200 drug surrenderers register for Lapu’s cash-for-work program

Norman V. Mendoza 10/05/2016

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…

Marina: Only 3 pumpboat operators allowed to ferry passengers for Olango

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 09/17/2016

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 offers boats to carry passengers affected by PCG’s ‘anti-kolorum’ drive

Norman V. Mendoza 09/17/2016

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)…

LP holds rally in Olango

Norman V. Mendoza 03/05/2016

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…

Big waves slow down search for 3 Korean divers; dive shop closed

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan, Norman V. Mendoza 07/07/2015

  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…

Lapu cop shot by drunk man dies

Jhunnex Napallacan 05/22/2015

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…

Cop shot in Lapu falls into coma; colleagues raise funds

Jhunnex Napallacan 05/20/2015

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…

Mactan’s muro-ami men

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/23/2015

‘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…

Gifts, free rides for Olango kids at Kiddie Land

Norman V. Mendoza 12/22/2014

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…

COSTLY MISTAKE: Kong finishes first in Olanggo Challenge but loses due to technicality

Dale G. Rosal 05/17/2014

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…

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