President Duterte has given the Department of Health (DOH) until Thursday to assess the different testing and quarantine protocols being implemented by the province of Cebu. President Duterte delivers a public address on May 31, 2021. (Malacañang) The President issued the directive to the health...
Malacañang confirmed that President Duterte will meet Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia in the Palace to discuss coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols for Filipinos returning to the province. President Duterte and Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday, May 28, appealed to the government to provide assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and travelers bound for Cebu. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria) The chairman of the Senate labor...
The government is not giving some places the preferential treatment in the allocation of the popular coronavirus vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, Malacañang clarified Friday, May 28. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque explained that the allocation of US-made vaccines to Metro Manila, Metro...
The government is moving to increase the availability of quarantine hotels and other facilities in Cebu once its airport would temporarily stop accepting international flights starting this Saturday, May 29. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2. (Photo by Juan Carlo de Vela/ MANILA...
The government is set to temporarily divert all international flights bound for Mactan-Cebu International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) starting this Saturday. OWWA personnel inspect travel documents of passengers arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1...
CEBU CITY – Two Cabinet secretaries are reportedly mulling legal action against Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia for her supposed defiance of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) protocol involving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs). The Cebu governor on Tuesday...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has launched its "Balikatan Sagip Negosyo Program" in efforts to bring registered business enterprises on the pathway to recovery amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. PEZA Director General Charito Plaza (Photo from PEZA) PEZA Director...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) today, May 20, 2021, flew in another batch of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from Beijing to Manila. The shipment was the third to be picked up by CEB, in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH). From March 2021 to date, the airline has transported 2.5 million vaccine...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Cebu has asked the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to allow the resumption of sports activities in the province. The request was made through a resolution filed by Cebu Third District Board Member John...
Another 500,000 doses of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.-manufactured vaccines have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), this time aboard a Cebu Pacific (CEB) flight. (Photo by Ariel Fernandez) The anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs touched down at NAIA Terminal 2 before 8 a.m. They...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) Wednesday, (May 19) took delivery of its ninth Airbus A321neo (New Engine Option) in a bid to make its operations more eco-friendly. The aircraft cuts fuel cost by 20 percent, translating to lower fares for passengers. Aside from being more fuel-efficient, the A321neo has a 50...
