Cebu City Hall employees plant trees ahead of Labella’s 1st death anniv

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — To commemorate the first death anniversary of former mayor Edgardo Labella, some City Hall employees gathered in the mountain barangay of Taptap on Tuesday, Nov. 15, to plant seedlings. The tree planting activity…

Cebu City’s Balay Silangan to open on Sept. 30

Dyrecka Letigio 09/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will be launching its Balay Silangan for drug rehabilitation patients on September 30, 2021, at the CREMDEC training center in Barangay Taptap. Jonah John Rodriguez, the head of the City Office…

Police say drug suspects killed in Taptap could be part of big-time drug group  

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 06/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The head of the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) here said they received reports that the three suspects who were killed in a joint operation late Thursday night, June 10, 2021,…

IN PHOTOS: Estimated P70M worth of drugs seized in Taptap, Cebu City

Futch Anthony Inso 06/11/2021

Cebu City, Philippines—Three drug personalities were reportedly killed at past 11 p.m. Thursday, June 10, 2021, in a shootout with anti-drug operatives in Barangay Taptap here.  Seized from the suspects, who were on board a Toyota Vios…

COVID-19 recovery center for PRO-7 cops opens in Brgy Taptap

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The region’s policemen, who are positive of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), will be transferred to the Malasakit Recovery Center located in the City Resources Management and Development Center (Cremdec) compound in Barangay…

Japson asks Labella to reconsider Taptap as Covid-19 quarantine center

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City opposition Councilor Leah Japson urged Mayor Edgardo Labella to reconsider using a city-owned facility in Barangay Taptap as a Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) quarantine center. In a privilege speech during the…

Barangay Taptap residents express worries on COVID-19 quarantine center

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The residents of Barangay Taptap in Cebu City expressed worries about the city’s plan to open the City Resource Management and Development Center (CREMDEC) as a quarantine center for persons under monitoring (PUMs) of…

A festival of food, stories and books in Barangay Taptap

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/18/2018

It was a day of celebration filled with food, stories and books. On one side of the gymnasium was a group of 40 mothers eagerly listening to Cebu Daily News columnist Louella Alix, a noted home cook,…

Store owner shot dead in mountain barangay

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/24/2016

A STORE owner was shot dead in the mountain barangay of Taptap, Cebu City at past 6 pm Sunday. PO3 Cristobal Geronimo of the Cebu City police’s homicide division said Ian Goc-ong sustained multiple gunshot wounds and…

Highland residents may pay bills in Taptap ‘bayad center’

07/11/2015

by Juli Ann M. Sibi UP Cebu Intern A “bayad center” will be opened at the Cebu City Hall satellite branch in barangay Taptap to allow residents of 36 mountain barangays to pay their bills on time.…

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