DENR to tap Oposa in filing case against resort

Peter L. Romanillos 06/30/2014

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will file a case against Marlin’s Beach Resort even though the  management told reporters it is willing to take down its seawall in Sta. Fe town, Bantayan Island. “Our…

Daanbantayan resort defies DENR

Peter L. Romanillos 06/23/2014

Agency  confirms CDN report on  Fe beach  encroachment, eyes legal action against Marlin’s Resort Legal action is being studied against a Sta. Fe beach resort that has “defied” a notice of the Department of Environment and Natural…

Truck with 14 cut-up thresher sharks for fishballs, tempura seized

Peter L. Romanillos 06/13/2014

Are you fond of street food like fried fish balls and seafood tempura? If so, chances are, you’ve tasted shark meat. A truck containing chopped bodies of at least 14 thresher sharks was apprehended Wednesday night in…

Daanbantayan town mayor irked by video of another shark sale in town’s public market

Marian Z. Codilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/11/2014

A female vendor holds up a juvenile shark, offering it for P200 in the wet market of Daanbantayan town, north Cebu. In the background, another female vendor walks by carrying a bamboo shark less than three feet…

DENR to warn 7 resorts in Sta. Fe to remove new ‘illegal’ beach structures

Peter L. Romanillos 06/09/2014

Waves lap up on the beach of Marlin’s Beach Resort in scenic Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island, a major tourist destination in Cebu. Instead of a wide expanse of white sand, the front of the resort has a…

DENR to check resorts in Sta. Fe, Bantayan as they’re too close to shore

Peter L. Romanillos 06/01/2014

Several resorts in Sta.Fe , Bantayan Island are back in the shoreline, even those whose seawalls were demolished in 2010 by a court order for violating a 20-meter public easement. This is already known by the  Department…

Bantayan resorts build back on no-build zone for coastal families

Peter L. Romanillos 05/30/2014

After typhoon Yolanda, a “no-build” zone  is supposed to keep coastal families from rebuilding their homes 40 meters from the shoreline. But in Sta. Fe town, whose   long shoreline of powdery white sand draws many tourists, several…

Bantayan’s carrozas survive storm

Peter L. Romanillos 04/21/2014

Bantayan Island, Cebu – When supertyphoon Yolanda struck last year, 25-year-old George Lawrence Pestaño Aloba said his personal safety was not his biggest concern. Aloba was more worried about the condition of his family’s life-size religious statues,…

North Cebu fishers get P33M in aid

Peter L. Romanillos 03/20/2014

Help is on the way for seaweed farmers and fisherfolks in northern Cebu four months after supertyphoon Yolanda swept away their aquatic farms and fishing gears. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-7 turned over P33…

As resorts still down, Mayor encourages tourists to try homestay in Sta. Fe

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/03/2014

Try homestay in Sta. Fe and enjoy its beaches. This is Sta. Fe Mayor Jose Esgara’s advice to tourists visiting the town as most of its beach resorts damaged by typhoon Yolanda have yet to be rehabilitated.…

Better life with the sea

Editorial 02/17/2014

The continuing recovery of fishing communities in the towns of Bantayan in northern Cebu is a cause for rejoicing and a source of inspiration for everyone hit hard by supertyphoon Yolanda. It was always of utmost importance…

Tourists with a purpose

Marian Z. Codilla 02/17/2014

With chisel and hammer,  American visitors Mike Herman and Eddie Leazer spent the morning helping repair a fisherman’s boat in barangay Okoy, Bantayan Island. The visitors were not ordinary tourists. The US Army Apache pilots had come…

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