Pope guides locked-down world through virtual Easter

04/10/2020

VATICAN CITY—Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter Sunday celebrations held under a worldwide coronavirus lockdown. Fear and confusion in the face of a disease whose…

Badian LGU: ‘Arrested canyoneering guides in drug bust are not accredited’

Jessa Mae Sotto 07/12/2018

The local government of Badian has issued a statement clarifying reports concerning the two local guides who were arrested in a buy-bust operation last July 7. The statemen reads that the arrested 31-year-old Jejomar Divinagracia from Compostela,…

Provincial Tourism to screen local guides

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/09/2018

Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) chief has requested the local government of Badian to screen their local guides following the arrest of two canyoneering guides in a buy-bust operation last July 6. PTO Head Joselito “Boboi” Costas said…

Magpale: Amend tourism code as a way to punish erring guides

Jessa Mae O. Sotto and Rosalie Abatayo 04/12/2018

CEBU Vice Governor Agnes Magpale is planning to amend the tourism code especially in regulating local tour guides. This after she received reports that a local tour guide in Badian town groped a French tourist last Sunday…

18 Badian tour guides positive for illegal drugs

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 03/14/2018

At least 18 tour guides in Badian town tested positive for illegal drugs in a surprise drug test on Wednesday conducted by elements of the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO). All 18 have their tourist guide…

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