AND then there were two.
There used to be four barangays in Cebu City that seem to have escaped from the clutches of the coronavirus pandemic since the disease was first detected in the city on March 29, 2020.
These were Barangays Buot, Paril, Tabunan and Tagbao.
That all changed after the holidays.
On Jan. 7, 2021, Buot reported its first case followed by Tagbao earlier this month.
That leaves Paril and Tabunan as the only barangays in the city to have never reported any case since the health crisis began, according to City Councilor Joel Garganera, deputy chief implementer of the City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
SunStar
File photo February 04, 2021 THE Cebu City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) plans to reduce the number of days required for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients inside quarantine facilities.
From the 14-day mandatory stay in isolation centers, the EOC wants to limit the stay to only 10 days, provided the patient continues to have no symptoms of Covid-19 three days prior to his 10th day of confinement.
Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera, EOC deputy chief implementer, said this is seriously being studied by the EOC as it would greatly help in the turnaround of patients in the city’s isolation centers.
Garganera said the patients can continue to serve the remaining four days of quarantine at home.
Canyon News
SANTA MONICA On Tuesday, January 12, the city of Santa Monica announced that Public Works Director Susan Cline will join the City Manager’s Office as Acting Assistant City Manager. Cline is a resident of Santa Monica who has held leadership roles in the Public Works Department for more than a decade, including serving as Director of Public Works since 2016.
“Susan has proven herself again and again as a strong leadership voice for resident-facing services, increased public health measures to protect the community, and racial equity initiatives within the City organization,” said Interim City Manager Lane Dilg. “Her deep knowledge across City operations and her grit and resilience in overseeing essential staff during the pandemic will be invaluable as we move through the next stages of this crisis. I am grateful to her as a City leader and a resident for taking on this critical role.”
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+ January 12, 2021 THE increase, though not extensive, in the new cases of the Covid-19 has compelled the Augustinian priests that run the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño to discontinue the public novena masses at the Basilica beginning Jan. 12. Online masses, however, will proceed as scheduled and will be broadcasted by media partners and social media sites.
The Catholic church leaders know that prevention is better than cure and complying with the health protocols is a better part of judgment during this pandemic, unlike some politicos whose egos are bigger than their heads.
The feast of the Señor Sto. Niño is celebrated every January, drawing devotees from all over the country and the world. The Sinulog street dance competition under the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) has become an international attraction that tourists would come in droves to attend the event. I was then a law student and working as a news reporter of this paper when then Ministry of Yo