How to treat jellyfish stings

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some jellyfish, like box jellyfish and Irukandji jellyfish, are venomous and dangerous. Last Sunday, June 25, 2023, a 32-year-old woman from Bohol died after she was stung by a box jellyfish while swimming…

Cebu fishers raise alarm over commercial fishers

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/21/2016

WHEN Cris Aspaciño started fishing at 17 years old in Barangay Poblacion, Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island, he and his father could easily get 30 kilos of fish daily from the Visayas seas. Now at 36…

Probe sought on wastes in Sta. Fe waters

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/11/2015

AN environment group called on the DENR and the Philippine Coast Guard to investigate passenger vessels that dump human waste into the waters of Sta. Fe town, Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. Environmental lawyer Antonio Oposa, who heads…

Sta. Fe govt wants probe on vessels

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/30/2015

The Sta. Fe municipal government called on the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) to investigate the absence of septic tanks in sea vessels plying the route from the mainland to Bantayan Island. Sta. Fe Mayor Jose Esgana said…

Davide urges DSWD to reconsider shelter aid rules

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/08/2015

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should heed the appeal of mayors to reconsider their guidelines on shelter assistance to families displaced by supertyphoon Yolanda in northern Cebu. “I…

Displaced families may move back in

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/31/2014

RESIDENTS of sitio Dapdap, barangay Langub in Kinatarkan Island, Sta. Fe town, northern Cebu may return to their homes within a week after a sinkhole was formed in their area. “If the soil stabilizes, then they can…

Relocation site assessed for families displaced by sinkhole

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/30/2014

ENVIRONMENT officials are assessing the suitability of Kinatarkan Islet in Sta. Fe town, Bantayan Island, northern Cebu as a relocation site for families displaced by a sinkhole that formed in one of the town’s barangays last week.…

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