Drug bust: Teacher nabbed in Cebu City with P102,000 ‘shabu’

Emmariel Ares 04/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A drug bust in Barangay Babag 2 in Cebu City on Thursday evening, April 25, 2024, resulted in the apprehension of a teacher and her common-law partner, who is identified as a target-listed…

‘Bodegera’ nabbed in Lapu-Lapu drug bust charged

Futch Anthony Inso 03/20/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City police have already filed charges against an alleged “bodegera” and an alleged “delivery woman” of illegal drugs, who was arrested during a last week’s buy-bust operation in Sitio Shooting Star, Barangay…

Lapu-Lapu drug bust: ‘P5,000 delivery job’ lands 23-year-old woman in jail

Futch Anthony Inso 03/16/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A 23-year-old woman would have to spend a long time in jail for a “P5,000 delivery job” involving more than P14 million worth of illegal drugs. This was after she was caught with…

Victims of Ibo, Babag fires receive financial aid ranging from P13,000 to P25,000

Futch Anthony Inso 02/05/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 502 individuals or 197 families, who are victims of January fires in Barangays Ibo and Babag in Lapu-Lapu City, received financial assistance ranging from P13,000 to P25,000. The financial aid came from…

Chan to Oponganons: Check electric wires, ensure right load capacity to prevent fires

Futch Anthony Inso 01/19/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan is urging the Oponganons to check their electrical wiring to ensure its safety and prevent the overloading of its capacity. Chan made such an appeal after nine…

Firecracker stalls in Lapu-Lapu to again be inspected by police this week

Futch Anthony Inso 12/29/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) will conduct another round of inspection of firecracker vendors and their stalls in Lapu-Lapu City this week. This was confirmed by Police Colonel Elmer Lim, chief of…

Cebu City gov’t urged: Give financial aid to typhoon-affected farmers

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu City councilor has filed a resolution urging Mayor Michael Rama to immediately extend financial assistance to farmers from the city’s mountain barangays, who were affected by the torrential rains and landslides…

Lapu-Lapu City only has 6 active cases of COVID-19

Futch Anthony Inso 05/18/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government has only recorded six active cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In the monitoring of Lapu-Lapu City Health Office, as of May 17, 2022, of the six active cases,…

Comelec: Two schools in Cebu City mountain barangays too damaged for polls

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two schools in Barangays Babag and Pungol-Sibugay in Cebu City sustained considerable damage from Typhoon Odette making them unusable for the May 9 elections. Marilou Paredes, acting South District Commission on Election (Comelec)…

Chan: Delta variant hits 10 Lapu-Lapu barangays

Futch Anthony Inso 08/02/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has identified 10 barangays that have been hit by the Delta variant of the coronavirus in the city. He said the deadly Delta variant had already penetrated…

‘House of Maria’ continues to draw in visitors, catch netizens’ interest

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 07/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—More people continue to stop and take a souvenir shot outside the house or the vicinity of the house of Maria Amy Hofilña in Barangay Babag, a mountain barangay in Cebu City, days after Hofilña…

Woman in viral video says FB post saying she won’t file charges is fake

Mae Fhel Gom-os 07/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Maria Amy Hofilña, the woman in a viral video accused of not paying the balance of a food package she ordered, denied posting a statement on Facebook saying she would no longer push…

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