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CEBU CITY—While other areas in Central Visayas are scrambling to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a fifth-class province in the region has remained COVID-19 free.

CEBU CITY—More than 30 personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard District Central Visayas (PCG-7) have been infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

TAGBILARAN CITY—The province of Bohol started to use contact tracing cards in the first week of July as a health management tool to track coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection in the province even as it continues to manage and regulate the entry of locally stranded individuals (LSIs).

BACOLOD CITY - Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has confirmed the local transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Negros Occidental, following the reporting of two confirmed cases infecting an ambulance driver and a rescuer.

CEBU CITY — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, who is currently the chief coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response implementor in the Viayas, expressed his optimism that Cebu City’s enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status will be downgraded to general community quarantine (GCQ) by July 16.

ILOILO CITY Investigators are conducting an independent probe on the explosion at a power barge here last July 3 that caused more than 200,000 liters of oil to leak out at sea.

CEBU CITY—The team of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong arrived here Tuesday, July 7, to help boost the city’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response.

ILOILO CITY—According to the Department of Health (DOH-6), there is low-level community transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Western Visayas.

BACOLOD CITY - Two persons were killed, while six others, including an 11-year-old child, were injured after a car hit a house, and slammed into two trees in Purok Mainugyunon, Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Sunday.

The national government is set to construct 82 new classrooms in 12 elementary schools and high schools in nine municipalities of Antique province.

TACLOBAN City – In what it called was a “satanic attack”, the Army’s Eighth Infantry Division (8th ID) has condemned the brutal killing of a soldier and wounding of another by suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) on Monday, July 6, in Barangay Canvais, Motiong, Samar.

ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is eyeing to complete retrieval of the thousands of liters of oil that spilled out from a damaged power barge in Iloilo City, and has spread to other coastal towns of Iloilo province and Guimaras province.

Cebu City will be given "first priority" in the distribution of medical equipment and other supplies needed to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Malacañang said Monday.

CEBU CITY—A kidnapping suspect was killed after he allegedly shot it out with police Sunday night in Minglanilla town, southern Cebu.

TACLOBAN City – Local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas will no longer be required to test locally stranded individuals (LSIs) returning to their places, but should instead subject them to strict quarantine upon arrival.

CEBU CITY – The chief of police in Carmen town, Bohol died after suffering severe asthma attack, resulting in the lock down of the police station as precautionary measure against the possibility of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection.

CEBU CITY -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII here has started the pay out to more than 149,579 waitlisted beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash aid and other subsidies to poor families in Central Visayas.

ILOILO CITY—According to the Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry Battalion (61IB), the New People’s Army (NPA) member, who was killed in a clash last week in  Miag-ao town, Iloilo province, was a former student of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas).