OPAV to inspect resorts in Bantayan, Camotes

Futch Anthony Inso and Jessa Mae Sotto, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle Semilla 05/04/2018

Oslob town, which is famous for its whalesharks, may not be the only coastal town where illegal structures are built within the 20-meter easement zone. The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV), together with…

Mactan’s resorts, hotels still fully booked; Moalboal bans tents on its beach

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/14/2018

IT’S still a busy summer for hotels and resorts on Mactan Island even if findings from the Environmental and Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB 7) revealed high levels of fecal coliform contamination in the seawater around…

AFTER BORACAY CLOSURE IS CEBU READY?

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo, Jessa Mae Sotto, Morexette Marie Erram, Nestle Semilla 04/09/2018

Visayas remains safe but hotels, resorts may not have enough rooms for influx of tourists; DOT to local officials: Learn from Boracay One island’s loss is another island’s gain. The six-month closure of the renowned island-resort of…

Davide to check on emergency preparedness of Cebu resorts

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 04/02/2018

Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III will ask the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) to inspect resorts in the province to check their preparedness in responding to emergency. The…

Hotels, resorts ordered to comply with proper waste water management

Nestle L. Semilla 03/15/2018

The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) assured that hotels and resorts in Cebu are closely monitored as to their compliance of the environmental laws. However, establishments were…

Overdevelopment

Editorial 02/21/2018

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu’s visit to Cebu to reportedly oversee the inspection of the compliance of hotels and resorts to environmental safety standards should serve as both a wake up call and a constant reminder to these…

Cebu resorts told: Augment security

Morexette B. Erram 09/15/2017

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III wants private resorts to augment their security in the wake of the death of former Mandaue City councilor Beethoven Andaya. “We will beef up security there. It was on the news that…

House subpoenas chair of firm that owns Resorts World Manila

Inquirer.net 06/14/2017

The House of Representatives issued a subpoena for the chairperson of Travellers International Hotel Group, the company that owns and operates Resorts World Manila, the casino of which was attacked by a lone gunman last June 2.…

Pagcor suspends Resorts World Manila license

Inquirer.net 06/09/2017

The regulator of the Philippine gaming industry on Friday suspended the license of Resorts World Manila pending the results of a probe into the June 2 incident where a lone gunman shot up the casino hotel in…

Lone wolf in the Resorts World Manila attack

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 06/05/2017

New York — I happen to pass by the Big Apple on my way to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada for an international co-op management education program when I heard about the terror attack in Resorts World Manila.…

Clear and present danger

Editorial 06/02/2017

The lone gunman attack at the plush Resorts World Manila near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) may have sealed the deal for President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law throughout the country. And unlike the Marcos…

Unfortunate, avoidable accident

Editorial 02/03/2017

The death of a Korean tourist who died after he went parasailing with his wife in the waters of barangay Punta Engano, Lapu-Lapu City last Jan. 24 reminded us of yet another death of a Korean tourist…

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