Woman rescued from hostage taker

Norman V. Mendoza 09/28/2016

POLICE rescued a woman who was held hostage by her neighbor at Barangay Punta Engaño at past 8 pm Tuesday. Jessica Llait, a 44-year-old resident of Sitio Kalipayan, Barangay Punta Engaño had to endure more than an…

Lapu-Lapu brgy exec wants NBI to reinvestigate son’s death

Apple Ta-as 03/09/2016

More than two weeks after her son was found dead in a motel in Cebu City, a barangay councilwoman in Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City is asking for a reinvestigation on suspicion that her son was killed. Josie…

Fil-Japanese found dead inside motel room

Apple Ta-as 02/24/2016

A TRAIL of blood that ended in one of the rooms of a motel along General Maxilom Avenue in Cebu City led employees to discovering the remains of a Fil-Japanese late Tuesday evening. Hidezo Andong Hayashi was…

Suaco-Macachor wedding Jan. 9

Jaime Picornell 12/31/2015

SET for Saturday, Jan. 9, at 3:30 p.m., is the marriage of Rhoda Angelie Macachor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronolfo Macachor, to Jose Luis Cañizares Suaco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Arturo Suaco, at Chateau…

Lumber seized in Lapu-Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 12/12/2015

AUTHORITIES seized 395 pieces of Lawaan lumber in barangay Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City. The pile of lumber was found by the shoreline which was part of a property owned by businessman Ben San. Fehl Cabarse, caretaker of…

Woman survived by clinging to buoy; 3rd diver found dead

Jhunnex Napallacan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Norman V. Mendoza 07/09/2015

A fisherman found female Korean diver Kim Eun clinging to a buoy near San Francisco town in Camotes Islands about two days after she and two other Korean divers went missing in Punta Engaño, Mactan. Korean Consul…

KOREAN DIVERS FOUND ALIVE

Jhunnex Napallacan, Norman V. Mendoza 07/08/2015

One still missing; two divers found drifting near Camotes Two of the three Korean divers who went missing off Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City last Sunday were found alive near the shores of barangay Himensulan, San Francisco town…

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…

Pre-reclamation work starts

Norman V. Mendoza 04/23/2015

Pre-reclamation activities for a P20 billion Mactan-North Reclamation Development Project  have started along barangays Ibo, Buaya, Mactan and Punta Engaño. Hole boring to determine the terrain and what areas need backfilling is being conducted offshore. The developers…

Eco-tourism park opens in Olango

Norman V. Mendoza 12/14/2014

Camp sites on the beach and trekking along the mangroves are  offered at the  new nature park  which opened last Friday in Olango Island in Lapu-Lapu City. Only 20 minutes away by pump boat from Punta Engaño,…

‘Prep work in place for Ironman’

Dale G. Rosal 07/28/2014

An ocular inspection of the entire 90-km bike route for the Cobra Energy Drink Ironman 70.3 Philippines had organizers saying that everything’s in place for the Aug. 3 opening day. Cebu Provincial Administrator Mark Tolentino said the…

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