LTFRB regional office to construct new building

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/21/2016

THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB 7) will soon have its own building in Cebu. Outgoing LTFRB 7 chairman Winston Ginez said a P70-million budget to be taken from the Department of Transportation and Communication…

Duljo-Fatima folk mum on Jaguar

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Edison Delos Angeles, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/20/2016

RESIDENTS of Barangay Duljo-Fatima remained mum over reports of the death of suspected drug dealer Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz who used to live in a compound in the area. A Cebu Daily News team was in Barangay Duljo-Fatima…

Capitol: Vessel won’t leave until damages are paid for

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/20/2016

Local officials don’t want the Panamanian-registered cargo vessel MV Belle Rose to leave the country after it was refloated yesterday. The refloating came eight days after the vessel ran aground in the waters off a famous dive…

MV Belle Rose refloated at Monad Shoal

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/20/2016

CEBU CITY—The Panamanian-registered cargo vessel that ran aground in a famous dive spot off Malapascua Island, Daanbantayan town in Cebu was refloated past 10 a.m. on Monday, after two days of slowly pulling it back to deeper…

Probe thresher shark deaths, BFAR asks Capitol, Moalboal

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/19/2016

CEBU province and the Moalboal municipal government should take the lead in investigating and stopping the killing of thresher sharks, an official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) said yesterday. “The Cebu province and…

MV Belle Rose moved backward

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/19/2016

The Panamanian vessel MV Belle Rose which ran aground off Monad Shoal in Daanbantayan has moved 85 meters backward, an official of the Malayan Towage and Salvaging Corp. and the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station confirmed yesterday. “The…

Thresher sharks killed in Moalboal by fisherfolk

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/18/2016

When people talk of diving in Cebu, Moalboal in the southwestern coast of the province often comes to mind for its colorful corals and rich marine life, which includes hundreds of thousands of sardines that have come…

Tide, broken pumps bar ship recovery

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/18/2016

The strong tide and malfunctioning ballast pumps kept a salvor company from moving the stranded Panamanian vessel MV Belle Rose away from Monad Shoal at Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu yesterday. Noel Kimmayong, marine superintendent…

Salvage operation for MV Belle Rose starts

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/18/2016

CEBU CITY—Three tugboats were used to pull back a Panamanian-registered cargo vessel that ran aground on the shoal off Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town, in northern Cebu. Two tugboats were at the back portion of MV Belle…

MV Belle Rose moved slightly away from shoal

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/18/2016

THE vessel MV Belle Rose was moved backwards by a salvor company that tried to pull it towards deeper waters Saturday morning. Noel Kimmayong, marine superintendent of Malayan Towage and Salvaging Corp. confirmed the development in a…

Salvors to refloat MV Belle Rose today

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/17/2016

The operation to remove MV Belle Rose from where it ran aground in Monad Shoal off famed Malaspascua Island will begin today amid efforts to protect the massive coral reef on which the 186-meter bulk carrier rests.…

Water sampling shows oil contamination in sea around Pescador Island

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/17/2016

THE seawater at Pescador Island, an islet along Tañon Strait and under the jurisdiction of Moalboal town in southwestern Cebu, was found to have been contaminated by an oil spill from a still unknown vessel. The results…

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