Capitol donates equipment, services to seven towns

Morexettte Marie B. Erram 09/18/2017

ABOUT P3.3 million worth of services and equipment for health, farming and fishing were donated to more than 1,000 beneficiaries in several towns of southern Cebu today. Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III and Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes…

Capitol sets 4th ‘Caravan of Services’ in Oslob

PR 09/15/2017

  The Cebu provincial government will bring its health, agriculture, social welfare, and environmental protection services to Oslob town, southern Cebu this September 16-18 in its 4th Caravan of Services. Capitol started the activity last year in…

Oslob loses heritage house

Inquirer.net 08/14/2017

  Not even the National Heritage Law (NHL) of 2009, national cultural agencies and a cease-demolition order from Mayor Jose Tumulak prevented the demolition of the Don Tio Bonpua heritage house in Oslob, Cebu. The house cum…

ARMED MEN SPOTTED ON OLANGO?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie Talisic, Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/20/2017

Government troops have surrounded a coastal village on Olango Island, 6.4 kilometers from Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island, after a resident claimed to have seen two armed men in the area past 2 p.m. on Thursday. When…

“Suspicious-looking” men held by police in Oslob

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/20/2017

CEBU CITY–Police have held for questioning six “suspicious-looking” men on board a van in Barangay Tan-awan, Oslob town, 121 kilometers south of Cebu City. Five of them are Muslims from Lanao del Norte while one is a…

1 dies in Santander road accident anew

Rene Alima 02/27/2017

A MOTORCYCLE rider died while his backrider was seriously injured after his bike collided with a Ceres bus on Sunday afternoon in Barangay Liloan, Santander, the southernmost town of Cebu. Ivan Viloria Ogoc, 20, of Consolacion town,…

Thai princess fulfills dream of swimming with whale sharks in Oslob

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/26/2017

  CEBU CITY—Even a visiting princess cannot resist the allure of swimming with famed whale sharks in Oslob town, 121 km south of here. Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana of Thailand and her party arrived in Barangay Tan-awan, Oslob…

The good friars of old Oslob

Jobers R. Bersales 02/22/2017

A brief unplanned stop at a church renovation project going nowhere somewhere in Western Cebu, I had a brief chat with one of the parishioners there that got me into thinking about how history will judge us…

2 die in road mishaps in south Cebu

Rene Alima 02/11/2017

TWO died while three others got injured in separate road accidents in the southern Cebu towns of Alcantara and Oslob. Joel Isugan, 50, of Barangay Palanas, Alcantara, was pronounced dead at the Badian District Hospital.Hospital PO1 Erwin…

Oslob controversies, ca. 1882

Jobers R. Bersales 02/01/2017

In 1882, Fray Gregorio Ros, OSA, parish priest of Oslob, answered a set of 81 questions that, like the previous set of articles on Toledo in this space last month, provides us today an intriguing glimpse of…

Chinese woman drowns in Sumilon

Rene F. Alima 01/27/2017

A 27-year-old woman from China died after she drowned while swimming in the seawater of Sumilon Island, Oslob town, southern Cebu last Thursday. PO2 Noel Mamali, police desk officer of Oslob Police Station, identified the victim as…

Foreign visitors dock in Oslob

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/16/2017

About 31 foreign visitors arrived safely in Oslob town in southern Cebu on board a colorum banca despite the heavy downpour and zero sea visibility, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Cebu station said yesterday. PCG-Cebu Commander Dionlett…

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