TYPHOON OMPONG UPDATE: Tourism activities suspended in Cebu towns

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/13/2018

The Cebu Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) announced that the whale shark watching and island hopping activities in Oslob town are temporarily suspended due to Typhoon Ompong. The tourism office on its Facebook page stated that the Tumalog…

Provincial gov’t defends Oslob vs BIR’s tax claims

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/23/2018

THE Cebu Provincial Legal Office (PLO) has defended the municipal government of Oslob against the tax collection demands from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Lawyer Donato Villa of PLO, left for Manila on Thursday to personally…

Oslob LGU starts probe on resort’s collapsed elevator

Futch A. Inso 08/17/2018

Oslob Town Mayor Jose Tumulak disclosed they are now reviewing permits issued to Seafari Resort following the collapse of their elevator. At least four Chinese nationals were injured due to the incident. Tumulak said the town engineer…

Oslob officials to probe elevator accident

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/16/2018

The local government of Oslob is conducting an investigation to determine who should take liability for the elevator accident on Wednesday morning (August 15). At least four Chinese nationals were injured due to the incident. Oslob Mayor…

DENR to finalize assessment of structures in Oslob coastal areas

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/19/2018

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) will finalize its assessment of structures built on the coastal areas in Oslob town to determine if its owners violated the 20-meter easement zone. Oslob Mayor Jose Tumulak Jr.…

Oslob officials urged to limit daily sandbar visitors to 522

Jessa Mae O. Sotto and Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/08/2018

SUMILON IS. CLOSURE lauded Aside from the one-week closure for cleanup and rehabilitation of Sumilon Island, the Cebu Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) has recommended to the Oslob town government that the number of daily visitors especially in…

P4M police station in Oslob to boost security forces in Southern Cebu

Benjie B. Talisic 04/08/2018

The planned P4 million 2 story police station in Oslob town will be a big boost to the local government’s security forces in securing the southern part of Cebu especially as this is a tourist destination and…

3 dead, 4 hurt in 3 accidents

Rene F. Alima 03/08/2018

Compostela, Minglanilla, Oslob Road accidents in two days in three towns in Cebu claimed three lives and injured four others in a span of 24 hours. The first accident happened at Compostela town in northern Cebu where…

OFW from Oslob killed in Saudi trailer truck accident

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Raul Constantine Tabanao 03/05/2018

A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW), from Oslob town, southern Cebu, was killed in a road mishap in Shaybah, Saudi Arabia past 11 a.m., on Sunday. The victim was identified as Calixto Cabanlit, a trailer truck driver…

Paragliding in Oslob? Why not, says American expert

Rick C. Gabuya 12/26/2017

If you think Oslob town in southern Cebu is only for watching butandings (whale sharks) and dipping at Tumalog Falls, better think again. Because starting next year, a new kind of sport will invade the town’s exciting…

Minibus mishap in Oslob; 21 hurt

Rene F. Alima 10/14/2017

About 21 nuns and teachers of a Catholic school were injured when the minibus they rode in fell on its side along the national road of Barangay Catadman, Oslob town, located 118 kilometers south of Cebu City…

Nuns, teachers hurt after bus fell on its side in Oslob

Rene F. Alima 10/14/2017

CEBU CITY–At least 20 nuns and teachers from a private school were injured after their bus fell on its side in Oslob town, about 118 km south of here, early Saturday morning. Initial reports received by Oslob…

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