Coast Guard to cancel sea trips in Cebu

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/12/2018

  All sea trips in Cebu will be cancelled on Thursday (September 13). 12 noon in anticipation of Ompong. The Philippine Coast Guard made the announcement on Wednesday (September 12). On the other hand, Al Quiblat Jr.,…

Biofence use seen to prevent garbage from flowing to sea

Delta Dyrecka Letigio USJ-R Journalism Intern 09/06/2018

The Cebu City Environmental and Natural Resources Offices (CCENRO) will be putting up biofences on rivers and creeks to prevent garbage from reaching the coastal area. CCENRO officer-in-charge Nida Cabrera, said that biofences are made of recycled…

With rising sea levels, Bangkok struggles to stay afloat

AFP 09/02/2018

BANGKOK — As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a…

FIRE AT SEA

MAO BA? 09/02/2018

No one was hurt during the engine fire that hit a vessel that came from Tagbilaran, Bohol on Sunday morning, Sept. 2 and relief over this news was shared online. Annabel Carmona wrote, “Thanks God they are…

No more smoking, drinking at Boracay white beach

Inquirer.net 08/28/2018

DOT chief also says ‘LaBoracay’ parties no longer allowed Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said smoking and drinking in public places would be banned in Boracay. “Definitely no more smoking and drinking sa white beach.…

Sea ambulances to transport patients from islands to mainland Cebu hospitals

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/13/2018

At least two sea ambulances are targeted by the Cebu Provincial Government to materialize this year. The water-emergency vessels will dock in Camotes and Bantayan islands, Cebu. Dr. Rene Catan, head of the Cebu Provincial Health Office…

Small fishers warned: Be extra careful when going out to sea

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/05/2018

FISHERMEN using small fishing boats in the Visayas are cautioned from going out to sea amid the prevailing weather systems in the country in the next three days. Al Quiblat, chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and…

Boat passengers survive capsizing of banca at sea

Norman V. Mendoza 07/16/2018

ABOUT 30 passengers of a motorized banca survived after their seacraft capsized near Sta. Rosa wharf in Olango island, Lapu-Lapu City at 1:41 pm Monday, July 16. Jun Lariosa, desk of Lapu-Lapu City’s emergency response center, said…

No longer a cesspool, Boracay to reopen on Oct. 26 – Cimatu

Inquirer.net 07/13/2018

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has reaffirmed that Boracay Island would be reopened to tourism on Oct. 26. “I would like to say categorically that we will be opening Boracay [on] Oct. 26 … Categorically, I am saying…

TRAGEDY AT SEA

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Nestle L. Semilla and Benjie Talisic 07/04/2018

A birthday celebration turned into a nightmare for a family who lost three members who drowned after strong waves caused their motorized boat to capsize and sink in the waters off Alegria town, 115.8 kilometers southwest of…

Sta. Fe signs MOA with DENR to protect the sea

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/09/2018

IN HOPES that they will not suffer the fate that befell Boracay Island, tourism stakeholders and the local government unit (LGU) of Sta. Fe town in northern Cebu inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department…

Duterte ordered AFP to stop patrolling West PH sea — Alejano

Inquirer.net 06/09/2018

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to stop patrolling the controversial West Philippine Sea, according to Magdalo party-list Representative Gary Alejano yesterday. Alejano said that, according to his military sources, Duterte…

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