CEBU CITY – A 39-year-old woman was arrested with almost P7-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City past midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Police said that the suspect, a certain Marie, was listed as a high-value individual in the illegal drugs...
CEBU CITY — The chief of a police station in Lapu-Lapu City and his two personnel were relieved from their posts over accusations of police brutality. LAPU-LAPU City Hall of Justice (Wikipedia) The three police officers from the Marigondon Police Station were transferred to the Regional Holding...
CEBU CITY – Authorities in Lapu-Lapu City are monitoring four areas where Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hubs are possibly operating. LAPU-LAPU City Hall of Justice Police Col. Dyan Agustin, officer-in-charge of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office, said they have been inspecting...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) will file additional charges against individuals who were arrested for allegedly running an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator hub in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Lawyer Rennan Oliva, chief of NBI-7, said that they plan to...
CEBU CITY – Eight persons were rescued when the pump boat they were riding in sank in the sea of Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Monday afternoon, September 16. LAPU-LAPU City Hall of Justice A private pump boat in the area rescued them. Among those rescued were the operator of...
CEBU CITY — Several high-ranking police officers were relieved in the aftermath of the discovery of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) hub inside a hotel in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City. The latest to be relieved was Col. Ali Baron, who was axed from his post just five months after he...
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...
