Barrio Luz councilor to recommend termination of barangay tanod who tested positive for drugs

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Barrio Luz councilor will recommend terminating the village watcher who tested positive after personnel of the Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) conducted a surprise drug test among 165 barangay…

Casas to Villa: Don’t make me a scapegoat

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Administrator Floro Casas, Jr., expressed in an official statement his dismay over City Health Officer Daisy Villa’s claims during a Cebu City Council special session that he lied about the supposed…

COVID-19 in Brgy. Luz’s Zapatera spreads to nearby sitios

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella on Sunday, April 26, 2020, announced that 40 new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were recorded in the city. This development brings the cumulative total confirmed COVID-19 cases…

‘Total lockdown na ta oi’

Lloyd Suarez 04/18/2020

  Kinahanglang mo-level up  na ta  sa  atong gipatuman nga enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) sa tibuuk Sugbo. Unsa  may gidugayan nila ni Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan,…

COVID-19 numbers continue to rise in Barrio Luz with 82 new cases

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barrio Luz in Cebu City has the highest number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the entire Central Visayas region and its numbers continue to soar exponentially in just one week. On…

Barrio Luz National High School to host asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The number of positive cases in Sitio Zapatera, Barangay (Barrio) Luz has been rapidly increasing in the past days and Cebu City does not yet have the quarantine facilities to house them. In…

More police, rice aid for locked down Sitio Zapatera

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Additional police officers, and 160 sacks of rice will be deployed to Sitio Zapatera in Barangay Luz, Cebu City as the lockdown in the area continues. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella in a press…

9K individuals in Barrio Luz’ sitio placed under lockdown

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Sitio Zapatera is the largest sitio (sub-village in English) in Barangay Luz, Cebu City. But its at least 9,000 residents have been placed under lockdown since April 7, 2020, after one of them…

Densely populated sub-village in Cebu City under lockdown

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A densely populated sitio or sub-village in uptown Cebu City is placed under lockdown since April 7, 2020. Officials from the Cebu City government have confirmed to Cebu Daily News Digital that the…

P1M worth of property destroyed after fire razes 60 houses in Barrio Luz

Alven Marie Timtim and Paul Lauro 01/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —A late evening fire destroyed at least 60 houses in a residential area in Sitio Santo Niño 3, Barangay Barrio Luz, Cebu City on Monday, January 13, 2020. Fire Officer 2 Fulbert Navarro of…

Man gunned down in Barrio Luz

Paul Lauro 07/18/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—A man was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman past 12 midnight on Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Sitio Sto. Niño II, Barangay Barrio Luz here.  Police Chief Master Sergeant Antonio Den from the…

Cabrera to run Barrio Luz captain, ends Cenro post

Morexette B. Erram 04/19/2018

Seeking to win as barangay captain of Barrio Luz, Ma. Nida Cabrera has resigned as chief of the Cebu City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro). Cabrera confirmed this in a text message sent to Cebu Daily…

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