SunStar Labella: Coordination, not permits, needed for community pantries
COMMUNITY PANTRY IN TISA. Inspired by those in Maginhawa Street in Quezon City, residents of San Jose Village in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City organized their own community pantry for those who have been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and for those who want to help out. / Tisa Daily Bulletin, Lan Cabatingan and Redgie Torres
+ April 21, 2021 THE Cebu City government won’t ask for permits from individuals and groups who plan to organize community pantries around the city.
But Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella urged community pantry organizers to coordinate with their respective barangays first before holding their activities so that barangay officials can monitor them for health protocol compliance.
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+ February 13, 2021 THERE are enough facilities in Cebu City to handle the current spike of coronavirus cases in the city, according to the Department of Health Central
Visayas (DOH 7).
Data shows that out of 130 beds at the Bayanihan Cebu-IEC Field Center only 60 or 46 percent were occupied as of Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.
The facility is located at the International Eucharistic Congress Convention Center along Pope John Paul II Ave.
“IEC is still not fully occupied. While CCQC (Cebu City Quarantine Center) is already open and we lack occupancy,” said DOH 7 Director Jaime Bernadas in a mix of Cebuano and English when asked if he saw the need to open other field centers for Covid-19 patients.