Bohol LGUs told: Protect marine resources, learn from Panglao’s experience

Doris C. Bongcac 11/28/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Learning from the experience of Panglao town, localities in Bohol province are told the importance of having regulations being set in place before they should start to accommodate divers and other tourists in their…

Zamboanguita, Dauin to host 2022 Dive7 Festival

Doris C. Bongcac 07/24/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – International and local scuba divers and enthusiasts are expected to convene in the municipalities of Zamboanguita and Dauin in Negros Oriental for another big dive scheduled from July 28 to 31, 2022. And…

Ray of festive cheer: Santa Claus feeds the fish in Berlin

AP 12/16/2019

Santa has taken a dive in Berlin. A diver dressed as Father Christmas — and a companion dressed as an angel — descended into the tank at the Sea Life aquarium in Berlin on Thursday to offer…

Lapu-Lapu City Hall warns dive group on coral damage

Futch A. Inso 04/24/2018

The Lapu-Lapu city Government has called the attention of Blue Coral Scuba Diving Tour and School in Barangay Maribago, after its pumpboat’s anchor caused coral damage last Sunday, last Sunday (April 22). Earlier, a certain Tim Consul…

Team’s last dive? Search for Gisela shifts to Camotes

Norman V. Mendoza, USJ-R Intern Patricia Erlaine N. Luardo 07/13/2017

ONE more day. The search for Gisela’s body will move to Camotes Island area where it will probably be their last dive. Senior Supt. Rommel Cabagnot, Lapu-Lapu Police Station chief and the head of the search and…

Final dive to search for Gisela on Tuesday — Lapu cop chief

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Norman V. Mendoza 06/24/2017

WITH no body of Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Bendong-Boniel found after a half a month of scouring the seas of Caubian Island and with resources running out, the head of the search and retrieval operations said that…

HUDSON RIVER, CHECK

Glendale G. Rosal 05/15/2017

‘Pinoy Aquaman’ conquers freezing waters in New York Boholano Ingemar Macarine logged another historic feat last Sunday as he became the first Asian to swim non-stop for 8.4 kilometers in the freezing Hudson River in New York,…

Compromise reached on Monad Shoal damage

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/21/2016

The Cebu provincial government and other entities that suffered damage after the cargo vessel MV Belle Rose ran aground in the waters off Daanbantayan town last week have formally agreed to settle the matter amicably and allow…

3 Koreans missing after dive

Apple Ta-as, Nestle L. Semilla 07/05/2015

Three Koreans went missing after a dive off Punta Engaño in Lapu-Lapu City, Sunday. The foreigners started diving at around 11 a.m. but were not able to ascend as scheduled at 3 p.m according to Chief Insp.…

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