Firecracker vendors hope sales will pick up as New Year draws near

Futch Anthony Inso 12/28/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Four days before the New Year, firecracker vendors in Lapu-Lapu City are hoping that customers will flock to their stores and that their sales will increase. Abbeygail Lara, a firecracker vendor in Barangay…

Carmen Copper: Cash, educational aid for families of workers who died in landslide

Futch Anthony Inso 12/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines- Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC) has committed to provide financial and other assistance to the immediate families of its three deceased employees, who died due to the landslide that happened on December 21, 2020. In…

Mandaue’s 5 PTVs ready to bring elderly, asymptomatic patients to hospitals 

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/26/2020

OLANGO ISLAND, Lapu-Lapu City — With the five new Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs) procured by the Mandaue City government, residents can expect faster medical response, patient transportation, and ambulance services. Lawyer John Eddu Ibañez, executive secretary of…

Casuntingan fire victims get hot meals, starter kits

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/25/2020

OLANGO ISLAND, Lapu-Lapu City — The Mandaue City government has given hot meals and starter kits to the victims of the fire that hit Sitio Nangka, Barangay Casuntingan, on Christmas dawn, December, 25, 2020. Lawyer John Eddu…

More safety guidelines for Mandaue Public Market set

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/22/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Additional guidelines will be enforced in Mandaue City Public Market starting December 23, 2020, as people are expected to flock to the market during Christmas and New Year.  An individual without face mask…

Some Ibo residents opt to stay in partially damaged homes

Futch Anthony Inso 12/21/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some residents in Sitio Apro, Barangay Ibo in Lapu-lapu City, opted to stay in their houses even if they were partially damaged by the big waves due to Tropical Depression Vicky on Friday…

Ibo evacuee-couple’s wish for Christmas: Have a safe place to stay, sleep

Futch Anthony Inso 12/21/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — “What I would ask God this Christmas is for us to have a safe place to stay and sleep.” This is the Christmas wish of Leonito Muñez, a senior citizen, who together with…

P50K worth of properties lost in Carmen, Cebu fire

Paul Lauro 12/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An unplugged exhaust fan was blamed for the fire which broke out in a furniture warehouse that is located in Barangay Cantumog in Carmen town at dawn this Monday, December 21. Senior Fire…

#CDNChristmas2020: Alone on Christmas

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/19/2020

There’s no place like home especially in celebrating special occasions. Filipinos working far away from home always find a way to go back to celebrate the Holidays with the whole family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has changed…

Chan: Barricades in front of church gates to limit Misa de Gallo crowd

Futch Anthony Inso 12/17/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Barricades will also be placed in front of gates of churches in Lapu-Lapu City as a way to limit the crowd attending the dawn Masses or the Misa de Gallo. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor…

Lapu-Lapu only has 38 active COVID cases

Futch Anthony Inso 12/14/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government now only has 38 active cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). On the report prepared by Grace Carungay, head of the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU), said…

Chan terminates 2 erring Lapu-Lapu traffic enforcers

Futch Anthony Inso 12/14/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan decided to terminate the two traffic enforcers who were involved in the questionable issuance of a citation ticket against a driver Saturday night, December 12, 2020, in…

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