The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sees the need to harmonize the policy of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) with that of the local government units (LGIs) amid the controversy brought by the decision of Cebu City...
CEBU CITY -- Five persons were arrested while a minor was rescued in separate anti-illegal gambling operations in Dumanjug town, southern Cebu on Sunday, Sept. 4. The series of operations targeting individuals involved in illegal numbers game called ‘swertres’ were conducted by operatives of...
CEBU CITY – The optional wearing of face masks in open areas here is only temporary, according to an Executive Order (EO) issued by Mayor Michael Rama on Monday, Sept. 5. Rama’s EO No. 6 contained supplementary provisions to EO No. 5 entitled “Declaring the use of face mask within the...
CEBU CITY – Barangay officials here have cited the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO 7) for offering free Theoretical Driving Course seminars. LTO 7 Director Victor Caindec. (FB) Barangay Sudlon 1 Captain Dante Tabucal said the seminar spearheaded by LTO 7 Director Victor Caindec is...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Cebu is “closely studying” the possibility of further easing its face mask policy. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said the province may soon duplicate what is being done in Singapore where the wearing of face mask is optional in both open and enclosed areas....
CEBU CITY – At least 100 Small Town Lottery (STL) workers received various goods during a charity drive on Wednesday, Aug. 31, spearheaded by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), Ako Bisaya party-list, and Saturn Gaming N' Amusement Corp in Cordova, Mactan, Cebu. SMALL Town Lottery...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia defended Mayor Michael Rama here from Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire who lamented Cebu City’s recent policy that made the wearing of face masks in open spaces non-obligatory. Rama recently issued an...
Smile Train celebrates first anniversary of comprehensive cleft care center in Cebu CLEFT CARE CENTER Some of many beneficiaries of the first Comprehensive Cleft Care center in Cebu with key people in Smile Train’s partnership with ARC Hospital, such as Dr. Tyronne Lariego, pediatric intensive...
More reasons to visit Cebu The luxury dining scene here in the Philippines just got much brighter, and the big surprise is that it has nothing to do with Metro Manila. The world-renowned modern Cantonese restaurant Mott 32 will open its doors to the Filipino public in early September, and it’s...
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has denied shelving the implementation of the non-mandatory wearing of face masks in open spaces after supposedly acceding to the request of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. DILG “Yesterday (Sept. 1), Mayor...
(Maskmedicare Shop/ Unsplash) Health experts said it is not yet the right time to lift the mandatory wearing of face masks in the country. “It's too early to lift mask mandate even in outdoor,” said Dr. Rontgene Solante, head of adult infectious diseases at San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, in a...
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos said he's willing to make Cebu City a pilot area for the optional use of face masks. (Maskmedicare Shop/ Unsplash) This was confirmed to congressmen by Abalos during the budget deliberations of the agency before the House...
