Chan asks roro operator to send bigger vessels to ferry Olango Island residents

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/21/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Lapu-Lapu City government and a shipping company are now in talks for the possible upgrade of their vessels to ferry passengers from mainland Mactan to Olango Island even when there is a…

Lapu seeks deployment of commercial vessels to serve Olango Island residents

Futch Anthony Inso 08/10/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – City officials saw the need to already deploy commercial vessels weighing more than 250 gross tons that are capable of transporting Olango Island residents to and from mainland Lapu-Lapu City even when the…

Suspended boat trips due to gale warning now affecting 2,000 families in Olango Island

Futch Anthony Inso 08/09/2019

Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu—Around 2,000 families living in Olango Island, eastern Cebu are now affected as bad weather continue to suspend motorboat trips from mainland Mactan. Residents of the island are already experiencing shortage in food, medicine, and…

Coast Guard: Small seacrafts still not allowed to sail

Rosalie Abatayo 08/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard District Central Visayas (PCG-7) warns fishing vessels and small sea craft against venturing out in the sea. As of Wednesday morning, August 7, 2019, all motorbanca trips in Cebu…

Gale warning: Rough seas still expected in Cebu, parts of Visayas and Mindanao

Rosalie Abatayo 08/06/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The central and eastern seaboards of the Visayas and the Eastern seaboard of Mindanao continue to be under gale warning, based on the latest update from the Phillippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical…

Rough Seas: 4 from Olango Island transported to mainland Lapu for medical treatment

Doris C. Bongcac 08/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–While other travellers remained stranded in the different ports of Lapu-Lapu City, four patients admitted at the Olango Community Hospital in Olango Island were allowed to sail to mainland Cebu Monday afternoon, August 5, 2019,…

Rough Seas: Some trips from Cebu to Bohol, Leyte provinces cancelled

Rosalie Abatayo 08/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Some trips from Cebu to Bohol and Leyte provinces were suspended today, August 4, because of “rough sea conditions” in these areas. Lieutenant Junior Grade Michael John Encina, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast Guard…

Rough Seas: PCG rescues 130 passengers, 7 crew members from Getafe-bound fast craft

Benjie Talisic 06/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A fast craft that left the port of Cordova at 9:27 a.m. today, June 29, no longer made it to its destination in Getafe town in Bohol province after it encountered huge waves…

Passengers stranded because of rough seas

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 03/25/2018

Nearly 300 passengers were stranded at Cebu ports on Sunday after some shipping companies canceled their trips because of the rough seas. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa Mactan), issued a gale warning for…

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