CEBU CITY – Nine persons were injured after the roof of a newly opened food park in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu collapsed at the height of heavy rain on Sunday night, Feb. 5. NINE persons were injured after the roof of a newly opened food park in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu collapsed on...
CEBU CITY – Thirty-four houses were razed while four others were damaged in a fire that hit Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu before dawn on Saturday, Feb. 4. RESIDENTS of Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City return to check their houses following a fire before dawn on Saturday, Feb. 4. (Photo...
CEBU CITY – Get into sports, not into drugs. COL. Antonietto Cañete (seated, second from right), chief of the Community Affairs and Development Division of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, welcomes the football team of Benthel Asia School of Technology in his office where the team...
CEBU CITY -- Several residents in Lapu-Lapu City have sought the help of their mayor after they lost millions to an investment that turned out to be a scam. The person who is allegedly behind the scam is a resident of Barangay Maribago whose wife works at the Lapu-Lapu City Hall. The identity of...
CEBU CITY -- Five-star resorts, white sand beaches and a wide array of food choices and delicacies. These are among the reasons cited by Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Rep. Cindi King-Chan why tourists should visit the city. Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Rep. Cindi King-Chan (seated, 2nd from right)...
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...
