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Published April 26, 2021, 5:36 PM CEBU CITY – Mission accomplished. LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Junard ‘Ahong’ Chan greets Cleevan Kayne Alegres who arrived at the Liberty Shrine after swimming around Mactan Island. (Lapu-Lapu City PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Open-water swimmer Cleevan Kayne Alegres made history Monday when he became the first person to swim around Mactan Island. The 5’3” swimmer nicknamed “Little Merman” completed the lung-busting 42-kilometer swim in 17 hours, 37 minutes, and 35 seconds. The 25-year-old Alegres, a native of Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City, started swimm...

Published April 23, 2021, 3:54 PM LAPU-LAPU CITY – An open-water swimmer nicknamed “Little Merman” is all set for a gargantuan task. LITTLE MERMAN. Lapu-Lapu Mayor Junard Chan (left) with open water swimmer Cleevan Kayne “Little Merman” Alegres who will attempt to become the first and only swimmer to circumnavigate Mactan Island on April 25. (Calvin Cordova/Manila Bulletin) History beckons for petite swimmer Cleevan Kayne Alegres as he tries to become the first-ever to circumnavigate the Mactan Island. Alegres’ 42-kilometer swim will take place on April 25 which will be one of the...