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Kabahin sa bagyong Odette, padayon ang atong kagamhanan sa paghipos sa mga naputol ug naguba nga nanglupad, pa ghi-uli sa mga nangaguba nga dalan, pag-abag sa mga nawad-an og pinuy-anan, ug ingon man panginabuhi-an.
Tamod lang ta kanunay sa atong naandan ug napamatud-an na nga epiktibong mga health protocol, sama sa pagsul-ob kanunay sa face mask, pagsige ug hunaw sa mga kamot, ug sa pagdili kaayo pagpaduol sa uban.
Bear in mind, our efforts towards recovery from both the pan demic and super typhoon, should be an expression of our faith to our Patron, Señor Santo Niño, the Holy Child Jesus, whose feast we will celebrate in three weeks.
NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE
Isip amahan sa dakbayan, gipanghina-ut nako nga mag mas-mabungahon ang atong Bag-ong Tuig, ug nga kini mag-malinawon, ilabi na atol sa umaabot nga bugnong Gilantawlugaynon.
ug gilauman nato nga mahaw-as ra ta sa dili madugay, ug mas mauswagon pa unya ang atong dakbayan sa Usauma-abot.rata!Uban
Sa kabahin sa pandemya, dili nato lung-an ang atong pag paka-bana, dili lang sa atong kaugaligon ug alang sa atong pamilya, apan alang sab sa usa’g usa, sa atong mga silingan, ug sa tibo-ok katilingban.
Sumala pa ni, Robert H. Schuller, “Tough times never last. Tough people do.” Double whammy kining atong nahi-agu man, double jeopardy pa. Pandemya na, Odette pa. But we Cebuanos are resilient. We have proven this many times. Let us keep it that way.
Belated Merry Christmas, ug Bulahang Bag-ong Tuig kaninyong tanan.
Sa mga wala pa maka-bakuna, pa’rehistro na ug mag pa-bakuna. Dili na ta mohulat nga mataptan, pa unya magli sud na’g ginhawa. Tataw na nato nga ang mga bakunado protektado. Mataptan man, dili ra magkalisud sa panglawas.
Together,Action! masagubang nato kining mga nag-abot nga mga hagit. In God we trust. Mahal nga Birhen sa Simala, pray for us. San Pedro Calungsod, pray for us. Señor Santo Niño, have mercy on us.
ta! Barug Sugbo! One Cebu Island! United
Mayor Michael L. Rama
Gisugat nato ang 2022 nga dala ang duha ka mga dagkong pagsulay, ang padayon gihapon nga pandemya nga may omicron variant nga mihagit na sa atong nasud, ug ang kabilin ni Odette, ang mangtas nga super typhoon.
Rama listened to their circumstances to find ways how the city could complement with them and discuss ways to address the current need for electrici ty, water, and connectivity among the city’s constitu ents who have suffered in their everyday lives since the onslaught of Super Ty phoon Odette last Dec. 16. With his risk man ager Jeff Belotindos, Luce ro reported that VECO has energized 48.26 percent of the city, or 103,924 over 215,339 households, and may further achieve 56 per cent by the end of tomor row. He added it would be very difficult to complete the restoration in one week. “At best, we could achieve 62 percent by Jan. 16, that with our existing personnel,” he said. Mayor Rama dis cusses concerns with (to his left) VECO President & COO Eng’r, Raul V. Luce ro, Councilor Jerry Guardo, PLDT senior telecom engi neer Roland Locaylocay and his team head Eric Henry R. Tejano. Lucero acknowl edged that VECO will be able to achieve better if the 50 linemen with equip ment from Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) that Rama ar ranged for with business ty coon Manuel V. Pangilinan will work only in Cebu City and stay in the city until full restoration.
“I arepeopleanymorelikedon’tseeingwhoalready suffering in having to get out of stillhomestheirandlineup for water. By now, that is already too much,” Rama told Ortega.
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While VECO opted on an equitable power res toration citywide, and with the additional help now of Meralco, Lucero assured Rama he will give more at tention to reenergize the mountain barangays. He explained to the mayor that restoration could not jump to the ele vated barangays as VECO needs to do it step by step, area by area, from the lowlands, especially in de pressed areas.
