Lear Corp donates school supplies to over 800 pupils of Sabang ES in Olango Island

PR 12/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – As part of its annual community outreach program, Lear Corporation recently provided educational assistance worth P1.3 million to pupils of the Sabang Elementary School (SES) in Olango Island. The managers and employees distributed…

Dead man found floating off Olango Island waters is missing Danao dad

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 12/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The man, whose body was found floating off the waters of Barangay San Vicente, Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City at past 1 p.m. of December 9, 2019, has already been identified. Police Master Sergeant…

PCG’s order to halt trips of wooden hull boats to Olango strands hundreds for hours

Norman V. Mendoza 11/01/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu  – Hundreds of passengers crossing Olango Island and Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island were stranded for hours after the Philippine Coast Guard prohibits the sailing of wooden hull motorboats plying the route since the…

Marina-7 eyes phaseout of wooden commercial sea vessels plying Lapu-Lapu to Olango route

Futch Anthony Inso 08/14/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—The Maritime Industry Authority in Central Visayas (MARINA-7) plans to phase out wooden commercial vessels navigating the Lapu-Lapu City to Olango Island route and replace them with steel-hulled vessels. Lawyer Daniel Martin Oral, legal officer…

Lapu seeks deployment of commercial vessels to serve Olango Island residents

Futch Anthony Inso 08/10/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – City officials saw the need to already deploy commercial vessels weighing more than 250 gross tons that are capable of transporting Olango Island residents to and from mainland Lapu-Lapu City even when the…

Gale Warning Still Up In Cebu: Lapu sends food packs to Olango Island families

Futch Anthony Inso 08/10/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – With sea travels still suspended, Mayor Junard Chan already started sending food packs to families in Olango Island who were unable to cross to mainland Lapu-Lapu City to buy their supplies. City Hall…

Lapu declares state of calamity in Olango Island

Futch Anthony Inso 08/09/2019

Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu—The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) said the City of Lapu-Lapu declared a state of calamity in the Island of Olango on Friday, August 9, 2019.  CDRRMC cheif Nagiel Bañacia said this…

8 passengers rescued after motorbanca capsizes in waters off Olango Island

Rosalie Abatayo 08/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For badly wanting to return to work, eight persons forced to sail from Barangay San Vicente in Olanggo Island to mainland Mactan on Wednesday morning, August 7, 2019. They, however, still didn’t make…

Day 3: 175 Olango-bound passengers remain stranded at Angasil, Hilton Wharfs

Doris C. Bongcac 08/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – With travels to Olango Island still suspended, the Lapu-Lapu City government continued to distribute meals to passengers who have remained stranded at the Angasil Wharf in Barangay Mactan and the Hilton Wharf in…

Rough Seas: 4 from Olango Island transported to mainland Lapu for medical treatment

Doris C. Bongcac 08/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–While other travellers remained stranded in the different ports of Lapu-Lapu City, four patients admitted at the Olango Community Hospital in Olango Island were allowed to sail to mainland Cebu Monday afternoon, August 5, 2019,…

Over 100 Olango residents stranded at Angasil Port

Doris C. Bongcac 08/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  More than a hundred persons, who are bound for Olango Island, have remained stranded at the Angasil Port in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City. Mayor Junard Chan visited the port this afternoon and brought…

Family and friends commemorate second death anniversary of Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Boniel

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/07/2019

Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu—Family and friends of slain Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Boniel took to the sea their anguish over the still unsolved murder case of the mayor, whose body has never been found since she was allegedly…

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