1,700 stranded in Cebu

Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2017

At least 1,700 passengers, 13 vessels and 45 rolling cargo vessels were left stranded in Cebu as tropical depression “Crising” moved closer to Samar during the morning of Black Saturday. One of those stranded was Melissa Degamo,…

‘The Pieta’ keeps family together

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2017

Keeping the family tradition during the Holy Week holds their family together. During the Holy Week, the heirs of Perfecto Mabugat Sr. and Amalia Juarez are reunited in Barangay Poblacion, Bantayan town in northern Cebu to prepare…

Isla Music fest guests, organizers told: Keep trash or get penalized

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2017

SANTA Fe town officials are warning guests and organizers of the Isla Music Festival 2017 to keep their trash. “Clean as you stay and clean as you go,” said Santa Fe Mayor Jose Esgana after empty bottles…

Palma: We will defend the right of the church

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/04/2017

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has rallied behind Fr. Roy Bucag, parish priest of Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, who drew the ire of Mayor Jose Esgana last Saturday for organizing a dawn prayer rally opposing the town’s controversial…

Remove shuttle ferry at Sta. Fe island

12/02/2016

A PROVINCIAL environment officer is calling for the removal of the vessel which ran aground in Hilantagaan Island at the marine sanctuary of Sta. Fe town in northern Cebu at the height of typhoon Marce more than…

Man accused of raping five-year-old girl in Bantayan

Dominic D. Yasay 11/15/2016

A man was collared by the police after he allegedly molested a five-year-old girl at Sitio Biactus, Barangay Pooc, Santa Fe town in Bantayan Island past 3 p.m. today. Police immediately launched a hot pursuit operation against…

DTI allots P73M for ‘Yolanda corridor’ areas in northern Cebu

Dominic D. Yasay 10/26/2016

The Department of Trade and Industry in Central Visayas (DTI 7) is earmarking P73 million next year to help more micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in one city and 15 municipalities in Cebu that belonged to…

10 Cebu LGUs unite to protect Tañon Strait

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/31/2016

Ten local government units (LGUs) in Cebu have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Rare to protect the Tañon Strait from further degradation. The signatories of the agreement composed of mayors of Alegria, Aloguinsan, Badian, Bantayan,…

Getting over heartbreak, the ‘Camp Sawi’ way

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/28/2016

FIVE brokenhearted girls and a camp master in an island. This is the story of Viva Films’ newest movie “Camp Sawi” which revolves around the lives and loves of Gwen (Arci Munoz), Bridgette (Bela Padilla), Jessica (Yassi…

Sta. Fe mayor stands by his decision to distribute emergency shelter assistance to Yolanda victims

Carmel Loise Matus 08/26/2016

MAYOR Jose Esgana of Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island stood firm in his decision to distribute the emergency shelter assistance (ESA) to Supertyphoon Yolanda victims who already received core shelters from non-government organizations (NGOs). Esgana was earlier warned…

Small Bantayan entrepreneurs now have access to DTI services

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/22/2016

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on Bantayan Island will now have access to government services with the opening last week of a Negosyo Center in the town of Santa Fe. The center, located in the public…

Duterte’s liquor ban won’t affect Sta. Fe’s tourism industry — mayor

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/19/2016

THE planned nationwide liquor ban and curfew for minors, which presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte will implement when his term starts, will not affect the tourism industry in Santa Fe town in northern Cebu, a town mayor said.…

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