Cebu City apartment fire: P1.2M worth of properties lost

Emmariel Ares 09/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Properties worth at least P1.2 million were lost after an apartment in Brgy. Lahug, Cebu City caught on fire on Saturday morning, September 7. Senior Fire Officer 2 (SFO2) Wendell Villanueva, information officer…

Men involved in bar brawl settle amicably

by Paul Lauro, Mark Bandolon 03/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Following a brawl in a bar in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, the involved parties reached a resolution on Thursday morning, March 7, 2024. Arque Escalante Jr., a 23-year-old resident of Barangay Quiot Pardo…

PDEA-7 agents confiscate P3M ‘shabu’ from former mixed martial artist

Paul Lauro 12/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Cebu City – Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas arrested Slotty Avila, 34, for the alleged possession of half a kilo of suspected shabu worth at least P3 million. The arrest…

UP Cebu Fighting Maroons gear up for coming Cesafi wars

Glendale G. Rosal 09/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Expect to hear the “U-nibersidad ng Pilipinas” chants roaring from the stands in the upcoming Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (Cesafi) games as the University of the Philippines Cebu (UP Cebu) Fighting Maroons…

Public urged to immediately report discovery of vintage bombs to avoid the risks

Mae Fhel Gom-os 09/08/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The public is urged to immediately report to authorities if ever they find vintage bombs in their respective localities to avoid getting killed or maimed. This was the reminder of the Explosives Ordinance…

COVID-19 outbreak in uptown site affects 49 construction workers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The high cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) recorded in Cebu City on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, has been attributed to an outbreak in a construction site. Councilor Joel Garganera, the deputy…

P1M worth of drugs seized; 1 suspect nabbed, 1 escaped in Brgy. Lahug bust

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 06/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around P1 million worth of suspected ‘shabu’ were seized from two suspects one of whom managed to escape in a buy-bust operation conducted in Sitio Laguerta, Barangay Lahug in Cebu City, past 4…

13 construction workers nabbed for turning bunkhouse into drug den

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around P748,000 worth of ‘shabu’ were seized, a drug den was dismantled, and 16 individuals including 13 construction workers were arrested in two separate anti-drug operations conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency…

Public Masses exempted in Lahug’s granular lockdown but… 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Only a few violators were caught last Sunday, February 14, 2021, when Barangay Lahug implemented a mandatory stay-at-home Sunday protocol to address the rising coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Lahug Barangay Captain Hazel Muaña –…

Lahug officials order Sunday closure of establishments to prevent COVID-19 spread

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 02/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Starting this Sunday, February 14, residents of Barangay Lahug in Cebu City will have to stay at home. There is no reason for them to go out since establishments here have been ordered…

PH’s first Barangay Behavioral Health Unit opens in Lahug

Doris C. Bongcac 01/23/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Barangay Lahug in Cebu City now has a Barangay Behavioral Health Unit (BBHU) that caters to the mental health concerns of its residents. “BBHU works closely with Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center,…

Waterfront gives back to Cebu City and Cebu Province

PR 12/14/2020

In the spirit of the season of giving, Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian and family, together with the premier city hotel, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino, successfully turned over a total of 110, 000 pieces of face…

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