LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Filipino ingredients were showcased when couple Chef Marco Anzani and Kate Dychangco-Anzani crafted the four-course presidential menu exclusive for the leaders’ luncheon during the 48th ASEAN Summit on Friday, May 8, at the Mactan Expo Center here. Kate described the menu...
Police are investigating the destruction of ASEAN Summit decorations in Barangay Ibo, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu where convoys of heads of state pass through enroute to the main venues of the gathering. Mayor Cindi King-Chan has asked the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office to investigate the matter. She...
LAPU-LAPU CITY – With heads of state arriving one after another, the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit went full swing here on Thursday, May 7. As of 5 p.m. on Thursday, 10 of the 11 heads of member states have flown in for a series of high-level meetings. Amid...
CEBU CITY – Six persons were arrested for violating the gun ban for the 48th ASEAN Leaders’ Summit in Lapu-Lapu City. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said that nine firearms were confiscated in a series of police operations. The gun ban started on May 4 and ends May 11. The...
CEBU CITY – Strict austerity measures will be enforced when the Philippines hosts the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and related meetings from May 6 to 8 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Maria Hellen de La Vega, director-general of the ASEAN National Organizing Council (NOC), said the...
President Marcos has declared May 6 to 8 as special non-working days in Lapu-Lapu City and municipality of Cordova in Cebu to give way to the country 's hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro...
CEBU CITY – The raid on a cigarette manufacturing facility in Lapu-Lapu City was a big blow to the proliferation of counterfeit tobacco products in the country, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) said. “The operation disrupted a key node of a transnational illicit tobacco...
CEBU CITY – A 46-year-old man was arrested while a 14-year-old boy was rescued when authorities uncovered an online sexual exploitation in Lapu-Lapu City on Tuesday night, March 31. The operation was carried out by the Women and Children Protection Center-Visayas Field Unit (WCPC-VFU) headed by...
CEBU CITY – A habal-habal or modified motorcycle driver was caught with one kilo of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Lapu-Lapu City. The 26-year-old suspect, a resident of Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City, was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas...
CEBU CITY – The pre-trial hearing on the alleged P96.5-million flood control ghost project case against contractor Sarah Discaya and her fellow accused kicked off on Friday, Feb. 27. Corporate affiliations, bidding records, and documents were tackled during the hearing at the sala of Judge Nelson...
CEBU CITY – The regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) has asked the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas to investigate the legal officer of the City Traffic Management System (CTMS) and an associate city prosecutor in Lapu-Lapu City. DOLE-7 chief Roy...
CEBU CITY – An inspection was conducted at the jail facility in Lapu-Lapu City where contractor Sarah Discaya is currently detained. Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), led the inspection on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Maranan said the inspection...
