Chan and the rest of the candidates of Team Ahong-Team Libre won decisively in the May 9, 2022 elections, completely shutting out their opponents from Team Deretso led by Rep. Paz Radaza, who had challenged Chan for the mayorship.Vice Mayor Celedonio “Celsi” Sitoy was reelected, First Lady Ma. Cynthia “Cindi” King-Chan was elected Lapu-Lapu City […]
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President Duterte hails Lapulapu at 501st Victory of Mactan celeb
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Roa Duterte led the celebration of the “Adlaw ni Lapulapu: 501st Anniversary of the Victory at Mactan” at the Liberty Shrine in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City on Wednesday afternoon, April 27, 2022, marking the earliest recorded indigenous Filipino resistance to foreign intervention in 1521.The occasion also served to close the Mactan part of […]
Lapu mayor sued for purchase of ‘overpriced’ rice, solar lamps
LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan is facing three charges anew before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas, along with several city officials and private entities, for alleged involvement in the anomalous purchase of overpriced products in 2020.Four Lapu-Lapu City councilors and 10 other individuals, filed on Monday, April 25, 2022, cases of plunder, malversation of […]
Lapu-Lapu mayor to IATF: Ease city’s alert level to 1
LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to deescalate the city’s status from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 1, saying the city has already achieved the required vaccination ratio for senior citizens.Chan made the appeal before Health Secretary Francisco Duque III […]
LTFRB 7 approves Lapu-Lapu’s public transport plan
LAPU-LAPU City is the third local government unit (LGU) in Central Visayas to have its own Local Public Transportation Route Plan (LPTRP).This after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB) announced that it had approved Lapu-Lapu City’s LPTRP on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.Retired Col. Eduardo Montealto Jr., LTFRB 7 director, told […]
Olango sanctuary reopens
THE Olango Wildlife Sanctuary in Lapu-Lapu City has been reopened, and is now ready to accept tourists after months of closure due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the recent devastation caused by Typhoon Odette (Rai).Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan visited the sanctuary on Saturday, March 5, 2022 and unveiled a Ramsar marker that signifies the […]
Lapu-Lapu receives 20 generator sets
THE Hiyas ng Turismo Pilipinas Foundation donated 20 units of 7.5 kilovolt-amperes generator sets to the Lapu-Lapu City Government on Monday, Jan 24, 2022.Ronald Elpa, representing…
LCPO: Report death threats to police
THE Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) has urged those individuals who received death threats to seek assistance from the Philippine National Police (PNP).LCPO Director Col. Arnel…
Lapu councilors get death threats ‘after scrutinizing City’s budget’
TWO city councilors in Lapu-Lapu City claim to have received death threats after they scrutinized the City’s budget allocation and liquidation reports of the coronavirus diseas…
Lapu-Lapu City to accept applicants for free skills training
THE Lapu-Lapu City Government will start accepting applicants for its free technical skills training on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan announced on his Facebook pa…
Over 83K set to receive P5K cash aid from Lapu-Lapu City
THE Lapu-Lapu City government has already come up with a list of beneficiaries who are qualified to receive the P5,000 financial assistance from the city.A total of 83,941 persons…
17 of 30 Lapu chiefs ‘willing’ to help distribute calamity aid
SEVENTEEN out of 30 barangay captains in Lapu-Lapu City have expressed willingness to work with the city government in distributing the promised P5,000 cash aid to households affec…
Chan orders joint distribution of cash aid
LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has decided that the P5,000 cash assistance from the City for Typhoon Odette (Rai) victims will be distributed by both the City Social Welf…
‘Ahong’ eyes release of P5K assistance for Odette-hit families in Lapu this week
LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan is hopeful that the P5,000 financial assistance for the victims of Typhoon Odette (Rai) in the city will be released within this week.In a…
Lapu-Lapu Council’s calamity fund increase ‘invalid’
THE Lapu-Lapu City Council dominated by allies of Rep. Paz Radaza had no permission to add P66 million to the calamity fund intended for families affected by Typhoon Odette (intern…
Ahong wants to correct city’s name
LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan also wants to rename his city based on the correct spelling of the country’s first hero. Chan made the pronouncement just after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order (EO) 152, correcting that Lapulapu’s name should be spelled “Lapulapu,” not “Lapu-Lapu.” But the EO only refers to the hero and […]
DILG: Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue ‘achieve herd immunity’
THE cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue in Cebu have received the much sought after herd immunity against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. The two are among 23 highly urbanized cities in the country to have achieved the status. The others are San Juan, […]
Road accidents in Lapu not caused by drainage project, brgy. chief says
THE barangay captain of Maribago in Lapu-Lapu City clarified that the motorcycle incident that happened on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021 was not caused by a lack of barriers and early warning devices around an ongoing drainage project. In an interview with Sunstar Cebu, Barangay Captain Rosalino Abing said the motorcycle rider was trying to evade […]
BI nabs Lebanese in Lapu-Lapu
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested a Lebanese man in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu who now faces deportation. The bureau announced Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 that intelligence operatives from Central Visayas had arrested Lebanese Rabih El Acha Hassouneh, 43, in a restaurant in Basak, Lapu-Lapu City. A mission order had been issued against him by […]
DOH eyes Alert Level 3 for Lapu; Chan: ‘Unfair,’ Covid cases low
LAPU-LAPU City in Cebu has been put under monitoring by the Department of Health (DOH) and might be placed under Alert Level 3 after November 30 due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the area. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing Monday, November 22, that they saw a positive […]