A mayoral candidate in Lapu-Lapu City received reportedly a death threat.

Police Lt. Col. Christian Torres, spokesperson of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office, confirmed that the mayoral candidate filed a police blotter at Police Station 2 on April 28, 2025 at around 3 p.m. on the death threat received through text message.

According to Torres, they conducted an investigation and coordinated with the Cybercrime Unit and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on the location and identity of the person responsible for the death threat.

The city police have also advised the candidate to coordinate with them on schedules, especially campaign sorties, so the police can provide security detail.

Meanwhile, Atty. Ann Janette Lamban, election officer of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Lapu-Lapu City, said that the reported threat does not become a basis yet to place the city under Yellow category in the election areas of concern.

Yellow category means an area has a history of political unrest.