures implemented in Cebu to avoid the possibility of a lockdown being implemented here. Caindec…

Passenger’s text leads to apprehension of overcharging vans-for-hire

Futch Anthony Inso 03/24/2020

Cebu City, Philippines—The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) has intercepted five units of van-for-hire (V-Hire) and a bus in Naga City due to overcharging and overloading on Monday, March 23, 2020. LTFRB-7…

Local produce to be prioritized in bagsakan centers

Rosalie Abatayo 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In order to provide income to local farmers, local produce will be given priority in the “bagsakan centers” that the Capitol will soon open in its component towns and cities. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia,…

Gov: Report social distancing violators, drivers who double fare

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has encouraged the public to directly report to her or to the concerned government agencies public utility vehicles (PUVs) that do not follow the social distancing protocols against coronavirus…

A bacteria, not a virus, was the ‘COVID-19’ of our colonial past

Jobers Reynes Bersales 03/22/2020

At the small plaza honoring Rajah Humabon just across the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu today is an obelisk that very few recognize. It is but a miniature version of gargantuan Egyptian obelisks of old but intended to…

Coping with the pandemic

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/22/2020

  As Covid-19 sweeps through populations all over the world, international, business, and community leaders are put to the test. The lens in which they view the virus and its impacts naturally correspond to the manner by…

Religious sects told: Suspend congregational activities

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government reminds the religious sectors in Cebu to suspend activities drawing the public together such as congregational worship. This is in response to a viral video of parishioners in a…

Coronavirus cancels Bantayan, Minglanilla lenten traditions

Rosalie Abatayo 03/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Bantayan Island in the north and Minglanilla town in the south have been the must-go destinations in Cebu during the lenten season. Bantayan Island — comprised of the towns of Bantayan, Santa Fe,…

48 vehicles, social distancing violators, apprehended

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB – 7) apprehended 48 public utility vehicles (PUVs) for not complying with their mandates to implement social distancing. Eduardo Montealto Jr., LTFRB…

Coping with COVID-19

Gloria Estenzo Ramos 03/19/2020

  The World Health Organization (WHO), on March 11, elevated the status of the COVID-19 outbreak from epidemic to pandemic. According to the UN News, “By labelling the spread a pandemic, WHO was indicating that the virus…

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