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(Eagle News)–Cebu City and eight other areas will be under a general community quarantine starting Aug. 16. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said apart from Cebu City, Nueva Ecija, Batangas, Iloilo City, Mandaue City, Talisay City, Lapu Lapu and the municipalities of Minglanilla in Cebu and Consolacion will be under the community quarantine until Aug. 31. Under the GCQ, restrictions are eased further. Areas under a modified general community quarantine are deemed under the “new […]
(Eagle News)–A vessel caught fire off Cebu City on Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Friday, July 24. According to the PCG, MV Filipinas Dinagat of Cokaliong Shipping Lines was located east of Binungcalan when the incident happened at 11:45 p.m. The PCG said BRP Suluan responded to the incident. Thirty-eight 38 individuals on board the vessel were rescued and transported through a motor banca to CGSS Danao. The vessel captain and three other […]
(Eagle News) – Cebu City remains under Enhanced Community Quarantine after July 15, while Metro Manila, Cavite, Rizal, Benguet, Leyte, Southern Leyte and other cities and areas which are currently still under General Community Quarantine will stay under GCQ. President Rodrigo Duterte and his officials, including Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, made the announcement on Wednesday, July 8, at past 1 a.m. in a televised press briefing. Duque said that the considerations for the […]
(Eagle News)–Two companies of the Philippine National Police’s elite Special Action Force will be deployed to Cebu City to help implement the enhanced community quarantine there. In a statement, Joint Task Force COVID Shield commander Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar said apart from the 150 personnel “mobility assets” that include “multi-purpose armored vehicles similar to what we used in the implementation of ECQ in Metro Manila” will be deployed. “We have already coordinated with […]
Mayor appeals for “calm, understanding” (Eagle News)–The Cebu City government has canceled all quarantine passes issued to its residents, after President Rodrigo Duterte lamented what he said was the continued rise in COVID-19 cases in Cebu. Mayor Edgar Labella said the decision was made upon the recommendation of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, a day after the President ordered Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to go to Cebu and assess the COVID-19 response […]
(Eagle News)–Around 100 policemen from two regional offices will be deployed to Cebu City to help enforce the enhanced community quarantine there. In a statement, PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac said 50 police personnel each from the Police Regional Offices in Western Visayas and Eastern Visayas will be sent to the city upon orders by PNP Chief Archie Gamboa. He said this was upon the recommendation of PNP Deputy Chief for Operations and concurrent […]
(Eagle News) — Two policemen who tested positive for COVID-19 have recently died, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the Philippine National Police at 7. The PNP identified the policemen only by their patient number: PNP-390 and PNP-400. Both were assigned in Cebu City. The PNP said PNP-390 was 46-year-old, and was admitted in the hospital for fever, cough, shortness of breath, diarrhea, dizziness, and nausea on June 4. On June 10, the […]
(Eagle News) – The Cebu City Health Department reported 2,988 total COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, June 9, as more than 100 cases each day were reported in the city for the past three days. The new confirmed cases on Tuesday, June 9, were 106. There was also one virus fatality reported bringing the total COVID-19 deaths in the city to 33. The previous day, on Monday, June 8, the new cases added were 127. […]
More areas placed under MECQ (Eagle News)–Cebu City and Mandaue will remain under an enhanced community quarantine starting today, May 16. According to Resolution No. 37 released by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases on Saturday, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Zambales, and Angeles City in Pampanga are also placed under a modified ECQ, which means some restrictions have been eased. Metro Manila and Laguna, however, remain under MECQ as […]
(Eagle News)–The cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu Lapu have asked the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases they be allowed to remain under an enhanced community quarantine. A joint statement from Mandaue Mayor Jonas Cortes, Cebu City Edgardo Labella and Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan said while easing restrictions would mean a “semblance of normalcy,” it would “not be logical” since based on initial estimates, approximately 90 percent of cases […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen the next General Manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). Cebu City Police Office Director Col. Royina Garma has been named as the new PCSO GM, replacing the former general manager Alexander Balutan who was axed last March as his stint had been marred by accusations of improper spending. “Balutan has been out, si Garma ang papalit,” Duterte told media at the premiere night of […]
(Eagle News) — Viral ngayon ang video ng isang aso na sumakay sa jeep para hanapin ang kaniyang amo. Ayon sa netizen, habang isang lalaki ang sumakay sa jeep ay mayroon biglang sumakay na isang aso. Tila hindi mapakali ang aso habang nakadungaw sa labas ng sasakyan. At, nakakabilib ang sumunod na nangyari dahil matapos huminto ang jeep sa stoplight, sakto namang huminto rin ang isa pang sasakyan kung saan nakasakay ang amo ng aso. […]
