CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Indigent” residents of Lapu-Lapu City will no longer need to pay for medical consultation and confinement in the two city-run hospitals. Lawyer Jeannify Tan-Dungog, the administrator of the two government hospitals, said consultation…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The City Fishery Aquatic Resource Management Council (CFARMC) in Lapu-Lapu has warned beachgoers to stay away from thimble jellyfish that is locally known as baso-baso. Orlando Leyson, CFARMC chairman, told CDN-Digital that they…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— A scene from a makeshift classroom under a mango tree started it all for the Philippine Business for Social Progress’s (PBSP) Olango Challenge. For 12 years now, Olango Challenge has been doing educational projects…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Casiaos, a family of nine living on the coasts of Pangan-an, an islet-barangay located four kilometers south of Olango Island, survive each day by harvesting seafood such as crabs and fishes from…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — All barangays in Olango Island will be drug-cleared within the year. Senior Superintendent Limuel Obon, Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) chief, told Cebu Daily News Digital in a phone interview on February 12…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are ensuring that Olango Island will continue to be a peaceful and safe place for its residents and for tourists as they implement measures to strengthen the security in the island.…
LOOK: Police Senior Supt. Limuel Obon and personnel from the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO) visited Olango Island earlier today, February 11, to ensure peace and order in islets located off Mactan Island. The visit was made…
More than a thousand personnel from the Philippine National Police, the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Navy, and the Regional Public Safety Battalion in Central Visayas (RPSB-7) were deployed to secure the visit of the miraculous image of…
A 32-year-old woman died after she was hacked to death by her former live-in partner in Barangay Santa Rosa in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City at 6 a.m. Thursday, May 24. Dolorosa Pogoy, a mother of four children,…
After she was not allowed to compete in the 6-kilometer distance last year due to age restrictions, Raven Faith Alcoseba, made the most of her debut this year by bagging the 6K competitive female title of the…
Cebu’s Raven Faith Alcoseba and Manila’s Jux Keaton Solita ruled the 6-kilometer competitive female and male categories, respectively, of the 11th Olango Challenge held at the Pacific Cebu Resort in Lapu-Lapu City on Saturday. Alcoseba climbed out…
ORGANIZERS are reassuring a safe race when the Olango Challenge kicks off its 11th edition at the Pacific Cebu Resort premises in Barangay Suba Basbas, Lapu-Lapu City on May 5. The race, which has attracted 900 swimmers…
