Capsized motor banca classified as colorum

Benjie B. Talisic 02/07/2018

PO2 Rodulf Alain Benolerao of Philippine Coast Guard Cebu Station (PCG Cebu) said that the motor banca MBCA Habagat-R is considered a colorum vessel based on their initial investigation. A motor banca capsized around noon on Tuesday…

Motor banca capsized in waters off San Francisco, Camotes

Futch Anthony Inso and Benjie Talisic 02/06/2018

A 2-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s drowned while 29 others were rescued after the motor banca they were riding on capsized off the waters of Camotes Islands in northern Cebu on Tuesday morning. Three…

MAO BA?

Editorial 11/25/2016

TEMPTING FATE They never learn. With the weather bureau raising storm signal no. 1 over northern Cebu on Thursday and the Philippine Coast Guard Cebu warning sea vessels not to sail, a motor banca filled with passengers…

Boat operators take Marina exam

Norman V. Mendoza 10/27/2016

THREE hundred motor banca captains and crew took their licensure examination for safety navigation conducted by the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) at the Angasil Port in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City yesterday. “We are looking at their efficiency…

PCG intensifies campaign against colorum motor bancas

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/16/2016

THE Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) has intensified its campaign against ‘colorum’ motor bancas in Cebu and the rest of the region. Commodore George Ursabia, PCG-7 district commander, said in a press conference yesterday that…

Dingdong proposed marriage twice to Marian

Maria Niza Mariñas, Orly J. Cajegas, Rob Gonzales 08/17/2014

It almost sounds like a publicity stunt when practically out of nowhere and three church visits after her audition for the role, Marian Rivera Gracia danced and charmed her way to be the Kapuso Network’s “Marimar,” the…

RAFI to provide bancas to affected fishermen in northern Cebu

Contributor 01/10/2014

THE Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) has responded to the call of the Cebu Provincial Board to provide pumpboats (motorized bancas) to the fishermen whose livelihood were affected by supertyphoon Yolanda. RAFI is now finalizing the proposal…

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