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SunStar + January 24, 2021 IF THE number of new Covid-19 cases will continue to rise, Cebu City has no choice but to reopen Barangay Isolation Centers (BIC). These BICs refer to three schools namely: Zapatera Elementary School, Mabolo Elementary School and Mambaling Elementary School. None of these schools, however, meet the required international standard for isolation centers. If hospitals, which regularly undergo disinfection, are equipped with medical staff and maintain health and safety protocol, are not safe for everyone much more schools. No wonder Covid cases skyrocketed ...

SunStar + January 24, 2021 THERE seems to be a bit of disconnect between what we’re afraid of in this pandemic and what is really happening on the ground. I am confused as to the real protocols. I was in a coffeeshop in IT Park last week, and I needed to park in a lot behind a restobar at the far end of the area. I had to walk past these restobars and I noticed that they are almost full. Alcohol was served and people just crowded around tables and even sharing glasses. A few meters up ahead was the coffeeshop where I needed to work. In contrast, each small table had plastic bar...

SunStar + January 21, 2021 THE pronouncement made by Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque that the worst is over in our fight against Covid-19 without mentioning the scientific basis for saying it smacks of an empty boast. In declaring that the worst is over for the country, Roque was quoted as saying: "I think we have seen the worst and I think the entire government machinery agrees with this." With the almost 500,000 recorded Covid-19 cases to date, I do not know wherefrom the honorable spokesperson got his enthusiasm to announce the good news! Baka makuryente si Ginoong Roque sa...

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