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SunStar + It seems to me the folks in Manila are picking on Cebu yet again. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia recently revealed that there are plans to charge her with insubordination because she allegedly refuses to comply with Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease guidelines on arriving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs). Why? Because the governor decided to adapt the guidelines to the local situation? I hope they reali...

Sunday Essay: Should local public hospitals stay local?

Notice is hereby given that a REGULAR meeting of the above named Court shall be held at 9:00 a.m. on May 24th 2021, in the BROWN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, located at 200 South Broadway, Brownwood Texas, 76801 and shall continue thereafter until such business of the Court has been completed in accordance with Article 81.005 of the Local Government Code of the State of Texas. The following items of business will be discussed, to-wit: 1. Declare a Quorum and Call Meeting to Order 2. Prayer- 3. Recogniti...

SunStar May 14, 2021 Temporary entry restrictions for international arrivals at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport were implemented to prevent a crisis of sorts from happening. Airport management learned that hotels that were converted into quarantine facilities for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) were nearing full capacity. Apparently, the 2,500 rooms designated for this purpose are not enough to accommodate the daily influx of passenger...

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Local chief executives found to have failed in enforcing regulations on mass gatherings may lead to charges against these ‘neglectful’ officials, reminds the Interior Department.

SunStar New IATF directive sets swab on Day 7 COMING HOME. In 2020, when quarantine restrictions began to relax, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) locked down in Manila for two months arrived at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA). Immediately upon arrival, they underwent a Covid test and sent to different quarantine facilities for several days until they were allowed to go home. This time, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia wants to spare OFWs the burden of being quarant...

SunStar + May 06, 2021 WHILE not a few local government units (LGUs) in Negros island and Panay are still unsympathetic and unsupportive of civil society organizations (CSOs), interchangeably referred to as people’s organizations (POs), in Bacolod, a city of half a million people and classified as a highly urbanized city (HUC), a sizable number of city CSOs are already represented in the City Development Council (CDC), Local Special Bodies (LSBs) and sectoral committees. Local De...

Gwen backs effort to open Cebu to foreign tourists

The province of Cebu will test all Filipinos from abroad, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), upon arrival at the airport, contrary to the protocol set by the IATF who said testing should be done six days after their return.