CEBU CITY – Police officers and civilian stakeholders were awarded for their roles in the campaign against criminality in Lapu-Lapu City. Police Col. Elmer Lim, chief of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO), led the awarding during the 122nd Police Service Anniversary on Wednesday, November...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu and marijuana worth more than P11 million were seized in a two-week operation in Lapu-Lapu City. SUSPECTED shabu and marijuana worth more than P11 million were seized in a two-week operation in Lapu-Lapu City. (Photo from Lapu-Lapu City Police Office) Police Col. Elmer...
CEBU CITY – A taxi driver and “habal-habal” (motorcycle-for-hire) driver are facing possible penalties after they figured in a fistfight in the middle of the road in Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, on Monday, October 2. The incident was caught on video and has gone viral online. A...
CEBU CITY – At least one kilo of suspected shabu worth P7.1 million was seized from a man during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City on Friday noon, July 7. Police identified the suspect as Rhoniel Abastas, who was described as a high-value individual. Police Lt. Col. Richard...
CEBU CITY – The city government of Lapu-Lapu has entered into an agreement with a company for the conduct of a feasibility study for a mass transport system project in the city. OFFICIALS from Lapu-Lapu City headed by Mayor Junard Chan (fourth from left) and Futran Philippines sign a memorandum of...
CEBU CITY – More than 19,000 children in Central Visayas were vaccinated since the rollout of the “Chikiting Ligtas” immunization program on Monday, May 1. CHILDREN clad in colorful superhero costumes arrive at the gymnasium of Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City during the launching of the...
CEBU CITY – A farmer was arrested after he was caught allegedly tending to marijuana plants in a mountainous barangay in Toledo City, Cebu. Demetrio Laspoña Baculi, 57, was also caught possessing an unlicensed .45 caliber pistol during the arrest past 2 p.m. on Friday, April 28, police...
It took 10 hours before firefighters finally put out the fire that razed MV Diamond Highway, a vehicle carrier, off Lapu Lapu City, Cebu on Friday, April 28. (Courtesy of PCG) The fire that started around 2 p.m. Friday was declared out by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Cebu at 12:35 a.m....
A ship caught fire in the vicinity shoreline of Lapu Lapu City, Cebu on Friday, April 28. (MV Diamond Highway catches fire off Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on April 28, 2023. Courtesy of PCG District Central Visayas) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the ill-fated vessel as MV Diamond...
CEBU CITY – Two 12-year-old Grade 6 students drowned while swimming in a pond in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City on Thursday afternoon, April 20. ONLOOKERS gather around the pond where two young girls drowned while swimming on Thursday afternoon, April 20, in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City. (Photo...
CEBU CITY -- Board passers in Lapu-Lapu City received cash incentives from the city government. Lapu-Lapu Mayor Junard Chan on Thursday, April 20, led the distribution of cash rewards to 150 board passers from Lapu-Lapu. Each board passer got P5,000 while a topnotcher received a whopping P100,000....
CEBU CITY – A group of students was rescued after the motor banca they were riding stalled off Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Easter Sunday. Eighteen students from the University of Cebu (UC)-Lapu-Lapu/Mandaue Campus contracted the motor banca for island-hopping on Easter Sunday. A GROUP of students is...
