WITH more of their citizens still not getting their Covid-19 jabs, officials of the Talisay City government are resorting to bringing their vaccination efforts closer to the people. Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas Jr. told SunStar Cebu that with only few people coming to their four vaccination centers, they have started to implement […]
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Selected Cebu LGUs receive additional Sinovac doses
THE Visayas Vaccination Operation Center (VVOC) reported that Cebu received another 108,080 doses of Sinovac on Sept. 14, 2021. In her daily briefer, Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, the spokesperson of VVOC and the chief pathologist of the Department of Health 7, said Cebu City, Mandaue City, Talisay City, the town of Cordova and the rest […]
Samsam taps celebrities in Talisay vax campaign
TALISAY City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas Jr. has tapped the help of celebrities and local personalities in order to convince his constituents to avail themselves of free Covid-19 vaccinations. In his official Facebook page, Gullas has tapped celebrities like Aiko Melendez, actor and entrepreneur Paul Jake Castillo and his wife, Kaye Abad-Castillo; Ellen Adarna, […]
New vaxx strategies in Talisay, Mandaue
VACCINATION sites in Talisay City have started to accept walk-ins to entice more residents to get themselves vaccinated against the Covid-19. Mayor Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. said after they were able to vaccinate those who had formally registered on the City’s online vaccination portal, he is now inviting those who have not registered to visit […]
Leisure biking allowed in Talisay but only for residents
MAYOR Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas announced Tuesday, August 17, that Talisay will allow leisure biking but only for its residents while the city is under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). The announcement, posted on Gullas’ Facebook account, came as the mayor’s response to Talisay City Police Chief Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Ace Pelare’s concern that bikers […]
2 families in Talisay City evacuated due to strong waves
TWO families were forcibly evacuated from their homes in Sitio Litmon, Barangay Dumlog in Talisay City on Friday, July 23, 2021, after huge waves brought by the yearly southwest monsoon winds or “habagat.” Alvin Santillana, head of Talisay City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (TCDRRMO), confirmed the matter to reporters on Friday. Santillana said […]
Pusher who hurt cop in buy-bust surrenders
AFTER shooting and injuring a police officer who attempted to arrest him, a suspected drug pusher surrendered to authorities in Talisay City on Friday night, July 16, 2021. Efren Espina, who was identified as a high-value drug target, went to the Talisay City Police Station in Barangay Poblacion at 10 p.m. He was accompanied by […]
Talisay prosecutor releases octogenarian ‘abortionist’
THE 82-year-old suspected abortionist who was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 gained liberty after the Talisay City Prosecutor’s Office issued a release order. The NBI 7 agents caught Amparo Lumagbas Gemerangan during an entrapment in Barangay Mohon, Talisay City on April 29, 2021. Several equipment used in aborting a fetus were […]
NBI 7 collars ‘abortionists’
FIVE persons who allegedly claimed to be legitimate abortionists were caught in separate operations by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 on April 29, 2021. The suspects are Joey Paulino Guirigay, 38, a computer programmer from Tagbilaran City, Cebu; Francisca Abatayo Rebamonte, 42, a resident of Barangay Cogon Pardo, Cebu City; Gloria Dalogdog Gabutin, […]
Editorial: Tanke, Talisay
“Tiangge” or wet market, that was how anyone who had been to the coastal barangay of Tanke, Talisay would describe the bravado with which illegal drugs were sold in that corner of the city before 2016. The village seemed like a parallel universe with residents, local officials and the police reduced to inferior terms in […]
How Cebu City looked like on the first day of ECQ in 2020
TO COMBAT the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus, Cebu City on Saturday, March 28, 2020, shut down its borders following the order of Mayor Edgardo Labella to place the entire city under a state of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). The city’s ECQ initially lasted until noon on April 28 but was later extended in […]
Editorial: Good cops and human rights
It certainly inspires a spate of reactions especially from critics of government. Malacañang appointed former Philippine National Police chief Camilo Cascolan as undersecretary at the Office of the President on Feb. 22, 2021. Cascolan was at the PNP’s helm from September to November 2020, but he was among those who conceived of the PNP’s anti-drug […]
‘No UK variant in Cebu’ despite report of DOH
TALISAY City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas urged the public not to panic over news that a 54-year-old returning overseas Filipino (ROF) from Dubai, who is a resident of Talisay City, tested positive for the UK variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The ROF was immediately monitored by health officials upon his arrival in […]
New market schedule to limit number of shoppers
THE Talisay City Government will impose a new market schedule starting Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. The City wants to limit the number of people going to public and private markets, including malls, in light of the rise in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in Metro Cebu and the rest of Cebu Province. […]
Talisay now has drug-free brgy
A MOUNTAIN barangay is the first village in Talisay City to be declared drug-free by the Regional Anti-Drug Abuse Council. Barangay Tapul is the only barangay in Talisay City to have been declared drug-free since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in 2016. In a statement on his official Facebook page, Talisay City Mayor Gerald […]