Bantay Dagat tells fisherfolks, fish dealers to register their gears, vessels

Kim Ablaña 03/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An official of Cebu City’s Bantay Dagat Commission (BDC) is urging fisherfolks and fish dealers to comply with the mandatory registration of their fishing vessels and gears. Lawyer Ernesto Jose Rama, the BDC…

Bantay Dagat revived in Lapu-Lapu to address illegal fishing in city’s seas

Futch Anthony Inso 06/27/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Bantay Dagat group has been revived in Lapu-Lapu City to address the resurgence of illegal fishing activities in the city’s coastal waters. This was confirmed by Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan, who revealed…

Cebu City Bantay Dagat Commission to establish fishermen’s cooperative

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 07/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Bantay Dagat Commission is working on establishing a cooperative for all the fishermen in the City to help improve their access to government aid and programs. According to the City’s…

Bantay Dagat volunteer found dead in fish cage in Borbon

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 11/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Borbon police are still waiting for the autopsy results of the victim to find out what really caused the death of a Bantay Dagat volunteer, who was found dead after he was believed…

Bantay Dagat to sue 3 persons caught transporting blasted fish in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Bantay Dagat will be filing charges against three individuals who were caught transporting blasted fish into the city. Ariel Yburan, Bantay Dagat head, told CDN Digital, that they caught the three…

Medellin personnel, PNP return tortoise from Quezon Province

Doris C. Bongcac 07/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – – The municipality of Medellin in northern Cebu returned to sea earlier today, July 1, a young tortoise that was washed into the coastal areas of Barangay Daanglungsod. The tortoise was found with…

Dead suspected bottlenose dolphin found floating off Asturias’s sea

Raul Constantine Tabanao 06/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A suspected bottlenose dolphin was found dead and floating on sea near the shores of Barangay Poblacion in Asturias, a town at least 74 km northwest of Cebu City,  on Saturday afternoon, June…

Police: Body found in waters between Cebu and Negros is not Gisela

Carla P. Gomez 07/01/2017

  It is definitely not the body of missing Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Bendong-Boniel. This was the clarification issued tonight by Chief Inspector Rollie Poldevilla, the police chief of Escalante City in Negros Occidental, amid speculations that…

Living and loving the law

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/10/2016

His gentle demeanor and frail-looking appearance belie the steely inner strength and fierce determination to implement our largely lying “in the doldrums” fisheries and other environment laws. As Bantay Dagat (sea guardian), he holds sacred his pledge…

Bantay Dagat men sought

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/04/2016

Bantay Dagat volunteers of Daanbantayan town, north Cebu yesterday sought the dismissal of the case filed against them by two commercial fishing boat captains whom they took into custody last year. Seven members of the group named…

Bantay Dagat fishers seek dismissal of raps

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/20/2015

BANTAY Dagat volunteers of northern Cebu asked the court to dismiss complaints against them, saying these were filed to harass and intimidate them into silence. Nine respondents, including former Capitol security chief Loy Madrigal, filed counter-affidavits to…

Cebu City crafts own shark law

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/16/2015

TO ESTABLISH the entire Cebu island as a shark-friendly destination, the Cebu City government is drafting an ordinance that would protect one of the “most misunderstood” sea creatures. Cebu City Councilor Nida Cabrera, chair of the committee…

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