Released by the Malacañang on May 1, 2020, the Omnibus Guidelines on the Implementation of Community Quarantine in the Philippines details the rules and regulations to be imposed in areas under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and the less strict General Community Quarantine (GCQ). Check out the difference between ECQ and GCQ below.  ...

In response to the crisis presently affecting family income and because of the change in the university's operational model into Flexible Learning, Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan is providing discounted rates for the coming academic year. As detailed by XU president Fr Roberto “Bobby” C Yap SJ in a university...

  The cancellation of the Commissioning Ceremony of the 2020 Grade 10 completers was detailed in a memo released by Xavier University Junior High School principal Dr Pamela Q Pajente last May 15. In leiu of the cancellation of the physical celebration due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a video presentation recognizing...

This article was first published in the CDO COVID-19 Response Facebook Page. Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan acknowledges the efforts of its Development Communication alumni, Mr Brian Adam Anay, who is the project lead for the FundForward Initiative. Anay, the Xavier Ateneo Class 2017 valedictorian, is one of the 2017...

The XU Center for Legal Assistance (XUCLA) established “Tabang Legal”, an online legal platform on the evolving bundle of laws resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic. The center recognizes its role to aid individuals in the new reality they currently face which involves restricted liberties, closed businesses, and suspended transactions....

While many Xavier Ateneo (XU) units were busy producing alcohol sanitizers and face shields, distributing relief goods for stranded students and vulnerable communities, and offering some of its buildings as quarantine facilities, a small group of faculty members silently worked together to help government better understand the health risks against...

Xavier University High School – Ateneo de Cagayan Batch 2013 successfully organized ‘Puhon, May’ng Lawas’, a fundraising campaign to support the health-workers and frontline personnel of identified partner institutions in Cagayan de Oro City. The group named their campaign after a popular Cebuano saying. As explained in their Facebook page, ‘Puhon,...

Xavier University (XU) is working with Maria Reyna Xavier University Hospital (MRXUH) to set up a Reverse Transcription — Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Laboratory at MRXUH to test for COVID-19. RT-PCR is the gold standard for COVID-19 testing. RT-PCR testing is the preferred mode of testing for detection of COVID-19 cases....

 A STRONG WOMAN. Ludivina Lambatan is the mother of Kenneth Lambatan, a cardiac research nurse who died from COVID-19 at St George's Hospital, London. Supplied Photo.   Note: This Mother’s Day special was written by Ezel R. Lambatan, brother of Kenneth Lambatan, a Kagay-anon nurse who recently died from the novel coronavirus at...

Note: This article was first published by BusinessWorld on May 3, 2020 and written by Far Eastern University president Michael M Alba and University of the Philippines professor emeritus Emmanuel S de Dios. Both serve on the board of the Far Eastern University Public Policy Center. The XU Communications and Promotions Office acknowledges the...