Man nabbed for carrying unlicensed gun, faces murder charge

Futch Anthony Inso 09/24/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- A construction worker, who was arrested for the possession of an unlicensed firearm, may have to spend years in jail after police learned that he was also responsible for the killing of a co-worker…

Crime in Central Visayas drops amid successful anti-drug operations

Futch Anthony Inso 09/20/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The number of crime incidents in Central Visayas has declined during the mid-third quarter of this year, according to a report presented at the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) meeting on Thursday,…

Lapu-Lapu City, private firm to establish desal plant in Punta Engaño

Futch Anthony Inso 09/18/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu —  The Lapu-Lapu City Government and a private firm, Summa Water Resource Inc., broke ground yesterday for the construction of a desalination plant in Barangay Punta Engaño. The private water provider will also lay…

8 rescued after pump boat capsizes in Lapu-Lapu City

Futch Anthony Inso 09/17/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Eight individuals were rescued after the pump boat that they were riding in sunk shortly before reaching the shorelines of Sitio Datag, Brgy. Maribago in Lapu-Lapu City on Monday afternoon, September 16. According…

80-year-old grandma dies in Lapu-Lapu City fire

Futch Anthony Inso 09/16/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — An 80-year-old grandmother died in a fire that hit Purok Balanghoy, Barangay Gun-ob in Lapu-Lapu City at around 2 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2024. According to Marlyn Macachor, the victim’s daughter, her…

Ahong denies Chinese national nabbed in Cebu Pogo hub worked for city hall

Emmariel Ares 09/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan denied that one of the Chinese nationals caught inside a hotel recently uncovered as a Pogo hub was a city consultant. In a post on his social…

NBI-7 files charges vs 16 foreigners nabbed in Lapu Pogo hub

Emmariel Ares 09/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) has filed charges for qualified trafficking in person against the 16 foreign nationals who were apprehended in a hotel in Brgy. Agus, Lapu-Lapu City…

Lapu-Lapu City launches Universal Health Care program

Futch Anthony Inso 09/03/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Lapu-Lapu City Government launched its Universal Health Care (UHC) program on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at Hoops Dome, Barangay Gun-ob. In his speech, Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan highlighted the transformative impact of…

Mayor Chan shuts down Lapu-Lapu hotel over illegal Pogo operation

Futch Anthony Inso 09/02/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan issued a cease and desist order to halt the operation of the Tourist Garden Hotel in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City, on Monday, September 2, 2024. Chan, who…

PAOCC saves 6 trafficking victims; nabs 162 others in Lapu-Lapu

Faith Argosino 09/01/2024

A total of 162 foreign nationals were caught engaging in reported scamming activities, while six alleged human trafficking victims were rescued from a raided hotel in Lapu-Lapu City believed to be a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (Pogo)…

Brgy. tanods tapped to help man traffic in Lapu-Lapu City

Futch Anthony Inso 08/20/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Five tanods in Brgy. Bankal in Lapu-Lapu City have already been deputized to help man traffic in their area. Placed under the watch of the Lapu-Lapu City Traffic Management System (CTMS), they are…

Lapu-Lapu vows to showcase best performance in Pasigarbo despite time constraint

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 08/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For the first time, Lapu-Lapu City will be joining this year’s Pasigabro sa Sugbo as one of the competing contingents. Their entry is contingent no. 49 in Sunday’s street dancing competition and ritual…

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