EO against coronavirus issued: Daanbantayan resorts’ frontliners should wear face masks

Doris C. Bongcac 01/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Front desk employees of the different resorts in Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town in northern Cebu will now be required to wear face masks while attending to their respective works. Mayor Sun Shimura…

Motor banca capsizes near Capitancillo Islet; PCG rescues divers, banca’s crew members

Doris C. Bongcac and Benjie Talisic 07/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Philippine Coastguard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) rescued 20 local and foreign divers and three crew members after the motor banca which they boarded capsized near Capitancillo Islet in Bogo City in northern…

Boat capsizes while on Bogo City waters; PCG rescues 13 divers, 3 crew members

Benjie Talisic 07/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A boat carrying local and foreign divers coming from Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town capsized while on the waters off Bogo City in northern Cebu earlier today, July 8. Lieutenant Junior Grade Michael…

Malapascua residents to get rid of Crown of Thorns” starfish

Jessa Sotto 10/15/2018

Volunteers and the local community in Malapascua Island, Cebu will join forces to get rid of the “Crown of Thorns” (COT) starfish that affects local reefs in the island on Saturday (October 20). Kelsey Madison, site manager…

Some netizens seek revival of death sentence for ‘Savage girl’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/27/2017

The story of of the arrest of 23-year old ‘savage girl’ Liezyl Margallo drew so much outrage, and equal amount of hate, in the internet that many have started calling on the government to revive the death…

Malapascua resident aghast that a “vile” woman hid in their paradise island

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/27/2017

“Who would have thought an innocent looking young girl is the same person accused of committing vile crimes?” This was the reaction of Sonia de Dios, who saw Liezel “Gina” Margallo on Malapascua Island. Margallo, 23, who…

‘SAVAGE GIRL’ FALLS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/26/2017

Liezyl Margallo, at 23 years old, looks like any normal Filipina you meet in the street. Behind that seemingly innocent look, however, lurks a very disturbed and monstrous past that kept her on the run for nearly…

Woman wanted in Mindanao for human trafficking nabbed in Cebu

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/26/2017

  Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested a Filipina with pending 16 arrest warrants in Cagayan de Oro City for allegedly luring street children into her fold and then forced them…

Kandaya Resort gets a big slice of foreign tourists

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/19/2016

ALMOST two years after its launch in November 2014, Kandaya Resort in the northern Cebu town of Daanbantayan has gained the attention of a diverse mix of international visitors. Fritz Sommerau, resort general manager, said around 28…

PB’s call: File cases against fishers who killed thresher sharks

Nestle L. Semilla 09/26/2016

THE Cebu Provincial Board is asking the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Visayas (BFAR-7) to file appropriate cases against the 13 fishermen who killed 19 thresher sharks…

Loot: Island off Malapascua a dive spot, not a shabu lab

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/11/2016

Known for its underwater cave and being a habitat of diverse marine species like sea snakes, white tip and marble ray sharks, Isla de Gato is an enchanting islet. Less than 3,000 square meters in size, it…

No final compensation amount yet for damaged Monad Shoal

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/11/2016

Although the owner of MV Belle Rose has guaranteed a maximum payment of US$ 1.5 million to pay for damages caused when the vessel ran aground in Monad Shoal off Malapascua Island, it is still not the…

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