NO OUTDOOR games will be held between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. during the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) sports meet in Cebu City that is slated on May 4 to 9, 2024 to prioritize the safety and health of the student-athletes and coaching staff.
DUE to the ongoing renovation of the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC), two of the major games for this year’s 31st Cebu City Olympics will be held outside Cebu City.
In a press conference held at the Department of Education-Cebu City Division (DepEd-CCD) building on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, Francis Ramirez, DepEd Division sports coordinator, said due to the ongoing civil works in the CCSC, the athletic and swimming competitions will be held at the Naga City Sports Complex (NCSC) in Naga City, Cebu for the first time.
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+ SEEMS like the current response is slightly behind the rate of transmission.
“This is alarming because we already have a backlog in the extraction of patients,” said Emergency Operations Center (EOC) deputy chief implementer and Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera.
Cebu City will add four ambulances to the five that have been scrambling in the new spike. Moving patients from their homes to the isolation centers has been slow and “alarming.”
This week, the schools in Barangays Pardo, City Central and Guadalupe will be reopened as barangay isolation centers (BIC). Last month, the schools in Barangays Zapatera, Mabolo and Labangon were also reopened to prevent home quarantine and isolate infected individuals. The EOC eyes more schools to widen preparation. It had coordinated with the Department of Education Cebu City Division, which will come up with a list of schools to be used as BICs.