Energizing the mountain barangays soon augured well with MCWD assistant general manager for operations Edgar Orte ga, who reported that 80 percent of its customers in the city have been served. He projected five percent more in time for the feast of Sr. Santo Niño. Ortega admitted to Rama that MCWD is de pendent on VECO to deliver water, especially in the up lands. But the mayor retort ed that it should not be an excuse for the water utility to keep people lining up for water.
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The Visayan Electric Co. (VECO) will achieve 100 per cent power restoration in the city by the end of Jan uary, its president and chief operating officer Eng’r. Raul C. Lucero assured Mayor Mike Rama. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) will pump through the stub-out joints of its distribution lines using booster pumps in response to Rama’s request to spare people from having to line up for water.
The mayor told op erations heads of utility ser vices in a meeting here last night that he wanted full restoration in time for the Fiesta Señor observance, and further pushed them to connect the hinterland barangays sooner that their targets.
After Super Ty phoon Ruping (Mike) struck Metro Cebu through its eye in November 1990, it took no less than three months for power to be fully re stored in the city and the rest of the metropolis. It may be recalled that VECO, MCWD and PLDT also had the help then of other utility operators in the country, as well as American servicemen from the US naval bases in Subic Bay and Guam.
Before him and the group, the Mayor called and got the commitment of Pangilinan to dedicate the additional crew with VECO in the city from the time the fresh contingent arrives to morrow until the whole city is fully energized before the group proceeds to Siargao. Lucero then told Rama that the additional and now dedicated support of Meralco can help VECO restore full electricity in the whole city, and probably even earlier than the end of January.
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“We have to do this, Mayor, especially with the threat of the Omicron variant. Without power in the depressed areas, the virus can spread much fast er,” he pointed out.
NO EXCUSE
In the same meet ing at City Hall, DOH-7 Chief Pathologist Dr. Mary Jean Loreche suggested the need for strict border con trols. She said that DOH7 is already monitoring sev eral cases of overseas Fil ipino workers (OFWs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) who have entered Cebu and have been found positive of COVID-19, if these are of the Omicron variant. “There is this scare of the Omicron variant. Countries have locked down again because of the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant. I am actu ally scared also for the Omicron variant to be here with us already,” she said.
Dr. Loreche called on officials of the MCIA Authority to properly im plement health protocols in the airport.
CITY STRINGENTMULLS RULES VS OMICRON
It would also be requested for implementation at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA)..TheMayor said other specific guidelines, including the need for COVID-19 testing prior to entry into the city, will be studied by the city and will be contained in an ex ecutive order to be issued “soon.”
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The Cebu City Government is thinking of implementing stricter protocols because of the impending threat of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.In a Convergence Meeting today with differ ent stakeholders, including the Department of Health (DOH)-7, Cebu City May or Michael Rama called on the public to remain vigilant against the new variant.
On this, Ortega and his public affairs assistant Cesar Pelarca said they will use from hereon boost er pumps and connect the tankers through the stubout, the distribution pipe before the water meters, to send the water to the taps in every household. Meanwhile, Globe’s head for cable network en gineering Edlin delos Reyes reported good progress in the restoration of landlines and internet connection through fiber and DSL.
“This is not some thing new to us. This is just a matter of bringing the public to be aware of its seriousness. We cannot just put our guard down,” Mayor Rama said in a press conference following the meeting. He will issue an ex ecutive order establishing a comprehensive list of pro tocols and guidelines to be implemented in city in rela tion to the Omicron variant Among others, stricter border controls will be put in place in Cebu City’s ports, bus terminals, coastal areas.
Fortunately, Dr. Loreche said, none of the OFWs and ROFs who tested positive of COVID-19 are from Cebu City.
Dr. Loreche said that with the Delta variant, an infected person may infect eight to 10 people while for the Omicron vari ant, an infected person can infect 10 to 15 individuals.
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So did Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) team head Eric Henry R. Tejano and his se nior inengineertelecommunicationsRolandLocaylocaytheirreporttothemayor.
“What is important is let us really strengthen our community responses. (The) EOC (Emergency Op erations Center) will have a lot to do,” she said. Based on EOC data, as of 8 a.m. today, there are three (3) new confirmed positive Covid cases in the city, bringing the total ac tive cases to 15. The Omicron vari ant is said to spread fast er compared to the Delta variant. Even those who have been fully vaccinated and have received booster shots can still be infected and may infect others.
