Mandaue launches Task Force APAS to help solve flooding concerns

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/05/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue City Government has launched Task Force APAS (Atoang Problema, Atoang Sulbaron) to help solve the city’s flooding problems. In a press conference on Thursday, October 5, Mayor Jonas Cortes said the…

BFAR-7: Damage caused by Ursula in fishery sector reaches P14.98M

Futch Anthony Inso 12/28/2019

CEBU CITY,  Philippines — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has initially recorded P14.98 million worth of damage in the fishery sector due to Typhoon Ursula. BFAR-7 Public Information Officer Alma Saavedra…

Boy drowns in fishpond

Rene F. Alima 03/30/2017

A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy drowned in a fishpond after being left to the care of his mother’s friend at Barangay Poblacion, Boljoon town last Wednesday morning. PO1 John Rev Rebucato of the Boljoon Police Precinct said the boy’s…

Silot Bay rally to go on as scheduled

Doris C. Bongcac 02/09/2014

The removal of “markers” from Silot Bay in Liloan town won’t stop affected residents from staging protest actions against the Mendoza family. Elvira Arañas, whose family owns a nearby resort, said what they want is for Silot…

Tragedy of Silot Bay commons

02/07/2014

The Silot Bay issue in Liloan town is a problem with how commons are being appropriated by a few. The act of owning a part of the sea does not even qualify as feudalism,  although the element…

The legal battle to recover Silot Bay from private ownership of the Mendoza family isn’t over

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/06/2014

Liloan Mayor Duke Frasco told residents in a public forum he would support efforts to contest a 2007 decision of  the Supreme Court which affirmed ownership  rights of labor leader Democrito Mendoza over the bay, where Menoza…

Frasco hits Mendoza over ‘markers’ in Silot Bay

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/05/2014

The owner of Papa Kit’s Restaurant and Fishing Lagoon, Democrito Mendoza, a prominent labor leader told Lilo-an Mayor Duke Frasco that they were not fencing Silot Bay but only installed markers. But the mayor said such statement…

Dialogue on Silot Bay dispute to be held today

Peter L. Romanillos 02/05/2014

A dialogue between Liloan officials and the town’s local residents, fisherfolks and resort owners over the alleged closure of the controversial Silot Bay will be held today. Lilo-an Mayor Duke Frasco hopes the consultation will shed light…

Lilo-an folk protest fencing of Silot Bay by Mendozas

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carine M. Asutilla 02/04/2014

Is Silot Bay off limits? Fences have come up around Silot Bay in Liloan town in the past month, angering fishermen, a resort, and local residents. The move has revived a decades-long conflict over access to the…

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