WHO WE ARE

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               LAHUG is one of Cebu City's bustling barangays. The new five-storey building with a facade of blue-tinted glass is believed to be the ONLY STATE-OF-THE-ART BARANGAY HALL in the country. And it also believes that LAHUG will easily become the future MAKATI OF THE SOUTH.
 
             It houses the Office of the Barangay Captain, Office of the Sangguniang Barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan, Lupong Tagapamayapa, Barangay Health Center, Dental and Maternity Clinic (with In-house Physician, Nurses and Midwives), a Deputized Post Office, Fire Sub-Station, Social Hall, Roof Deck, Tanod Headquarters and Computer Room. 

THE LAHUG BARANGAY HALL - the best-looking in the City, and perhaps the country.
 

ORIGIN

              Long before Spanish time, when Lahug was yet a forestland, insurrectors used to seek refuge in the heavily foliated trees. Spaniards could not penetrate the nearly inaccessible paths of the jungle but the natives could easily weave in and out of the way (Lahug-Lahug in Cebuano) this forest came to be known as Lahug-Lahug but with the peoples known for using shorter terms it became known as LAHUG.

HISTORY

               LAHUG is a saga of growth and expansion. The entire area was once covered by a vast expanse of towering trees which covered hundreds of hectares within the span of a lifetime, however, it has metaphor into an upper class suburban area. Before World war II the elite chose to reside in this quite and cool place. In the 1950's an intervening businessman built a fashionable suburban housing development project patterned after the San   Francisco's hillside homes - The Beverly Hills of Cebu. This classy residential district had come to mean the ultimate modern living. The view of the city from Beverly   Hills is superb. A radio-television network DYTV and Channel 13 is built atop Beverly Hills.

                Lahug used to be a by-word of local air travelers. It was in Lahug airport where Cebu was linked, axiomatically speaking to Manilaand other cities and provinces of the archipelago. In 1967 airport operations were transferred to Mactan Island owing to a bigger airstrip and to lessen the danger of airplanes crashes night in the heart of the city as Lahug Airportwas only a few kilometers from downtown Cebu. Lahug however was urained an alternate landing area for the Mactan international Airport. 

               When Lahug was yet forestland, insurrectors used to sank refuge in the numerous files of heavily-foliated trees. Spaniards could not penetrate the nearly inaccessible paths of the jungles. But the natives could easily weave in and out of the way (Lahug-Lahug in Cebuano). This forest came to be known as Lahug-lahug and with the peoples knack for shortening terms, in time came to be known as LAHUG