Based on DOH-7 data, 18 OFWs and ROFs who arrived at the MCIA were found positive of COVID-19 when they were tested upon arrival. This, despite the fact that prior to their entry, these persons have been required to sub mit a negative RT-PCR re sult not more than 72 hours from theirAsidedeparture.fromthe 18, another 10 have also been found positive of COVID-19 when they were tested on their fifth day of quarantine in Cebu.Dr. Loreche said the samples of those who tested positive have been sent to the Philippine Ge nome Center (PGC), where they will undergo genome sequencing to find out if they have the Omicron vari ant or not.The results are ex pected to be released after two to three weeks or even a month.
Miduyog si Mayor Mike Rama sa ikaduhang adlaw sa Basura Cleanup Storm pinaagi sa pagsuhid sa dagan sa pagpalimpyo ug sa kahimtang sa mga volunteers, ilabi na kay grabe ka kusog ang ulan. (Photo: Ruel Rosello/PIO)
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Mayor Rama ug si Ardo sa kay lakip sa nitabang sa ikaduhang adlaw sa pag panglimpyo mao ang mga sakop sa Department of Interior and Local Govern ment-Cebu City, kapulisan, sundawo, pribadong sektor, ug mga alagad sa kabaran gayan.
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Moabot sa 1,020 ka ton elada nga mga salin sa bagyong #OdettePH ang nakolekta atol sa ikaduhang adlaw sa Oplan Barug Sug bo-Basura Cleanup Storm nga gipasiugdahan sa Cebu City Government.Angmaong duha ka adlaw nga gipakusgang pagpanghinlo subay sa Ex ecutive No. 52 ni Mayor Mi chael Rama.SiCity Administra tor Suzanne Ardosa nibu tyag sa resulta sa programa atol sa flag-raising ceremony karong adlawa, Enero 3, 2022. Matud ni Ardosa, lima ka teams nga gilang koban sa nagkalain-laing pangulo sa departamento sa City Government ang nangulo sa pagpanglimpyo sa dakbayan niadtong Hu weves, Disyembre 30, 2021, ug Domingo, Enero 2, 2022. Gikataho nga 880 ka tonelada ang nakolekta sa unang adlaw sa pagpan glimyo, nga nabalda tun god sa makusog nga ulan. Apan bisan pa kon giulan gihapon niadtong Enero 2, nipadayon ang mga nanglimpyo ug wa gyud magpabalda maong mas daghan ang Nagpasalamatnakolekta.si
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After briefing May or Michael Rama and other city officials this morning, Dr. Loreche is also set to meet with MCIA Authority officials and Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to also give updates on the Omi cron variant.
“This (Omicron variant) is not only scary. It is real. Our concern is really real. Therefore, we must make moves that are real,” Mayor Rama said. Aside from issuing a new executive order, he will also be meeting police officials for a command conference to discuss the City’s prepa rations. The mayor hoped that Gov. Garcia will be calling a meeting with all LGUs in the province to adopt a “one island ap proach” in preparing for and combatting the Omi cron variant.
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Bali’g usa ka wing van truck nga gidaghanon sa relief goods ang nadawat sa Dakbayan sa Sugbo karong adlawa gikan sa Robin sons Land Corp. alang sa mga nabiktima sa bagyong #OdettePH.Ang usa ka truckkan nga mga galon sa min eral water, de-lata, bugas, shampoo, ug uban pa gi padala sa Sugbo gikan sa Gokongwei Brothers Foun dation nga nakabase sa kaulohan.Si Mayor Michael Rama maoy nidawat sa donasyon gikan ni Robin sons Land Corp. Operations Director Floramie Adolfo, Robinsons Galleria Mall Operations Head Richard T. Sarmiento, Resort Inc. Human Resource Manager Emmanuel V. Pacifico, ug Universal Hotel & Re sorts Inc. Vice President Noel Santos.Ang donasyon ug ang uban pang nadawat nga hinabang sa kagam hanan sa siyudad anaa karon gipahiluna sa New Normal Oasis for Adopta tion and a Home (NOAH) Complex sa South Road Properties. Si Mayor Rama ni mando na kang Dr. Ester Concha sa iyang opisina nga kinahanglang ipangha tag sa madaling panahon ang maong mga hinabang. Isip tubag, si Dr. Concha niingon nga ilahang ipaga was karong semanaha ang tanang mga nadawat nga relief goods aron ipangapod-apod sa mga pamily ang apektado. Nitunol karong buntag sa kagamhanan sa Dakbayan sa Sugbo ang Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB)-Cebu og tseke nga mobalor og P100,000 isip tabang al ang sa mga nabiktima sa bagyongNahitabo#OdettePH.ang pa ghatag sulod sa buhatan ni Mayor Michael Rama, nga nidawat sa tseke gikan ni PVB Manager Jennifer Monteclaro, Bank Consul tant Ofelia M. Oliva, ug kan hi Cebu City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas. Nisaksi sab si City Treasurers Office In-charge Mare Vae Reyes, Dr. Ester Concha sa Office of the Mayor, ug si Dr. Peter Man cao. Human nagpasalamat sa mga bisita, nimando si Mayor Rama kang Reyes nga isulod sa trust fund ang tabang pinansyal.
