Watch towers, radars in Cebu for vessels plying Mactan Channel

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/15/2016

TRAVELING via the Mactan Channel will be a lot safer as the Philippine Coast Guard completes installation of its three radars and control towers next year. “All the vessels coming in and out of the (Mactan) Channel…

‘Carina’ brings more rain but no gale warning yet

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 07/29/2016

Expect more rain in Cebu as the southwest monsoon, or Habagat, is expected to be intensified by tropical depression “Carina” (international name Talim) yesterday morning. “Carina” was spotted at Borongan City, Eastern Samar with maximum winds of…

Motorboat encounters engine problem, 167 passengers rescued

Jhunnex Napallacan 05/08/2016

( WATCH: Nacy Orello interviewed by CDN correspondent Jhunnex Napallacan. She was on her way to Inabanga, Bohol when the incident happened. Video by Jhunnex Napallacan) The Coast Guard rescued at least 167 passengers including six infants…

Ship’s 8-hour arrival delay to be probed

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/18/2016

The Cebu Station of the Philippine Coast Guard will look into the cause of the 8-hour delay of the arrival of a Cebu-based shipping passenger vessel from Cagayan de Oro City to Pier 5 in Cebu City…

Ill-fated vessel sinks deeper at Lauis Ledge

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/05/2016

NEARLY three years after it sank, what  remained of MV St. Thomas Aquinas of 2GO Shipping Lines has yet to be recovered from the Lauis Ledge in the waters off  Talisay City. “So far, dili kagawas ang…

Coast Guard warns ship firms against overloading

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/22/2016

The Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station warned shipping firms and banca operators not to overload their vessels and sea craft with passengers headed to their individual destinations  during the Holy Week. Commander Agapito Bibat, Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station…

Coast Guard deputy chief orders probe on Romblon collision

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/13/2016

Rear Admiral William Melad, deputy commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), said he directed the PCG station in Romblon to investigate the collision between a fishing boat and a shipping vessel in the water off the…

LET’S DO FERRY

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Vanessa Lucero, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/09/2016

Marina opens application for  more ferry operators More ferries are set to ply the Mactan Channel as an immediate solution to the horrendous traffic along the major roads and on the two bridges linking Mandaue City on…

Cargo vessel runs aground off Ouano wharf

Nestle L. Semilla 01/13/2016

A cargo vessel carrying 15 20-footer container vans ran aground on Wednesday in the waters off Ouano wharf, Mandaue City, Cebu. Super Shuttle 10 came from its docking area at the Ouano Wharf and was heading to…

Flood warning lifted in Cebu; Van skids in wet road, 2 hurt

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 12/20/2015

An L300 van skidded on the wet road during yesterday’s rains and hit a  parked multicab in  the upland barangay of Babag 2,  Cebu City. Two of the 18 van passengers were injured. They were taken to…

RESCUED

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/18/2015

Motorbanca capsizes at midnight; all 28 persons saved but rescuer loses foot A rescue in rough waters took place almost eight hours after a motorbanca capsized off waters  between Liloan town and Camotes Island, north Cebu last…

Imprisonment, fines await owner, crew of seized banca

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/11/2015

Criminal charges await the owner and  crew members of a motorized banca that was seized in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City for transporting sacks of prohibited species of seashells. Jovilito Beñanel, owner of MB Josevel Joy 4, may…

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