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The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry– Bantayan chapter called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to stop planting mangroves in seagrass beds in Bantayan town. In a resolution, the CCCI-Bantayan said the DENR mangrove-planting…
A PANEL of sanitation and health experts declared barangay Sillon in Bantayan island “zero-open defecation” or ZOD despite the lack of household toilets. After typhoon Yolanda in November 2013, several disaster response teams focused on sanitation. Islamic…
Several government agencies have yet to start implementing projects for victims of supertyphoon Yolanda which struck the country in November 2013. Only 32 percent or 697 of the total 2,185 projects in northern Cebu were completed while…
Provincial health officials will look closer into the death of a newborn baby admitted to one of Cebu’s district hospitals The baby was born prematurely at home before she was brought to the Bantayan District Hospital at…
Bantayan mayor surprised by photos of sharks sold in wet market Shark meat for sale in a wet market of Bantayan town in north Cebu has raised anew the challenge of enforcing a ban in Cebu province…
Ferry passengers from Cebu to Negros Oriental traverse the narrow but deep body of water dividing Cebu from the Negros provinces. Just like the tourists enjoying the famous dive spots in Moalboal and Bantayan, the whale and…
The Sta. Fe municipal government called on the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to investigate the absence of septic tanks in sea vessels plying the route from the mainland to Bantayan Island. Sta. Fe Mayor Jose Esgana said…
There’s a new getaway for beach lovers who are fed up with overcrowded island destinations. A private island across Sta. Fe town in north Cebu recently opened to guests who want to relax in its serene powdery…
A German tourist said he didn’t know that there was a law against accompanying minors when you’re not related to them. Herbert Major was arrested by police last Tuesday in San Remigio town, north Cebu. He was…
The Bureau of Fisheries and Agriculture is pushing for the fabrication of fiberglass palm boats instead of wooden bancas in northern Cebu. BFAR regional director Andres M. Bojos said they have, so far, trained 22 fisherfolk from…
Forty students and out-of-school youths from the towns of Daanbantayan and Bantayan underwent a three-day youth camp on disaster risk reduction and management. The activity was funded by the United Nation’s Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). It carried…
Police are investigating the circumstances behind the death of a 54-year-old German after she dived into the seawaters of Kalanggaman islet, Palompon, Leyte, Saturday morning. Bettina Kohl Dumke was scuba diving with her 54-year-old husband Karl-Erich in…
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