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Gipangulohan ni Mayor Rama ug Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Direc tor PCol. Josefino Ligan, kaubang ang pipila ka mga sakop sa Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), ang gipa higayong ceremonial de struction sa mga pabuto. Sumala sa datos gikan sa CCPO, moabot sa P245,878 ang kantidad sa mga pabuto nga naimbar go sa mga police stations niadto Disyembre 24, 2021 hangtod Enero 1, 2022. Kabahin sa mga naangol tungod sa pabu to, nipahibawo ang De partment of Health-7 nga aduna lay duha nga natala karong tuiga. Kini tungod sa hugot nga pagpatuman sa pagdili sa pagpabuto sa siyudad.
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Nipahigayon karong adla wa og New Year’s Call kang Mayor Mike Rama si Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Director PCol. Josefino Li gan uban ang iyang mga special unit chiefs ug police station angpagbisita,commanders.Atolsamaongnagpasalamatmayorsamgapulis tungod sa ilang pagbulig sa dakbayan, ilabi na sa pa kigbatok sa Covid-19, pag pamakuna, ug sa pagkahu man sa bagyongNipahinumdomOdette. sab kanila ang mayor sa il ang katungdanan ngadto sa mga tawo nga nga anaa sa mga letrang “SP”. “You know what is SP? It’s not Sangguniang Pan glungsod. It is inscribed on the building in every Philippine National Po lice office…. That letter S stands for ‘Serve’ and letter P stands for ‘Protect’,” niin gon ang mayor. (Kahibawo mo unsa ng SP? Dili na Sangguniang Pan glungsod. Kini naukit sa kada edipisyo sa opisina sa Philippine National Po lice. Ang S nagpasabot nga “Serbisyo” ug ang P “Pana lipod”.) “Commit to mem ory a simple acronym. It means place it in your head, have it embedded in your heart and make it alive so that you will be deserving of your uniform,” dugang niya. (Isilsil kini sa inyong panumdoman. Ang ipasab ot niana mao nga ibutang kini sa inyong ulo, isukip sa inyong kasingkasing ug himoang buhi, aron kamo mahimong takos sa inyong uniporme.) Sa iyang basin, nagpasalamat si PCol. Ligan sa pagdayeg sa mayor sa mga nabuhat sa kapulisan dinhi sa dakbayan sa Sug bo. Sobra sa P200,000 nga balor sa sinakmit nga mga pabuto ang giguba karong adlawa sa Plaza Sugbo atubangan sa City Hall hu man sa pagbisita sa ka pulisan kang Mayor Mike Rama. Ang pag-imbar go sa maong mga pabu to subay sa kamanduan ni Mayor Rama nga dili una mogamit og mga pabuto atol sa pagsaulog sa Pasko ug Bag-ong Tuig aron nga malikayan ang disgrasya ug sunog. Kini ilabi na kay aduna pay nahibiling mga salin sa bagyo nga dali kaayong mosiliob unya li sod pa ang tubig.
Despite logistical difficul ties, the Cebu City Gov ernment has continued its massive COVID-19 vaccina tion campaign.
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City Health Depart ment (CHD) Head Dr. Jef frey Ibones, said they are working even when many vaccination sites still have difficulty getting internet connection and accessing of vaccine registration data. This is the reason why the City Government has not yet resumed the giving of booster shots to its constituents.“Peroatong pan ingkamutan nga maka sugod na pud ta balik sa booster shots. If ever, diri lang sa City Hall kay naa tay internet,” he said. (But we will do our best to resume with our booster shots. If ever, we will have it here in City Hall because we have internet connection.)The CHD is current ly unable to send out text advisories to vaccinees due to difficulty with internet connection.
