MORE than 200 drug surrenderers from Olango Island have registered for the Lapu-Lapu City government’s cash-for-work program last Saturday. Mayor Paza Radaza visited and spoke to around 400 surrenderers in the island and expressed her gratitude to…
ONLY three pumpboat operators are allowed to ferry passengers from Angasil Port in Barangay Mactan, Lapu Lapu City to Sta. Rosa in Olango Island. Lawyer Jose Cabatingan, spokesman for the Maritime Industry Authority in Central Visayas (Marina-7),…
LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Paz Radaza offered the city’s two sea ambulance motorboats and rented two other big motorboats to transport passengers from Angasil wharf in Barangay Mactan to Olango Island and back. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)…
Olango Island turned into a sea of yellow as the Liberal Party held a rally in Barangay Talima Thursday. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza said holding the rally in Olango gave the residents an opportunity to participate…
Huge waves and a strong current made difficult a search for three Korean divers who went missing in the waters of barangay Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City last Sunday. “We arrived about 7 a.m. but the currents…
The policeman shot by a drunk man in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City died yesterday, Thursday, three days after the shooting incident. PO1 Richie Lodonia died at the Cebu Doctors’ Hospital where he was operated on to remove…
The police officer who was shot by a drunk man while watching a basketball game in barangay Sta. Rosa, Lapu-Lapu City is in a coma after he underwent surgery Monday night to remove a blood clot in…
‘Cruel’ work conditions at sea; trafficking raps filed against boat owner, recruiter in Lapu-Lapu For two months, the seas of Palawan were his home. After boarding a commercial boat with close to a hundred other men from…
Nearly 8,000 children from 11 barangays in Olango Island enjoyed the free rides offered during the Kiddie Land program held at the Mini Hoops Dome in barangay Talima, Lapu-Lapu City yesterday. Aside from the unlimited rides and…
It was supposed to be sweet victory for 15-year-old swimmer Michael Ichiro Kong. But a costly mistake cancelled his plans for celebration. Kong, an ace swimmer of the University of Cebu (UC) and the vaunted Cebu Blue…