PAGASA issues gale warning to Samar, Southern Leyte areas

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/13/2018

  As Typhoon Ompong entered Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday (September 12), the state weather bureau has issued a gale warning prohibiting small vessels to travel in affected areas in the Visayas. Ompong, with a…

Gale warning lifted but seawaters still rough

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/21/2017

The gale warning hoisted over Cebu and Bohol has been lifted, but several small vessels like fast crafts still canceled their trips on Saturday due to rough seas. The Cebu Station of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)…

Gale warning lifted but some trips canceled

Morexette Erram 10/21/2017

Even with the gale warning lifted over the islands of Cebu and Bohol, several fastcraft vessel trips were cancelled due to rough seas in several parts of the Visayas. The Philippine Coast Guard Cebu Station gave the…

8 vessels cancel trips out of Cebu over gale warning

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/16/2017

Eight inter-island vessels cancel their trips out of Cebu on Thursday morning due to the gale warning hoisted over the area. Apprentice Gerald Medina of Philippine Coast Guards (PCG) in Cebu said the vessels that cancelled their…

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…

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,…

Sixteen vessels barred from travel

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/17/2017

SIXTEEN vessels in Cebu were not allowed to sail on Tuesday after the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa issued a gale warning for Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor. Commander Dionlett Ampil of the Philippine Coast…

Cargo ship warned: Don’t leave Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/29/2016

THE commander of the Cebu Station of the Philippine Coast has warned the ship captain and the crew of LCT Nicia of Asian Shipping Corp. not to leave Cebu unless the shipping firm had settled the damage…

More than 5K delegates attend Youth Day

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Vanessa Claire Lucero 01/28/2016

BEVERLY Cabrera was with 30 youths from the San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral parish in Surigao City on board a passenger vessel bound for Cebu City when state weather bureau Pagasa raised a gale warning. They got…

Sea trips resume in Cebu as gale warning lifted

Jhunnex Napallacan, Mike Laurence V. Lumen 01/28/2016

SEA trips for Bohol and other parts of Cebu and Central Visayas resumed at past 5 p.m. yesterday after the state weather bureau Pagasa lifted the gale warning over these areas. A fast craft operator at Pier…

Pagasa lifts gale warning in Central Visayas

Jhunnex Napallacan 01/27/2016

Sea travel to Bohol and other parts of Cebu and Central Visayas resumed past 5 p.m. on Thursday after the weather bureau lifted the gale warning. A fast craft operator at Pier 1 in Cebu City immediately…

Delegates cancel island hopping due to bad weather

Jhunnex Napallacan 01/27/2016

Bad weather forced some delegates of the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) to cancel island hopping activities, according to Cebu Coast Guard Station commander Agapito Bibat. Bibat said some of the delegates had package tour with the Department…

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