Humay-Humay cemetery ready to accept visitors starting Oct. 15

Futch Anthony Inso 10/15/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Humay-Humay Public Cemetery in barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City is already prepared to accept visitors starting tomorrow, October 15, to October 28 and November 5 to 15. This is in lieu of the…

300 hotel workers in Lapu-Lapu undergo COVID tests

Futch Anthony Inso 10/14/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Three hundred hotel employees in Lapu-Lapu City have already been tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13. Grace Carungay, Lapu-Lapu City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) head, told…

Flood, landslide affect 2,802 individuals in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/14/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Two thousand eight hundred two (2,802) individuals were affected by the flood and landslide caused by heavy rains last night, October 13, 2020. This was according to a report of the Mandaue City…

Learners’ deaths prompt DepEd-7 chief’s appeal

Futch Anthony Inso 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) director has appealed to students or learners to seek the help of their parents or teachers if they have problems in answering their learning modules.…

Health tops list of priorities for Mandaue City in 2021 — Mayor Cortes

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/14/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City will focus on its responses to health for next year, and this can be seen on the proposed 2021 budget where departments or offices doing frontliner duties during the pandemic are…

Authorities burn P77M worth of illegal drugs 

Alven Marie Timtim 10/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 12,157.43 grams of shabu, marijuana and other expired medicines were destroyed through thermal destruction this morning, October 13, 2020, at the crematorium office of the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes, along Junquera…

Chan to appeal to senators: Retain PEZA power to grant incentives

Futch Anthony Inso 10/13/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan plans to send a letter to senators appealing for the retention of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority’s power to grant incentives to its registered export-oriented enterprise. Earlier,…

Burglars hit Lapu-Lapu Registrar’s Office, steal P100K cash

Futch Anthony Inso 10/12/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Burglars again hit another office in the Lapu-Lapu City Hall compound and fled with at least an estimated P100,000 cash. This time around the thieves stole cash from the Civil Registrar’s Office located…

With the pandemic, Mandaue City reports P500M collection shortfall

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/12/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines- With less than three months left before the year ends, the Mandaue City Treasurer’s Office is still P500 million short of its P2.8 billion collection target for the year. Lawyer Regal Oliva, the city…

Young woman allegedly raped by kin found dead in north Cebu town

Alven Marie A. Timtim 10/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in a northern Cebu town are encouraging those, who are victims of sexual abuse or rape, to visit the police station and report the incident. The northern town’s acting police chief made…

State of calamity eyed in Labogon, Paknaan on Monday

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/11/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The barangay captains of Labogon and Paknaan in Mandaue City are set to place their respective barangays on Monday, October 12, 2020, under a state of calamity. This developed after a late October…

Five tricycle drivers in Lapu-Lapu positive for COVID-19

Futch Anthony Inso 10/10/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines  — The Lapu-lapu City government has already recorded five tricycle drivers, who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was confirmed by Grace Carungay, City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit head, in a text…

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