The City Government is fo cusing on administering the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since this does not involve pulling up records of individuals.
COVID vaccination resumes despite challenges
But Dr. Ibones re ported that they have inoc ulated around 6,600 indi viduals last Monday alone when they resumed vacci nation operations for this year. “Nagsugod na ta sa atong first dose sa pin ili lang nga sites – diri sa City Hall ug sa mga malls,” Ibones said during today’s Convergence Meeting at the Social Hall. (We have started our first dose vaccination in selected sites – here in City Hall and in the malls) Aside from City Hall, other active vaccina tion sites are in SM City Cebu, SM Seaside City Cebu, Robinsons Galleria Cebu, Ayala Center Cebu, and Iconique Mall.
As to the administering of second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Ibones advised the public to walk-in directly to the City’s active vaccination sites on their indicated schedule. He said they will be accom modated for their second shot in any active Meanwhile,site. last December 21 to 31, 2021, Dr. Ibones reported that they were able to vaccinate around 39,000 individuals. Dr. Ibones said the City has already vaccinated more than 750,000 individ uals in Cebu City.
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Dr. Ibones also said some pop-up vaccination sites in barangays like Ta lamban, San Jose, Pulang bato, Suba, and Bulacao, among others, have also resumed their operations.
“Hadlok kaayo ang Omicron in the sense nga paspas siya motakod. Ang hadlok pud is we are not yet ready to isolate those who are positive (of the Omicron variant),” she said in yester day’s Convergence Meeting at City Hall. (The Omicron vari ant is scary because it is highly transmissible. Also scary is that we are not yet ready to isolate those who are positive of it.)
OIC City Engr. Joel Reston said the POWE amounts to P18 million. It will include the repair of CCQC’s roofing, lowering of its ceiling to minimize pow er usage, and construction of permanent structures in its vicinity, among others.
The mayor has placed the city under a “State of Preparedness” amidst the threat of the highly transmissible Omi cron variant of Covid-19.
As of yesterday afternoon, the EOC has al ready reported 82 active COVID-19 cases in the city, which is a big leap from just eight cases in January 2 and 13 cases in January 3. Dr. Ma. Bernardi ta Chua, CCMC consultant, supported the City’s move.
“We have to be prepared to accommodate at least 3,000 in our isola tion facilities and TTMFs,” he said in a meeting with city officials and health ex perts in his office yesterday afternoon.He directed Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) officials to convert the old CITOM building, which used to house the old hospital, into a TTMF for COVID-19 patients. The building is expected to ac commodate 80 beds. In the same meet ing, the mayor also called via cellphone the Philippine Red Cross to request that the City be given 10 hospi tal tents, which may also be used as isolation facilities or as TTMF.Other facilities being considered are the NOAH Complex, Cebu City Quarantine Center (CCQC), St. Vincent Hospital, and the Barangay Isolation Cen ters in Zapatera and the Cebu City Central School.
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More isolation facilities and temporary treatment and monitoring facilities (TTMF) will be opened in Cebu City to cater to a pos sible rise in the number of positive Covid-19 cases. Mayor Michael Rama came up with the de cision following data from the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) that showed an “exponential” rise in the number of positive cases in the city.
Dr. Chua suggested that the CCQC, which can accommodate up to 200 individuals, be repaired soon so it can be utilized. The CCQC was heavily damaged by super typhoon Odette. The City’s Department of Engineering and Public Works, though, has already prepared a Pro gram of Works and Esti mates (POWE).
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Reston said that once the POWE is approved, it will be referred to the Bids and Awards Committee for emergency procurement.
