Tours in southern Cebu suspended due to ‘Vinta’

Morexette B. Erram 12/22/2017

The Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) has suspended all tourism activities in the south, from towns of Moalboal to Santander as Tropical Storm Vinta is expected to barrel the Visayas region today. Recent data from the Provincial Disaster…

More than 1K passengers stranded in Cebu ports

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/21/2017

The prospect of spending Christmas far from home filled Marlyn Agad with great dismay, as she heard the news that her trip to Hilongos, Leyte was cancelled yesterday as Tropical Storm Vinta made landfall. She was looking…

STRANDED IN CEBU

DORIS BONGCAC, Doris Mae C. Mondragon, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Steffi Kyle Nolido 12/14/2017

  Hundreds of passengers bound for Cebu’s northern tip and its neighboring island-provinces were left stranded after small seacrafts were prevented from leaving the ports of Cebu yesterday amid foul weather spawned by Tropical Storm Urduja. The…

‘Urduja’ intensifies, leaves 300 passengers stranded in Cebu

Morexette B. Erram 12/14/2017

  Close to 300 individuals were left stranded from several ports in Cebu province due to rough seas present in the Visayas region brought by Tropical Storm Urduja. Data from the Philippine Coast Guard – Cebu Station…

Bus operators allowed to pick up stranded commuters

Morexette B. Erram 12/02/2017

    Private bus operators were issued special permits to service routes outside of their own by the regional Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7). Regional LTFRB-7 Director Ahmed Cuizon requested traffic enforcers in…

Cebu City gov’t to deploy buses for commuters stranded in the rain

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/31/2017

The Cebu City Hall will be deploying Kaoshiung buses in case people will get stranded in the heavy rains during the All Saints and All Souls’ Days. City Councilor Dave Tumulak said at least five buses will…

STRANDED IN CEBU

Agnes B. Alpuerto, Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/20/2017

After spending two months in Cebu as part of her internship program, tourism student Marisa Redoloza was excited to go back to her hometown in Naval, Leyte, yesterday. But the prevailing bad weather yesterday dampened her mood…

Passengers frustrated at slow rescue of stranded M/V Georich

Agnes B. Alpuerto, Nestle L. Semilla 09/07/2017

Some of the passengers of the stranded M/V Georich vessel expressed dismay after they have been made to wait for more than 10 hours now since the boat experienced engine failure off the coast of Dalaguete, Cebu…

Death toll in Japan floods rises to 15

AFP 07/08/2017

Tokyo — The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 15, media reported yesterday, as rescuers continued work to bring out isolated survivors. Raging rivers overflowing with water and mud have…

Cebu Muslim teachers still stranded — official

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/26/2017

MARAWI CONFLICT Ten Muslim teachers who have work waiting for them in Cebu City remain stranded in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur a month after the war between the Maute Group and…

Muslim teachers based in Cebu stranded in Marawi

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/27/2017

  A Cebu-based Muslim teacher went home to Marawi to spend the Ramadan there. She had just given birth. It turned out that it was not a good time to be home. Marawi became the scene of…

Fastcraft from Bohol stranded at Lawis Ledge

Benjie Talisic 04/26/2017

A Weesam fastcraft carrying 21 passengers from Tagbilaran City in Bohol is being rescued by a tugboat after the vessel had an engine trouble off Lawis Ledge in Talisay City on Wednesday morning. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)…

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