“Karambola” MMA slugfest unfolds on Sunday

Glendale G. Rosal 02/10/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans in Lapu-Lapu City will be in for an action-packed treat as the first “Karambola” fight card takes place on Sunday, February 11, at the Mactan Sports Complex.  The…

Mactan fisherfolk group harvests 400 Kg of bangus from fish cage

Futch Anthony Inso 11/07/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Barangay Mactan Fisherfolk Association in Lapu-Lapu City harvested around 400 kilograms of milkfish or “bangus” on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. This was confirmed by Alex Baring, City Agriculture and Fishery Office (CAFO)…

Mactan buy-bust: Woman caught with P14M shabu

Futch Anthony Inso 10/31/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A woman, who had been listed one of the regional priority top 10 high-value individuals (HVI), was caught with an estimated P14 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Sitio…

Lapu-Lapu City plans to put up own floating cottages near Liberty Shrine

Futch Anthony Inso 07/22/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government, through the City Agriculture and Fishery Office (CAFO), plans to establish floating cottages in the seawaters of Barangay Mactan. Alex Baring, head of CAFO, told CDN Digital that the…

Fish cage to benefit 400 fishers in Mactan – BFAR-7

Futch Anthony Inso 06/23/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Around 400 fisherfolks in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City will benefit from the newly completed fish cage located off the coast of the barangay specifically at the back of the Liberty Shrine. The Bureau…

P18.7 buildings to house health, birthing centers, GAD office to rise in Mactan

Futch Anthony Inso 04/11/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines— Two multipurpose buildings worth P18.7 million will soon rise in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City. On Friday, April 8, 2022, Representative Paz Radaza (lone district of Lapu-Lapu) led the groundbreaking ceremony for the two multipurpose…

Sea trips to Olango resume

Futch Anthony Inso 06/02/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Forty-eight individuals who were stranded at the Angasil Port in Barangay Mactan, here on Tuesday evening, June 1, 2021, have already returned to their homes on Olango island on Wednesday morning, June 2. Petty Officer…

Radaza inaugurates new building, port terminal in Barangay Mactan

Futch Anthony Inso 11/25/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines– Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Representative Paz Radaza led the inauguration and blessing of the Multi-purpose Building and Port Terminal at Angasil Port on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, in Sitio Angasil, Barangay Mactan. The ceremony…

Lapu police chief hopes witnesses in brgy. councilor’s killing will surface

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Lapu-Lapu City hope people with valuable information that can help solve the killing of Barangay Mactan Councilor Zandro Augusto will come out in the coming days. Police Colonel Clarito Baja, chief…

8 nabbed in Lapu-Lapu City for illegal trade of petroleum products

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The City Mobile Force Company (CMFC) of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) arrested eight men for violation of Presidential Decree No. 1865 or the illegal trade of petroleum products in Sitio Soong Center, Barangay…

Lack of papers delay booking process for foreign nationals nabbed in Lapu

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) compound now stinks. Comfort rooms located at the Central Visayas office of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-7) and portable toilets that were placed outside have…

Bloody day in Lapu-Lapu: One killed in two shooting incidents in four hours

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 03/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two shooting incidents happened in Lapu-Lapu City within a span of four hours on Friday (March 1), with one victim confirmed dead while another one being rushed to the hospital for treatment. Around…

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