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Gipang-apod-apod karong adlawa ang hinabang nga lima ka kilong bugas humay matag pamilya sa 19 sa gikatakdang 20 ka mga ba rangay sa habagatang dis trito sa dakbayan sa Sugbo. Ang bugas, nga gikan sa Cebu City Govern ment, gihatag sa mga ba rangay pinaagi sa Depart ment of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS) nga gipan gulohan ni Portia Basmayor alang sa mga biktima sa bagyong Odette, nga ni hasmag sa dakbayan niad tong Disyembre 16, 2021. Gilibot ni Mayor Mike Rama ug Vice Mayor Dondon Hontiveros ang 20 ka mga barangay aron ilang masaksihan ang kahimtang sa pagpanghatag mao ng iyang gimando nga dili idayon ang sa Kinasang-an. Kini ang hinungdan nganong naabtan sa mayor nga gadasok ang mga tawo sa Kinasang-an ug walay physical distancing, maong mas gipalabi niya nga dili nalang ipadayon ang pa ghatag sa bugas. Ang mga barangay nga nadayon ang pagpangapod-apod sa hinabang mao ang Pasil, Suba, Sawang Calero, Duljo-Fati ma, Mambaling, Basak San Nicolas, Cogon Pardo, In ayawan, Bulacao, Poblacion Pardo, Quiot, Basak Pardo, Punta Princesa, Tisa, Laban gon, Guadalupe, Calamba, San Nicolas Proper, ug Pa hina SanAtolNicolas.sailang pagli bot, gipasabot ni Mayor Rama ug Bise Mayor Honti veros nga ang gipalit sa bu gas kwarta sa katawhan nga gikan sa ilang buhis nga gibalik ra sab sa dakbayan ngadto kanila. Iya sab nga gipas abot nga ang hinabang ip anghatag sa dakbayan nga walay mantsa sa pamulitika. “Dili ko gusto nga nay politika. Dili. Ang gus to nako ug ni Dondon kini karong krisis nato dili isulod ang pulitika. Dapat trabaho, trabaho, trabaho, dili apilan og negusyo ang pwesto namo,” pulong niya. Niingon si Mayor Rama nga ang unang ga hinon unta nga hinabang nga giaprobahan sa City Council P300 milyones lang apan nisugot ang konseho sa iyang hangyo nga himuon kining dul-an sa P1 ka bilyon aron daghan pa ang matunolan sa dakbayan.Tipik sa P1 ka bi lyon ang gipalit sa bugas nga gipanghatag karon ug sa sunod nga 14 ka mga bukirang barangay sa habagatang bahin sa dak bayan. Turno unya sa mga taga-amihanang distrito karong umaabot Lunes, Enero 10, nga modawat sa ilang bugas. “As I promised, dili mo namo biyaan hangtod mahuman ning krisis sa atong siyudad sa Sugbo,”pasalig ni Mayor Rama. Gikan nga nibisita sa pagpanghatag sa bugas, nimando siya nga aron ma dugangan ang pagsabot sa nga tawo nga ang bugas gikan sa panudlanan sa si yudad ug dili sa nasudnong kagamhanan, pabutangan niya ang kada barangay og tarpaulin nga anaa ang hu lagway niya, ni Bise Mayor Hontiveros, ug sa mga kon sehal nga niaprobar sa P1 ka bilyon.
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More residents of this city have had themselves vac cinated for the first time or acquired their booster shots, apparently amidst the threat of an infective variant while recent cases of infection increased.
“What is import ant is for us all to adhere to proven health proto cols, WUHAN – Wash your hands. Use face masks. Have your tempertaure checked. Avoid crowded places. Never touch your face, MEN – mouth, ears, nose,” he pointed out. As he has champi oned for almost a year now, he urged citizens to have themselves vaccinated, from as young as 12 years old towards all senior citi zens, and those eligible to get their booster “Vaccinationshots.is our only way to liberation,” he said.
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VACCINEES INCREASE IN CEBU CITY
Dr. Jeffrey Bacalla Ibones, officer-in-charge of the City Health Department, informed the PIO at 8PM today that 961 individuals got their first dose, com pared to just 527 yesterday and 443 last Tuesday, Jan. 4. Furthermore, some 1,068 citizens got their booster shots today, more than triple than yester day with 337, he disclosed, adding that about 8,800 vaccinees got their second dose every day over the past three days. In total, the city’s Vaccination Operations Center (VOC) recorded a total of 29,775 vaccinees in three days, though the city’s CoViD Vaccination Storm Rollout Program (CVSRP) resumed only last Dec. 31 after a super typhoon dev astated the city last Dec. 16. “One thing is for sure. Our citizens are now taking the new threat seri ously, especially after the experi ence we had last Althoughyear.”the city started to serve booster shots yesterday afternoon when new Pfizer stocks from the Department of Health arrived, it also only announce serving the same quite late in the day. “One thing is for sure. Our citizens are now taking the new threat seri ously, especially after the experience we had last year,” pointed out Ibones. This developed as the local Emergency Opera tions Center (EOC) reported a breach of the five percent ceiling set by the World Health Organization in the daily positivity rate (DPR) for an area to be clas sified as low risk. The EOC tallied 58 individuals found positive with the virus out of 633 being tested today, a 9.16 percent DPR; and yester day, 39 out of 604, or 6.42 percent. Previous daily tal lies were only at 22 on Jan. 4, then 13 on the previous day, and just eight last Sun day, Jan. 2, earlier revealed Councilor Joel Capili Garga nea, the EOC’s deputy chief implementor.Despite these fig ures, Mayor Mike Rama re mains positive that the city and its citizens will be able to ride out the threat, and be able to rise back at least to pre-pandemic times.
