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A 1 p.m. curfew and a 30-minute time limit on whale shark watching in Oslob town, Cebu, are among several guidelines proposed by a technical working group (TWG) led by the Provincial Capitol. The time limit will prevent stressing the marine animals, who have been getting intense public attention from tourists and local visitors since August last year. The group

THE Provincial Government will construct a viewing deck and a briefing area for tourists who want to see the whale sharks in Oslob, a town 117 kilometers south of Cebu City. Mayor Ronald Guaren also denied yesterday reports (not in Sun.Star Cebu) that there were whale sharks wounded by a spear and a propeller of a motorized banca. “Usahay maghimo

For the third year, Fr. Tito Soquiño officiated a Mass for the environment in the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in his belief that devotion to the Holy Child should also be expressed through responsible stewardship of creation. It’s a timely message in the light of Nature’s cry for help in the fate of at least 14 whale sharks that

It was an accident—or attack—waiting to happen. Two whale sharks that frequent Oslob town, south Cebu, were confirmed to be seriously injured, one of them by a spear and the other by the propeller of a motorized banca bringing tourists. “Berto,” one whale shark identified by local fishermen, has been missing for three days after it was seen swimming with

ON board a motor banca with a group of divers in barangay Tan-awan, Oslob town, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia waited for hours but didn’t get to proceed with her dive to see the town’s whale sharks. Some fisherfolk on a paddle boat fed a solitary whale shark with uyap” or baby shrimps and waved from afar. But when one motor