Lapu-Lapu police chief aims for Olango Island’s barangays to be drug-cleared this year

Futch Anthony Inso 02/12/2019

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…

Lapu-Lapu police strengthen Olango Island security

Futch Anthony Inso 02/12/2019

  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.…

Lapu cops visit Olango Island for security check

02/11/2019

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…

Obon: Security personnel on standby for Sto. Visit to Olango Island

Futch A. Inso 08/19/2018

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…

Woman hacked to death by former live-in partner in Olango

Norman V. Mendoza 05/24/2018

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,…

Alcoseba makes waves in 6k debut of Olango Challenge

Mars G. Alison Correspondent 05/05/2018

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 Alcoseba, Manila’s Solita top 11th Olango Challenge

Mars Alison 05/05/2018

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…

Safety will be top priority in 11th Olango Challenge

James Nicole Franz R. Savellon 03/16/2018

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…

PBSP launches 11th Olango Challenge

James Nicole Franz R. Savellon 03/16/2018

The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) officially launched on Friday the 11th Olango Challenge at Pacific Cebu Resort in Barangay Suba Basbas, Lapu-Lapu City This open water swimming competition is slated May 5. The event aims to…

10 motorized boats ferry stranded passengers to Olango Island

Norman V. Mendoza 01/05/2018

Hundreds of passengers, who were stranded since Thursday (Jan. 4, 2018) at the Hilton wharf in Barangay Punta Engaño and Angasil wharf in Barangay Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, were able to cross the Hilutungan Channel to Olango…

Santa Claus came to Olango

Norman Mendoza 12/20/2017

Imagine a bunch of youngsters dressed as Santa Claus pedaling their bicycles around your neighborhood. For hundreds of children in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City, the excitement was hard to contain as 150 bikers swept through eight villages…

A CRY FOR JUSTICE

Ador Vincent Mayol, Norman Mendoza 06/14/2017

  Efforts to recover the body of Mayor Gisela Boniel of Bien Unido, Bohol may have to end next week. “We’re looking at a period of 15 days (since we started the search and retrieval operations last…

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