Fire destroys oil storage facility at Cebu City port

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Lesley Cara Delos Santos 12/05/2016

Fire hits a storage facility of Marca Leon Cooking Oil at Pier 4 in Cebu City damaging at least P10 million in property. Senior Fire Officer 3 Angelo Abellana said Cebu City Fire Department received the fire…

Youth ambassadors hold forum on West PH Sea

PR 11/03/2016

YOUTH and student members of Cebu Youth Ambassadors joined other student leaders, graduate students, and community youth in a forum dubbed “Ato ni Bai!: Enhancing the Public Debate on the West Philippine Sea” last October 28. The…

Caveat emptor

Jobers R. Bersales 10/19/2016

Even as President Rodrigo Duterte hobnobs with the great Chinese “empire” albeit sans his appointed representative, the former president Fidel V. Ramos, we must also look to other possible allies as we seemingly veer away from the…

Cousteau visits PH, calls for conservation of Tañon Strait

PR 09/24/2016

OCEANA senior advisor Alexandra Cousteau visited the Philippines from Aug. 29 to Sept. 11 and met with Cebu local officials, civil society, business leaders and media to help promote Oceana’s campaigns against the twin bane of uncontrolled…

Groups’ call: Continue Pescador oil spill probe

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/12/2016

TWO environmental groups are encouraging government agencies and the local government unit of Moalboal to thoroughly investigate the minimal oil spill off the shores of Pescador Island. Vince Cinches, Oceans campaigner of Greenpeace, said that although the…

Vietnam urges China to move oil rig

04/09/2016

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam demanded yesterday that China remove an oil exploration rig from a sea area where the countries are still negotiating a delineation of control and stop complicating the situation with unilateral action. The oil…

Shipping firms reduce fare rates

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/29/2015

After reducing their passenger rates, members of the Visayan Association of Ferry Boat and Coastwise Service Operators (VAFCSO) are hopeful that passengers will appreciate their move. In an interview yesterday, VAFCSO president Alex Cohon said that the…

Chinese firm explores oil in Alegria

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/10/2014

Oil exploration in barangay Montpellier, Alegria town in southwest Cebu has started last Aug. 28. “We are expecting oil and gas from the site which will be for commercial use,” said Mayor Verna Magallon said. The oil…

Canada OKs oil pipeline to the Pacific Coast

06/18/2014

TORONTO — Canada’s government on Tuesday approved a controversial pipeline proposal that would bring oil to the Pacific Coast for shipment to Asia, a major step in the country’s efforts to diversify its oil exports if it…

Foreign firms step up Cebu oil search

Doris C. Bongcac 02/09/2014

Two foreign companies are now doing exploration works in southern Cebu to find oil that may help address the country’s quest for oil security, Department of Energy (DOE) regional director Antonio Labios said. Australian firm Gas2Grid Ltd.…

Tomorrow arrived yesterday

Juan Mercado 01/14/2014

The “cartographic”—what? “Cartographic aggression” is shorthand for redrawing maps to gobble up territory, writes Australian Sinologist Geremie Barmé. And last week’s region-wide protests over Beijing’s clamping of new fishing access rules, in disputed portions of the South…

Oil firms to roll back fuel prices today

Inquirer 01/13/2014

OIL firms operating in the Philippines are set to lower pump prices for the second week in a row amid lingering weakness in the price of refined petroleum products abroad. Petron, Shell, Seaoil, and PTT Philippines said…

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