CEBU CITY – At least P31-million worth of suspected shabu were seized from two women who were arrested in separate buy-bust operations in the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue on Black Saturday, April 8. In Lapu-Lapu, Pamila Legaspo, 43, was arrested in Barangay Mactan and more than three kilos of...
CEBU CITY – A boxing judge was arrested after he assaulted an official of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB)-Cebu Field Office on Saturday night, April 2, in Lapu-Lapu City. JIMMY Donton, officer-in-charge of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB)-Cebu Field Office, is bloodied when he reported to a...
CEBU CITY — Police seized suspected shabu from three drug pushers worth over P24 million in buy-bust operations in the province of Cebu on Thursday, March 16. SUSPECTED shabu worth P14.2 million was seized from a 23-year-old woman in Barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Thursday morning, March...
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...
