Sharks, Bulldogs off to solid starts

Rabboni Centino Borbon 03/04/2017

THE Sharks and the Bulldogs got off to hot starts as they beat separate opponents at the start of the Elite Basketball Club-Cebu Season 8 last Friday night at the Visayan Glass Gym in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu…

City to protect shark, ray species

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/15/2016

At least 100 pro-shark advocates marched to Cebu City Hall on Tuesday morning to meet with Mayor Tomas Osmeña to get the city’s commitment to protect all shark species. The group led by Vince Cinches of Greenpeace…

PB’s call: File cases against fishers who killed thresher sharks

Nestle L. Semilla 09/26/2016

THE Cebu Provincial Board is asking the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Visayas (BFAR-7) to file appropriate cases against the 13 fishermen who killed 19 thresher sharks…

Sharks tear Jaguars in Elite

Rabboni Centino Borbon 06/06/2016

JULES Asignar scored 24 points, 12 in each half to help the Sharks remain in the unbeaten zone of the Elite Basketball Club Cebu’s sixth season last Sunday at the Visayan Glass Gym in Guadalupe. The Sharks…

250 kilos of illegally caught fish seized off Kinatarkan

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/28/2015

About  250 kilos of assorted fish including three juvenile sharks were seized from two commercial fishing boats  off Kinatarkan Island in Sta. Fe town, northern Cebu last Wednesday. The fishing boats AC and JSV 2 were found…

PB amends fisheries ordinance

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/30/2015

CEBU province moved one step closer to fully protect sharks in the waters of Cebu. The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) last Monday approved on second reading an amendment to a 2012 fisheries ordinance to include a ban…

Shark, ray sanctuary in Daanbantayan set up

07/03/2015

Daanbantayan Mayor Augusto Corro signed an executive order last June 2 creating the shark and ray sanctuary in Monad Shoal and Gato Island off Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan. The shark and ray sanctuary is the first of…

Ordinance on shark, ray ban have gaps say stakeholders

Marian Z. Codilla 07/01/2015

Almost a year after the approval of the Provincial ordinance banning the hunting and trade of all species of shark and ray in Cebu, stakeholders admitted that more could have been done to make it effective. Cebu…

Bantayan mayor traces vendors of shark meat

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/13/2015

Official holds off sanctions, says vendors ‘not aware’ of Cebu ban on killing  sharks BANTAYAN Mayor Ian Christopher Escario yesterday said he located the vendors who were illegally selling shark meat in the public market. He said…

Stakeholders commit to conserve Tañon Strait

Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/13/2015

More than 300 participants have signed the document excluding Dumanjug Mayor Nelson Garcia, who earlier opposed calls to conserve whales, sharks and dolphins, saying these animals are pests. Local government units, the environment department and other stakeholders…

Lapu-Lapu city stops operation of shark fin exporter

Norman V. Mendoza 09/03/2014

An export firm in Lapu-Lapu City engaged in drying shark fins that are in demand abroad was served a cease-and-desist order yesterday for operating without barangay or city permits. The order of Lapu-Lapu Mayor Paz Radaza was…

Cenro to re-inspect Lapu firm’s drying yard

Norman V. Mendoza 09/01/2014

The Lapu-Lapu City’s Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) is scheduled to re-inspect the drying yard of a company that exports blue shark fins today, more than a week after it drew the ire of nearby residents.…

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