Mi courtesy call sila si Al fred Reyes,President sa Hotel,Resort & Restaurant Association of Cebu, Incor porated (HRRCI) ug Joey Osmeña Office Manager (HRRCI) ni Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama karong adla wa. Si Reys maoy Vice President & General Man ager Bai Hotel.(
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Personal nga gidawat ni Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama ang gi-donate nga food packs gikan sa Fili pino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce nga gipangulo han ni Ambassador Frank Benedicto atol sa ilang pagbisita sa buhatan sa mayor karong adlawa, Ene ro 8, 2022. Lakip sa mga gidonar nga food pack mao ang bugas, canned goods, ug uban pa nga ipanghatag isip ilang hinabang alang niadtong mga pamilya nga naapektuhan sa bagyong Odette. Si Mayor Rama sa iyang bahin, mapasalama ton sa gihatag nga hinabang gikan sa Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce al ang sa katawhan sa dak bayan sa Sugbo.
Ambassador Benedicto and Chinese Chamber
Dr. Mary Jean Lore che, DOH-7 chief patholo gist, supported the move.
Dr. Loreche also told the group that DOH issued yesterday Depart ment Circular No. 2022002, which provides for the latest guidelines and proto cols for quarantine and iso lation.
The same directive will also include the en forcement of a unified cur few schedule that will start at 11 p.m. until 4 a.m. of the next day, which the lo cal chief executives agreed upon during their meeting yesterday. Aside from these, each LGU will set in place their respective proactive measures.
NO LOCKDOWNS IN CEBU
“We have to be able to provide and reacti vate our TTMF and isolation facilities for us to make sure that we have somewhere to place our patients (in),” she said in today’s convergence meeting.
“My directive is it (medicines) should be given house to house, aron dili na kinahalang muad to pa sa (so people don’t have to go to the) health centers,” he said. The city’s vaccina tion campaign will also be strengthened.
In today’s conver gence meeting, Dr. Ibones reported that 19 vaccina tion sites have already been activated in Cebu City. He also said that they were able to vaccinate almost 40,000 people from Monday to yesterday. Another matter the mayor wanted to focus on is the preparation of isola tion and quarantine facil ities in the city. Earlier, he directed the reactivation of temporary treatment and monitoring facilities (TT MFs) in the city.
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By: Jose Santino Bunachita
There will be no lockdowns in Cebu, as leaders agreed to focus on recovery from the typhoon and preemp tive actions against the cur rent pandemic. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the con sensus was made during a meeting led by Sec. Michael Dino, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, and Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia at Montebello Hotel yester day. Mandaue City May or Jonas Cortes and repre sentatives from the local government unit (LGU) of Lapu-Lapu City were also present together with those from the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7).“Our focus now is recovery as one Cebu is land,” Mayor Rama said in his press conference today. With this, he will not anymore issue an Exec utive Order that was supposed to reactivate “Oplan Puyo” and impose a mandatory stay-at-home order for city residents. There will also be no changes in terms of border control and require ments in Cebu City. Instead, Mayor Rama said, he will be is suing a separate directive which will call on concerned government and enforce ment agencies to strictly implement minimum public health standards in Cebu City.
For Cebu City, May or Rama instructed City Health Officer Dr. Jeffrey Ibones to intensify the dis tribution of vitamins and medicines in the barangays.
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“Home quarantine is now being encouraged for those who are asymp tomatic and those with mild symptoms, provided that they have their own room, access to toilet, and are properly monitored,” she explained.With this, only those with moderate symp toms, especially those un vaccinated or pregnant women, will be brought to isolation facilities. Crit ical cases, though, can be brought to hospitals. These measures were set to ensure that healthcare facilities are not overcrowded and over whelmed.The same circular also states that the quaran tine period for close con tacts and travelers, if they are fully vaccinated, has been reduced to seven days instead of the previous 1014 days, among others.
