THE PHILIPPINES posted 17,891 new coronavirus infections in the past week, with a daily average of 2,556 cases, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Monday. The daily average from Sept. 19 to 25 rose by 22% from a week earlier, it said in a bulletin. DoH said it had verified 242 deaths in the […]
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DOH to communities: Clean up to bring dengue cases down
WITH an increase in the number of cases this month, the Department of Health (DOH) 7 reminded the people to clean their surroundings regularly and stay protected against the dengue virus and leptospirosis.DOH 7 Director Jaime Bernadas confirmed on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, that there had been a “slight surge” of cases, particularly for dengue, […]
Senator seeks probe of school sex crimes
A SENATOR has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the proliferation of sexual crimes in various schools in the Philippines. Senator Ana Theresia “Risa” N. Hontiveros-Baraquel under Senate Resolution 168 cited alleged harassment and abuses by teachers at Bacoor National High School in Cavite, St. Theresa’s College in Quezon City and the Philippine High School […]
Dengue death toll hits 400
THE DEATH toll from dengue in the Philippines has hit 400 this year, or a death rate of 0.3%, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Tuesday. Of the reported deaths, 100 occurred in July, 74 in June, and 14 this month, it said in a statement. The agency said 62 dengue-related deaths were reported […]
OCTA: Philippine COVID-19 infections decreasing
By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter DAILY coronavirus infections in the Philippines could fall to fewer than 1,000 by mid-September, the OCTA Research Group said on Sunday. The average daily cases in the past week had fallen to 2,959 as of Aug. 27, 15% lower than a week earlier, OCTA Research fellow Fredegusto P. David […]
Gov’t told not to abolish PCGG during Marcos rule
By John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter THE PRESIDENTIAL Commission on Good Government (PCGG) should not be abolished during Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s rule due to conflict of interest, according to political analysts. “The PCGG should eventually be abolished but not now and not during the Marcos administration,” Antonio M. La Viña, a human […]
12 police officers charged for murder in drug war — Justice chief
GOVERNMENT prosecutors have charged 12 police officers for murder in cases relating to what could be wrongful deaths in the previous administration’s war on drugs, the Justice chief said on Wednesday. In a live-streamed forum, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said this was the latest number of indictments against erring cops as many of […]
Active ASF cases confined to five regions
ACTIVE African Swine Fever (ASF) cases are now confined to just five regions from 14 previously, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) announced on Tuesday. As of Aug. 4, the remaining ASF-active cases are in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, and SOCCSKSARGEN. “The Department of Agriculture is also full blast […]
Dengue claims girl, 4; Talisay dengue deaths now at 4
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl from Barangay Biasong is the latest person to die of dengue in Talisay City since January this year, a local health official said.Dr. Lino Alanzado, head of the Talisay City Health Office, has urged the public to observe precautionary measures to prevent more dengue cases or deaths from occurring again.Alanzado told reporters […]
Only 2 typhoid cases left in Barili
ONLY two typhoid cases remain active in the town of Barili, southwestern Cebu, almost a month after patients in their district hospital and the town’s infirmary exceeded the full bed capacity following a sudden spike of cases there.As of July 20, 2022, Barili’s Public Information Office reported through a social media post that only two […]
Typhoid deaths suspected in 5 Cebu towns, cities
AT LEAST 447 suspected cases and nine deaths due to typhoid fever have been recorded in Central Visayas, said the Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.Dr. Eugenia Mercedes Cañal, cluster head of the Regional Epidemiological Surveillance Unit (Resu)-Central Visayas, told reporters that 218 cases of bacterial infection were reported in Cebu Province, […]
Typhoon Odette linked to Barili typhoid cases
THE local government unit of Barili is looking at Typhoon Odette’s impact on the residents, rather than the failure of two water firms to pass e. coli bacteriological tests, as the cause of the emergence of typhoid fever in the southwest Cebu town this year.Barili information officer Mary Jane Pañares told SunStar Cebu Monday, June […]
Monkeypox case count rises to more than 3,200 globally — WHO
More than 3,200 confirmed monkeypox cases and one death were reported to the World Health Organization as part of the current outbreak. There is need for intensified surveillance in the broader community, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday, adding that cases in non-endemic countries were still predominantly among men who have sex with […]
Gullas pulls out half of health personnel from vaccination sites
Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas Jr. has ordered the Talisay City Health Office to reassign some health personnel at the city’s Covid-19 vaccination centers to the barangays to help with dengue prevention activities.Talisay City has recorded a 535 percent increase in the number of dengue cases so far this year compared to the […]
Search and destroy on in Cebu, Lapu as dengue-hit brgys named
THE Lapu-Lapu City Health Office has intensified its clean-up drives and misting in the top 10 barangays with the biggest number of dengue cases in the city, as they had accounted for 67 percent of the city’s cases so far, an official said Monday, June 13, 2022.City Health Officer Dr. Agnes Cecile Realiza told SunStar […]
Carillo: Cebu City Hall to pay for checkups of poor residents showing dengue symptoms
THE Cebu City Government will shoulder the medical bills of individuals who cannot afford to pay for checkups as recorded dengue cases in the city in the first five months of 2022 have already breached the 1,000 mark.Gerardo Carillo, chairman of the Cebu City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (CCDRRMC), told SunStar Cebu Sunday, […]
11 Cebu City barangays ‘at risk’ for dengue infection
HEALTH officials in Cebu City urged the barangay captains to be proactive in preventing dengue fever now that the number of dengue cases and deaths continues to increase.Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, the Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) head, said from January 1, 2022 to June 3, 2022, the number of dengue cases in the city reached […]
Cebu, Mandaue cities on high alert for dengue
LOCAL officials in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue are set to deploy their resources now that dengue cases in both areas are on the rise.In Cebu City, officials of the City Health Department (CHD) are set to use all of their available resources to quell the dengue threat from their barangays.Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, CHD […]
31 dead as dengue cases top 3,000 in Central Visayas
THIRTY-ONE people have died in Central Visayas after dengue cases breached the 3,000 mark in just over four months this year.From January to May 7 this year, the number of dengue cases reached 3,177, with Cebu City accounting for the highest number of cases at 708 or 22.3 percent of cases, according to the Regional […]
Cebu logs few crime incidents from March 25 to May 10
POLICE recorded only 150 crime incidents in Cebu Province from March 25 to May 10, 2022.This was a 76.5 percent decrease from 639 cases recorded in the same period in 2019 and 73.3 percent decrease from 563 cases in 2016.Local candidates’ campaign period started last March 25 and it ended on May 7. The Election […]