Gale warning still up in Cebu, Central and Eastern Visayas

Rosalie Abatayo 08/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Several sea vessel trips in the Visayas were cancelled on Monday, August 5, due to unfavorable sea condition. At the Aduana Port in Cebu, five trips of Ocean Jet bound for Tagbilaran and…

Coast Guard: Five more sea trips cancelled

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Five more passenger vessels in Bohol suspended their trips bound for the cities of Cebu and Dumaguete on Sunday afternoon, August 4, due to rough sea conditions. The suspended trips were that of…

Pagasa ups gale warning; fisherfolk warned against going out to sea

Rosalie Abatayo 08/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fishing boats and small seacraft are discouraged from going out to the sea as the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) raises gale warning in the western seaboard of Luzon, eastern…

TD Samuel moves toward Surigao del Sur, gale warning raised in Eastern Visayas

and Morexette Marie B. Erram, Jessa Sotto 11/19/2018

Tropical Depression “Samuel” has maintained its strength as it moves toward Surigao del Sur on Monday, November 19. As of 7 a.m., the weather disturbance, with a maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (KPH) and…

Rescue operation ongoing for Bohol-bound ferry

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/20/2017

DEVELOPING STORY: A roll-on-and-roll-off (RORO) ferry bound for the town of Tubigon, Bohol is now being rescued after seawaters entered the vessel. The Cebu Station of PCG confirmed to Cebu Daily News that M/V Lite Ferry 26…

Boat trips cancelled due to big waves

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/20/2017

All small sea vessels in Central Visayas, with gross tonnage below 250, are prohibited from sailing as advised by the Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG – 7). PCG – Central Visayas officer Eljohn Morillo, however,…

Passengers stranded as vessels cancel trips

Fe Marie Dumaboc 02/14/2017

About 400 passengers were stranded at the ports of Cebu after twenty-nine vessels cancelled their trips starting Tuesday morning due to unfavorable sea conditions. John Manuel Alip, deputy station commander of PCG Cebu City, said that trips…

Tourist death leads to dive shop suspension

Norman V. Mendoza 01/26/2017

Acting Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Marcial Ycong is set to order the temporary closure of NTJ Water Sports Cebu based in Punta Engaño, Mactan, after the company figured in a parasailing accident which killed a tourist on Tuesday.…

Police set homicide charges vs parasailing firm workers, officers

Norman V. Mendoza 01/25/2017

CRIMINAL charges are now being readied against the parasailing provider that was responsible for the mishap that led to the death of a Korean tourist. PO3 Joseph Ruel Cutanda of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office homicide section,…

Naga City fishermen rescued in Bohol

Edison Delos Angeles, Rene F. Alima 01/25/2017

Two fishermen from Naga City were fished out of the waters of Tubigon town in the neighboring province of Bohol after their motor banca capsized at around 5 a.m. on Wednesday. Sulfecio Sasan, 44, and Jae Pugoy,…

Trips canceled due to strong waves

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 01/24/2017

Strong waves standing as high as three to four meters resulted in the cancellation of trips of 25 vessels which stranded hundreds of passengers in some of Cebu’s ports yesterday. Commander Dionlett Ampil of the Philippine Coast…

Gale warning issued over Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/24/2017

A gale warning was issued by the weather bureau for eastern coast of Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor on Tuesday morning. Vhan Singson, weather specialist of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Mactan said that sea…

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