CEBU CITY – This city has recorded an alarming number of dengue cases in the first five months of the year with 422, way higher than the 13 recorded in the same period last year, city health officials said on Thursday (May 19). Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, chief of the City Health Department (CHD), also sai
BRIDGE TRAGEDY. Bohol Governor Arthur Yap (right) and Loay Mayor Hilario Ayuban discuss the collapse of the Loay Bridge on Wednesday (April 27, 2022) that claimed the lives of four people and injured 20 others. Yap said he ordered a fast reconstruction of the bridge and an investigation of the tragic incident. (Screengrab from Bohol PIO video) CEBU CITY - The provincial government of Bohol will extend "full financial assistance" to the families of four people who died when a bridge in Loay town collapsed Wednesday afternoon, which also left 20 others injured, the governor said. "The provincial government will be extending full financial assistance to the four (casualties) there. Unfortunately, there is one Austrian national, a male, and we have contacted the Austrian embassy about repatriating his remains. But for the victims, they will be accorded full respect and full support from the provincial government in terms of financial support," Governor Arthur Yap said i
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