Nine guides, operators, motorcycle drivers tested positive for drug use

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/12/2016

At least nine tour guides, operators and habal-habal drivers in the southern town of Badian have tested positive for illegal drugs use according to the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO). Carmen Remedios Durano-Meca, CPADAO head, said…

Badian operators, lose P500K daily, urge Capitol to finish canyoneering rules

06/18/2016

A CANYONEERING operators group in Badian town in southwestern, Cebu, is calling for the guidelines of the tour operators’ accreditation to be done as soon as possible so that they can have their businesses accredited with the…

DOT accreditation for canyoneering operators – expert

06/17/2016

TOUR operators at Alegria-Badian canyoneering area will soon be required to secure accreditation from the Department of Tourism (DOT) to hold canyoneering activities there. Ecotourism consultant Joselito Costas of the Cebu Investments Promotion Office (CIPO) said the…

Tour operators welcome order to suspend canyoneering

Carmel Loise Matus, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/01/2016

Tour operators have welcomed the suspension of canyoneering activities by the Cebu provincial government. Alice Queblatin, Tourism Congress vice president for travel and tour groups for Visayas, said the suspension is a welcome development in order for…

Suspension eyed for canyoneering in southern Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/24/2016

THE Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) will recommend that canyoneering activities in the towns of Alegria and Badian in southern Cebu be suspended starting June 1 until regulations are put in place to ensure…

8 towns, 1 city identified as prone to landslides

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/18/2016

The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has identified eight towns and one city in Cebu which are at risk of floods and landslides once heavy rains start to come due to La Niña.…

Korean mauled outside Badian resort

Apple Ta-as 04/23/2016

A Korean tourist was mauled at the shores of barangay Lambug, Badian town in southwest Cebu last Thursday evening. Police identified the 41-year-old tourist as Jung Kyu Lee, an guest of Green Island International Golf and Resort,…

5 Southern towns losing crops

Sheila Mae Gumapon 04/06/2016

The intense heat brought about by the El Niño phenomenon has affected the production of vegetables of the upland barangays in at least five towns in the southern part of Cebu province. “These places are from the…

Post funeral accident kills 3, hurts 15 in Alegria, Cebu

Rene F. Alima 02/22/2016

A group of mourners heading home after attending a funeral ended up losing three of their companions in an accident along a mountain village in the town of Alegria in southern Cebu province on Monday, police said.…

Marijuana planter arrested

Rene Alima 11/21/2015

A 49-YEAR-OLD man was arrested for cultivating marijuana  in a secluded area in Badian town, southwest Cebu last Thursday. Police identified the suspect as Oscar Dioquino. Badian police led by Senior Insp. Henry Obeso rushed to sitio…

Treasurer sued for missing funds

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/13/2015

The barangay treasurer of Manduyong, Badian town in south Cebu is facing trial for allegedly misappropriating P328,293.84 in government funds four years ago. The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas indicted  Apolinaria Ferrolino for  malversation of…

Capitol to train guides for safety of tourists

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/30/2015

  IT’S time for local government units to impose strict policies on tour guiding in Badian and Alegria, Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale said. Magpale, chairperson of the Provincial Board Committee on Tourism, said there is a need…

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