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SunStar Garcia plans Manila trip to defend testing policy FLIGHT TROUBLES. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia (at head of table) meets with (clockwise from left) Mactan-Cebu International Airport OIC General Manager Glenn Napuli, Project Balik Buhay chairman Edmun Liu, Regional Development Council Chairman Kenneth Cobonpue, Integrated Provincial Health Office chief Cristina Giango (in background), Department of Tourism Central Visayas Director Shahlimar Tamano, Department of Health 7 spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche (partly hidden), Bureau of Quarantine-Cebu Chief Terenc...

SunStar + May 16, 2021 THE League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) expressed its gratitude to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for approving its request to reclassify local chief executives (LCEs) as Priority Group A1: Workers in Frontline Health Services, specifically under Priority Group A1.5 in the ongoing National Vaccination Program. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, LCP national president, said in a statement that such a move recognizes the important roles of LCEs in the success of the country’s vaccinatio...

SunStar April 03, 2021 I grew up eating “lugaw” or rice porridge every time I got sick. I could not forget that particular instance when my fever was high and I lost my taste for food. My mother served me hot “lugaw” and, when I refused to eat it for fear of vomiting, told me vomiting was the better option than not eating anything. I ate the hot “lugaw” and vomited, after which I perspired profusely. My body temperature got back to normal and soon my taste buds acted up again. There is now a debate on whether “lugaw” is an essential food or not prompted by the dec...

Published April 3, 2021, 1:47 PM Complaints against barangays that were not operating full-time as mandated by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) continue to pile up as many citizens have been complaining over absentee local officials in the time of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III (FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN) On April 2, DILG Undersecretary for operations Epimaco Densing III emphasized that skeletal forces should man the barangays 24-hours a day to cater to the needs and concerns of their constituents especially duri...

Published April 2, 2021, 11:30 AM Even on Good Friday, April 2, the feud between Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary for Operations Epimaco Densing and Vice President Leni Robredo’s camp continued as the former shot back at the latter, calling them the real “pabigat” (burden) amid the country’s uphill battle against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III (FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an interview Friday, April 2, Densing slammed Vice Presidential Spokesperson Barry Gutierrez, his bashers, and critics for ...