Two net cafes closed for letting students play during class time

Norman V. Mendoza 11/24/2015

A Lapu-Lapu City task force closed another Internet shop yesterday for operating without a permit and allowing students inside during class hours, a violation of a city ordinance. The task force found two pupils of Bankal Elementary…

Mother helps neighbors earn income

11/01/2015

How do you share your blessings after achieving success in business and after being given a new lease on life? For Delia Inoc, her answer was to hire her neighbors so they would have extra income. Being…

Sea turtle freed in Lapu-Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 10/31/2015

  A sea turtle that was stranded in a marine sanctuary in Olango Island was released in the open sea yesterday. The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle locally called pawikan  was earlier   found by a fisherman in the…

3 boys still missing

Norman V. Mendoza 10/21/2015

THE Philippine Navy and the Philippine Air Force (PAF) yesterday joined the search and rescue operation for the three boys who went missing after setting out to fish off barangay Baring, Olango Island last Sunday. Rescuers, however,…

3 boys missing in Olango

Norman V. Mendoza 10/20/2015

Three boys were reported missing yesterday morning after they went fishing in a  paddle boat Sunday morning in barangay Baring in Olango Island. Their  parents reported to the  Talima Police station at 7 a.m. yesterday after the…

Japanese diver dies off Olango

Norman V. Mendoza 07/29/2015

A  64-year-old Japanese tourist died  while scuba diving off Olango Island in Lapu-Lapu City last Monday afternoon. Kenichi Nakaizuma, a native of Yamaguchi, Japan, was diving with  Dino Ompad, operations manager of Scuba Star based in barangay…

‘Intensify marine protection’

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/16/2015

Environment advocates called on government to intensify efforts to ensure marine protection after 137 tons of sea  shells were seized in Olango island last week. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) retrieved 24,468  seashells of…

Imprisonment, fines await owner, crew of seized banca

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/11/2015

Criminal charges await the owner and  crew members of a motorized banca that was seized in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City for transporting sacks of prohibited species of seashells. Jovilito Beñanel, owner of MB Josevel Joy 4, may…

Bancas with sacks of ‘samong’ held off Olango Island

Marian Z. Codilla 07/10/2015

  Three large motorized bancas were held by authorities on suspicion that they transported prohibited species of sea shells from Palawan. The three bancas docked in Brgy. Tinggo in Olango Island, Lapu-lapu City last Friday, said the…

Echavez, Kong top Olango swim

Irish D. Torres 05/24/2015

Loren Dale Echavez reaffirmed her status as Cebu’s queen of open-water swimming after the multi-titled tanker retained her women’s 6-kilometer competitive category title yesterday in the 8th Olango Challenge at the Pacific Cebu Resort in Mactan. Echavez…

‘Ato ni Vines’ to do Olango Island videos

Norman V. Mendoza 04/26/2015

Three Davao City teens whose videos became viral on social media will be in Cebu on Monday to help promote tourism sites in Lapu-Lapu City. Sotero Matthew “Matt” Calumba Lubid, 17,   John “Lenarr” Lagahit Sanchez, 17 and…

Eco-tourism park opens in Olango

Norman V. Mendoza 12/14/2014

Camp sites on the beach and trekking along the mangroves are  offered at the  new nature park  which opened last Friday in Olango Island in Lapu-Lapu City. Only 20 minutes away by pump boat from Punta Engaño,…

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