Police arrest second suspect in Christine Silawan murder

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Lapu-Lapu City police arrested a second suspect in the brutal killing of tithe collector Christine Lee Silawan. Police Colonel Limuel Obon, chief of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO), confirmed in a text…

Wednesday afternoon fire damages Lapu home

Benjie Talisic and Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 04/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A Wednesday afternoon fire damaged a house made of light materials in Sitio Purok Sampaguita, Barangay Looc, Lapu-Lapu City. Fire Officer 3 (FO3)  Johnmer Lesiges of the Lapu-Lapu City Fire Department said that…

20 stab wounds, 9 defense wounds found on slain 16-year-old Christine Lee Silawan

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 03/12/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — Christine Lee Silawan, the 16-year-old high school student who was found dead in a vacant lot in Barangay Bangkal, Lapu-Lapu City on Monday, March 11, died due to multiple stab wounds.  Superintendent Benjamin…

Lapu student’s killing: Duterte asked to ensure arrest of girl’s murderers

Doris C. Bongcac 03/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Calls for justice for her death now flood the Facebook page of Christine Lee Silawan whose half-naked body was found dumped in a vacant lot in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay Bangkal, Lapu-Lapu City early…

Netizens want death penalty for ‘monsters’ who killed Grade 9 student from Lapu

Doris C. Bongcac 03/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Netizens are calling for the imposition of death penalty against whoever raped, killed, and skinned the face of a Grade 9 student from Lapu-Lapu City. Curious of what may have prompted the killing,…

Three students with P2.4M shabu collared in Lapu buy-bust operation

Doris C. Bongcac 03/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  Three male students were arrested in a buy-bust operation by personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and the City Intelligence Branch (CIB) in Lapu-Lapu City late on Sunday…

Medical trash seen floating off Lapu waters

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Videos and photos showing hospital waste such as used syringes, kidney trays, chemical bottles, and rubber gloves floating on the waters of Barangay Ibo, Lapu-Lapu City are now making the rounds on social media.…

Fluvial procession to start at Lapu’s Muelle Osmena – organizers

Ador Vincent Mayol 01/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Expect some changes in this year’s fluvial procession. For the first time,  the sea  procession of the Sto. Niño de Cebu scheduled on January 19, 2019  will start at the Muelle Osmeña in…

2 men killed in Lapu, Mandaue shooting

Norman V. Mendoza 12/26/2018

TWO persons were killed in separate shooting incidents in the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue on Christmas day. Paruk Mustafa Miguel, 30, of Sitio Iba Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, died near his residence at past 3 p.m.…

Seniors get P166M slice of Lapu’s P2.4B budget

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/12/2018

SENIOR citizens get a bigger slice of the approved P2.4 billion budget for 2019 of the Lapu-Lapu City government. This after the Lapu-Lapu City Council approved the executive department’s proposed P2, 378,388,554 budget last Nov. 26. The…

Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu to release cash aid to 43K senior citizens

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/08/2018

NEARLY 43,000 senior citizens in Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue cities will receive their cash assistance tomorrow (Sunday, Dec. 9) for Lapu-Lapu seniors and from Monday (Dec. 10) to Friday (Dec. 14) for Mandaue senior beneficiaries. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor…

Man killed in Lapu-Lapu drug bust

Norman Mendoza 12/08/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines -A man was killed in a drug bust in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City on December 7, Friday evening. The victim was identified as Janmell Benosillo, who succumbed to gunshot wounds on his body. According…

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