Lapu-Lapu mayor: Death of Councilor Yap a big loss to City Council

Futch Anthony Inso 01/09/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan describes the death of Councilor Nelson Yap as a great loss in the city council and his administration. Yap died due to a heart attack on Jan.…

Lapu-Lapu Mayor donates P1M for Mandaue fire victims

Futch Anthony Inso 12/02/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City or Lapu-Lapu Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan turned over on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, a cheque worth P1 million to Mandaue City Vice Mayor Glenn Bercede. Chan donated the amount to the…

Lapu-Lapu mayor vows legal aid to family of worker, who died in Mandaue factory 

Futch Anthony Inso 06/10/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan promised to give legal assistance to the family of Stephen Corilla. Corilla is the worker who died while cleaning a pulverizer machine of Universal Robina Corp. (URC)…

Chan organizes contest to commemorate Lapu’s 1st GCQ anniv

Doris C. Bongcac 03/16/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A year ago today, March 16, Lapu-Lapu City was placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) following the discovery of COVID-19 cases. Mayor Junard Chan said that his decision to place his city under…

New PRO-7 chief pays courtesy visit to Lapu-Lapu mayor

Futch Anthony Inso 12/07/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Police Brigadier General Ronnie Montejo, the newly installed regional director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), paid a courtesy call to Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan on Monday afternoon, December 7,…

Lapu-Lapu mayor says he’s recovering from COVID-19

Immae Lachica 06/22/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan assured his constituents that he’s feeling better more than a week after going under home isolation for testing positive to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read: Lapu-Lapu mayor…

Lapu-Lapu mayor Ahong Chan tests positive for COVID-19 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan announced on Friday, June 12, 2020, that he tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “Bisan pa man sa tanto natong paningkamot nga mahalikay sa CoVid-19, nataptan gihapon kita…

Lapu mayor to ask Cebu Governor to reconsider decision to limit pedestrians in Mactan-Cebu bridges

Norman V. Mendoza 09/12/2019

Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu—Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan will be asking Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia to reconsider the decision to limit pedestrian traffic and ban bicycles from passing the two bridges connecting Mactan Island to mainland Cebu.…

Lapu mayor to barangays: Collect garbage or face charges

Futch Anthony Inso 07/31/2019

Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu—Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan issued a stern warning to  all barangay officials: Collect uncollected garbage within 24 hours or face charges. Chan made the order after he received complaints from residents through social…

9 regions join travel fair in Ayala

Norman V. Mendoza 07/13/2015

NINE regions set up booths to showcase their tourism products and services during the International Travel Festival last weekend at the Ayala Center Cebu. Rowena Montecillo, regional director of the Department of Tourism, said the participants were…

Miss Pajo wants to be fashion model

Norman V. Mendoza 06/05/2015

  Hundreds packed the Pajo gym in Lapu-Lapu City last Saturday night to witness the barangay’s first ever beauty search. Candidate no. 1 Mary Ann Sotillo was crowned Miss Pajo 2015 after the judges voted unanimously for…

More than just meddling

Editorial 02/01/2014

The ice in Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza’s note was more than noticeable when she remarked about a proposal by Cordova Councilor Angeles Gairanod to Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy to require money transfer firms to report suspicious…

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