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The scars sustained by Fermin, a juvenile male whale shark who fed off the food given by boaters plying the waters off Oslob and Moalboal towns, resulted to finger-pointing and denials among municipal officials over the weekend. Moalboal Mayor Inocentes Cabaron said Oslob should stop their whale shark interaction programs if they are really serious in sparing whale sharks like

Local officials from the Municipality of Oslob, Cebu, met with their counterparts from Donsol, Sorosgon, in a study tour to Donsol, which is already world-famous for its whale shark (butanding) interaction activity. The study tour was hosted by the Department of Tourism (DOT) last May 18-19, 2012. Led by DOT Region 7 Director Rowena Lu Y. Montecillo and Oslob Mayor

INSTEAD of higher rates, why not ban diving and snorkeling near whale sharks? A councilor of barangay Tan-awan, Oslob town floated this idea yesterday, saying the municipal government should instead allow only whale shark watching by visitors. “Di nila ipa-agi ug taas. Pangwarta na man na (They shouldn’t do it by raising the rates. That’s just profiteering),” Tan-awan barangay councilor

THE municipality of Oslob will invest in improving facilities for its whale shark tourism, said the mayor. Fishermen who have turned boat guides asked the local government for more ticketing tables, a bigger waiting area for visitors and life jackets to cope with crowds that reach 800 on weekends, peaking at almost 1,500 on Easter Sunday. Oslob Mayor Ronald Guaren

THE municipality of Oslob will go ahead with its new tour rates for whale shark watching on Sunday, April 15. Filipino visitors will be paying the same P300 fee but foreigners will have to pay a higher amount of P500. Oslob Mayor Ronald Guaren said new color-coded tickets have already been printed in green, yellow and blue to match the