Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go
(OFFICE OF SEN. BONG GO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go led the unveiling of the Malasakit Center at the Carcar Provincial Hospital.
The Malasakit Center at the Carcar Provincial Hospital, a level one facility with 50 hospital beds, is the sixth in Cebu.
The other Malasakit Centers in Cebu can be found in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (Cebu City), Eversley Child Sanitarium and General Hospital (Mandaue City), St. Anthony Mother and Child Hospital (Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City District Hospital (Lapu-Lapu City) and Cebu South Medical Center (Talisay City).
Overall, there are 23 Malasakit Centers in Visayas, 56 in Luzon and 24 in Mindanao.
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Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella. (File photo)
+ April 26, 2021 CEBU City has run out of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), forcing the City Government to halt its vaccine rollout for senior citizens at noon on Friday, April 23, 2021.
It also prompted Mayor Edgardo Labella to call vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. to allow the City Government to purchase its own vaccines.
The City started inoculating members of the second priority sector, which are senior citizens, on April 19.
Labella, who belongs to this sector, was “quite disappointed” with the recent development.
“If there will be no more free (vaccines) to be sent by the national government, they shall pass (so) that the City will use its own funds with the proper observance of protocols,” Labella said, adding that the City will enter into a tripartite agreement with the national government and the supplier of vaccines for the procurement.
Published April 24, 2021, 4:04 PM
CEBU CITY – To help educate the public about the importance of COVID-19 vaccination, the Association of Barangay Council (ABC) here has strengthened its “Pa Bakuna Ta” (Let’s Get Vaccinated) program.
WHY VACCINE IS A MUST – ABC-Cebu City President Franklyn Ong discusses the importance of taking the COVID-19 vaccines in a ‘Pa Bakuna Ta’ forum in Barangay Tabunan, Cebu City. (Contributed photo / MANILA BULLETIN)
ABC-Cebu City president Franklyn Ong said the goal of the program is to educate the people on the government’s vaccination program.
“Our goal is to ensure that the public is well-informed. We provide the right information, we help them realize the benefits of getting vaccinated in the hopes that they will be encouraged to get the vaccine,” said Ong.
News Roque says his PGH room good for two ICU beds; gov’t eyes 200 more COVID-19 ICU beds By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News
Published April 22, 2021 7:08pm Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday that his hospital room at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), where he was treated for COVID-19 could fit two intensive care unit (ICU) bed as the government eyes adding 200 more ICU beds to address the surge of severe and critical COVID-19 cases. Roque said that the primary need now is to increase ICU bed capacity for COVID-19 patients since the utilization rate in Metro Manila remains at high risk 70% to 80%.
SunStar Erring Sawang cops suer declined security protection
CEBU. Body of Ritchie Nepomuceno who was shot dead Monday night, April 19, 2021, in Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City. (Contributed photo by Tiffany Obsioma Lim)
+ April 20, 2021 THE slain complainant against the alleged erring 11 police officers formerly assigned at the Sawang Calero Police Station did not avail herself of a security detail from the witness protection program despite receiving death threats after she sought help from the Commission on Human Rights 7 on her case.
Victim Ritchie Nepomuceno, 35, was a bit of complacent when it came to her personal security after the Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) Visayas Field Unit filed the criminal charges against the police officers, said Leo Villarino, chief investigator of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) 7.