CEBU CITY -- From former drug users to City Hall workers. The city government of Lapu-Lapu has hired two former drug personalities who surrendered and were eventually among those in the first batch who completed their community-based drug rehabilitation program (CBDRP). Lapu-Lapu Mayor Junard...
CEBU CITY – Drug surrenderees in Lapu-Lapu City received cash assistance after they completed their rehabilitation program. LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard Chan speaks before the 13 drug surrenderees who recently completed their rehabilitation program. (Lapu-Lapu PIO) The 12 drug surrenderees from...
ONE of the old houses damaged by the earthquake in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. (Vigan City Cultural Affairs and Tourism Office) CEBU CITY – Lapu-Lapu City and Cebu City will send aid to the quake-hit Ilocos region. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said they will check their calamity fund and will conduct...
CEBU CITY — Two crew members were injured when a passenger vessel caught fire in the waters off Lapu-Lapu City past midnight Saturday, July 16. FLAMES engulf MV Trans Asia about 100 meters from the shore of Barangay Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City Saturday, July 16. (Photo via Calvin Cordova) MV...
Two crew members were injured when a fire suddenly broke out in a ship docked in Lapu Lapu City, Cebu before dawn Saturday, July 16. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said that MV Trans Asia 1 was docked in the vicinity waters off Barangay Punta Engaño...
CEBU CITY – Police recovered P6.8-million worth of shabu from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City Thursday, July 7. Police identified the suspect as Leonardo Mansueto, 45, of Barangay Ermita here. Mansueto, who was arrested at around 11:30 a.m.,...
POLICE crime scene investigators process the remains of a fatality in the Monday night shootout in Lapu-Lapu City. (Photo from Mayor Junard Chan’s Facebook account) CEBU CITY – Lapu-Lapu City remains safe, Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan assured Wednesday, June 1, following a shootout between the...
CEBU CITY -- Seven barangay captains in Lapu-Lapu City were arrested on charges of oral defamation that City Mayor Junard ‘Ahong’ Chan filed against them. Arrested by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Central Visayas were Bankal Brgy. Captain Eduardo Cuizon, Gun-ob Brgy....
CEBU CITY—The city of Lapu-Lapu has been reduced to Alert Level 1. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, chief pathologist of the Department of Health-Central Visayas, said the city’s appeal for de-escalation of its alert level status was approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force following the reconciliation of...
If there's one thing that President Duterte wants to ensure at the tail end of his term, it's for Philippine hero Lapulapu to be the more revered figure locally especially when compared to Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. (Photos from Wikipedia, Malacañang) Duterte, in his pre-recorded...
President Duterte has assured local chief executives in Cebu that all state resources and assets will be tapped in the province's relief and rehabilitation efforts during the aftermath of typhoon "Odette". President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to local residents and officials of typhoon-stricken Cebu on...
For the record, it's "Lapulapu"--not "Lapu-Lapu"--when referring to the first Philippine hero. Photo from Wikipedia. The caption reads, “Imaginary posthumous portrait of Lapulapu by Carlo Caacbay for the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, 2019.” The standard spelling of the name...
