Lapu-Lapu City accident: Boy, 2, drowns in septic canal in Brgy Basak

Futch Anthony Inso 01/09/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – A two-year-old boy died after he reportedly drowned in a septic canal in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City on Saturday, January 6. The victim was identified as John Khean Pantulan, a resident of Sitio…

Simone Gabrielle Balaba needs help to travel to US, avail of scholarship offer

Futch Anthony Inso 04/18/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Simone Gabrielle Balaba may already be excited of the idea of studying in the United States, but she still has a lot of preparations to make. On top of her list is the…

Child dies in Lapu fire

Futch Anthony Inso 08/23/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—A 4-year-old child perished in a fire that broke out in a house in Sitio Cadurong Suba Masulog, Barangay Basak here at around noon on Monday, August 23, 2021. Fire Officer II Jeffrey Gerodias, a…

Newborn in Lapu-Lapu being monitored after mom tests positive for COVID-19

Futch Anthony Inso 08/17/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) continues to monitor the condition of a newborn baby in Sitio Caimitohan, Barangay Basak, here after the mother tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Annabeth…

In Photos: Lapu-Lapu City gov’t sends aid to Brgy Basak fire victims

Doris C. Bongcac 05/03/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Lapu-Lapu City government already sent aid to individuals who were displaced by the Sunday afternoon fire that hit Sitio Caimitohan in Barangay Basak. Mayor Junard Chan said that the fire victims received…

Radaza gives P100K cash aid to women rag makers in Brgy. Basak

Doris C. Bongcac 01/24/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Women residents of Sitios Kulo and Tangke in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City were made to undergo a rag making seminar on Saturday, January 23, to help them earn their keep during the pandemic.…

15 men from Basak, Lapu-Lapu City nabbed for illegal cockfighting

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Fifteen men from Sitio Tungdon, Barangay Basak in Lapu-Lapu City were made to spend the night in jail after they were arrested, Saturday afternoon, for engaging in illegal cockfighting. Charges for the violation of…

Cortes wants new jail facility in Brgy Basak used as isolation center for COVID-19 positive PDLs

Norman V. Mendoza 04/28/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue City government is preparing the jail facility in Sitio Dunggo-an in Barangay Basak as a temporary quarantine facility for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) coming from the Mandaue City Jail and…

Mandaue police collar 8 men for placing bets on billiards game

Norman V. Mendoza 03/07/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu -Eight persons were arrested for placing their bets on a billiards game in Sitio Kanipa-an in Barangay Basak, Mandaue City past 11:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2020. Police Captain Arnel Coloscos of the…

Newborn baby boy found dead in Basak, Mandaue

Rosalie Abatayo 08/22/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—It was 6 a.m. on Thursday, August 22, when passersby of the busy national highway in Barangay Basak were greeted by the sight of an abandoned newborn baby. The baby boy still had his umbilical…

Patalinghug Avenue cordoned amid bomb scare

Norman Mendoza 07/04/2017

Traffic was heavy along Maximo Patalinghug Avenue in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City after a SWAT team cordoned the area to verify reports that a bomb was inserted in an old cassette player that was supposedly left in…

Police sent to traffic aide’s wake

Norman V. Mendoza 01/30/2017

POLICEMEN were sent to the wake of a slain traffic enforcer after the victim’s wife reported the presence of suspicious-looking motorcycle riders passing the wake periodically yesterday. Senior Supt. Rommel Cabagnot, Lapu-Lapu City police chief, said Jinki…

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