CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) on Thursday, September 5, served two search warrants on a hotel in Lapu-Lapu City where a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) hub was uncovered. A GROUP of foreign nationals who were caught in a suspected Philippine...
CEBU CITY – More than 100 foreign nationals were rescued after a suspected Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Lapu-Lapu City was raided on Saturday night, August 31. THE hotel in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City where a suspected Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator was raided on Saturday...
CEBU CITY – A resort in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City was shut down after one of its guests died while using its floating jumping balloon. The freak accident that claimed the life of 45-year-old Catherine Paypa Egam from Cagayan de Oro City happened in Pinky’s Floating Cottage Rental in Sitio...
CEBU CITY – No guts, no cash. Such was the case for a 26-year-old man in Lapu-Lapu City who received P10,000 for being the oldest individual who was circumcised during the “Operasyon Libreng Tuli” (Operation Free Circumcision) in Lapu-Lapu City on Friday, June 21. Lapu-Lapu Mayor Junard...
CEBU CITY – A 39-year-old construction worker died on the spot after a concrete slab that a crane tried to lift fell on him in a construction site in Lapu-Lapu City on Wednesday afternoon, June 19. A LABORER was killed by a falling concrete slab in Lapu-Lapu City on June 19. (Contributed...
CEBU CITY — Key political figures in Cebu are leaving the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) one after the other. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard "Ahong" Chan has made a “difficult decision” to resign from PDP-Laban, becoming the third chief local executive in Cebu to bolt...
CEBU CITY – The time that Michael Alcoseba had been waiting for came on Tuesday, May 28. ALCOSEBA'S mother holds his photo during his graduation. But the student known for his hard work and perserverance was no longer around after he succumbed to pneumonia more than two weeks before his...
CEBU CITY – More than P20-million worth of suspected shabu was seized in buy-bust operations in Metro Cebu on Sunday, May 19. PACKS of suspected shabu amounting to P10.4 million were seized from a 48-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Calamba, Cebu City on Sunday night, May 19....
CEBU CITY – A 14-year-old boy allegedly killed his half-brother by smashing his head with a rock before drowning the victim while they were swimming in the sea in Lapu-Lapu City on Friday morning, May 10. The drowning of the five-year-old boy was initially reported as an accident but what really...
CEBU CITY – At least P20 million worth of suspected shabu was seized from two women in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City on Wednesday night, May 8. The two women, who both live in the barangay, were arrested by the Police Station 4, Drug Enforcement Unit, and Intelligence...
Filipinos should draw inspiration from Lapu-Lapu, the first Filipino to defend the Philippines shores and the first Asian to successfully repel a colonial occupation, former senator Richard “Dick” Gordon said. Gordon, former tourism secretary, also said Lapu-Lapu’s life should...
President Marcos on Saturday, April 27, promised to bring in more investments and funding for infrastructure projects in Cebu to solidify its’ and Lapu-Lapu City’s status as the leading driver of economic growth and prosperity in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
