P4M aid to give indigent patients in Bantayan town free boat ride to mainland Cebu hospitals

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Sick indigent patients in Bantayan town in northern Cebu, who would need to be transported by ambulance from the district hospital to a provincial hospital on mainland Cebu, would not have to worry…

URGENT FLOOD ALERT

Jessa Mae O. Sotto and Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/19/2018

TD Samuel to bring torrential rains; boat trips and flights are canceled As Tropical Depression Samuel poises for landfall, the state weather bureau issued an urgent flood alert as Cebu is expected to experience torrential rains tomorrow,…

Scavenger swims, gets boat fare for Bohol

Gerard Vincent Francisco and John Aroa 10/29/2018

With no money and no friends to help him in Cebu City, Ceferino Angco had no other way to visit his departed parents in Carmen town, Bohol province. No other way that is unless he swam the…

‘YOU DESERVE IT’

Glendale Rosal 10/05/2018

Mayor Osmeña promises new long boat, docking site for Cebu dragon boat team For the past couple of years, Cebu’s dragon boat teams have brought pride and honor to Cebuanos with very little support. Yesterday, the Cebuano…

Boat operators required to undergo drug testing

Norman Mendoza 10/03/2018

  The Lapu-Lapu City Tourism Office will require passenger boat operators and those who offer island hopping services, dive shops, water sports, and recreational activities to undergo drug testing. The requirement is intended to ensure the safety…

Mayor Osmeña offers SRP’s Pond A as docking site for Cebu Dragon Boat community

Doris C. Bongcac 10/02/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is offering the use of Pond A in the South Road Properties (SRP) as docking site for the Cebu Dragon Boat community. In a Facebook post Monday night, Osmeña said that he…

Dragon boat racing: Visiting teams make a splash in Argao

RABBONI BORBON 09/25/2018

Visiting teams came out strong in the Dragons in Argao 4 dragon boat race last Sunday at the rain-soaked Maayo Stay in Argao town, southern Cebu. The Bohol Paddlers-A put up a strong performance to rule the…

Number of strong teams is proof of growth of dragon boat racing

Rabboni Centino Borbon 09/14/2018

For Dragon Boat Cebu Central (DBCC) head Randy Su, things are looking bright for dragon boat racing as shown by its growth in the past years. “The growth of the dragon boat sports has been phenomenal,” said…

PH paddlers capture two gold medals in ICF world dragon boat championships

PR 09/14/2018

GAINESVILLE, Georgia—The Philippines snatched two gold medals in record-setting fashion during the opener of the prestigious 2018 ICF World Dragon Boat Championships at the Lake Lanier Olympic Park here. The national paddlers from the Philippine Canoe Kayak…

Fires hit ferry boat, shanty in Mandaue

Norman V. Mendoza 07/21/2018

Two fire alarms occurred today which consumed an old ferry boat docked at Pier 7 Mandaue reclamation area and a shanty at H. Cortes St., Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City. SFO1 Noel Codilla, Mandaue City Fire investigator said…

Boat passengers survive capsizing of banca at sea

Norman V. Mendoza 07/16/2018

ABOUT 30 passengers of a motorized banca survived after their seacraft capsized near Sta. Rosa wharf in Olango island, Lapu-Lapu City at 1:41 pm Monday, July 16. Jun Lariosa, desk of Lapu-Lapu City’s emergency response center, said…

Search resumes for 23 missing tourists in Thai boat tragedy

AP 07/07/2018

Phuket, Thailand — Divers who entered the wreck of a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern Thai resort island of Phuket described heart-breaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of…

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