Of all things I had expected to find on a beautiful Saturday morning, it certainly was not a leaking plastic bag of vomit and saltwater. Nor was it a plethora of items that the average Cebuano family can use in a day. All of which were up for grabs at Read more…
November 17 last year fell on a Sunday. And an hour past daybreak on that day found me along an already busy public beach in Poblacion, Talisay City, munching on kamote and grilled squid while sitting elbow-to-elbow with others on a wooden bench facing a table of bamboo slats and Read more…
With quarantine restrictions gradually easing, groups of divers are going back out to sea. But it’s not all for fun-in-the-sun just yet. For many, like Jose Mario Malilay, or Chester Sumalinog, it’s to clean. Related Story: SeaKnights recover Ghostnets in ICC ’20 Malilay, whose day-job is to fly airbuses for Read more…
Three loads of killer ghostnets were among the haul recovered in the Lapu-Lapu City leg of the International Coastal Cleanup last Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. Ghostnets is the general term used to describe fishing nets of nylon and lead weights that have been abandoned by fishermen after getting entangled by Read more…
Sambawan Island, formally the Sambawan Dive Camp and Marine Sanctuary, offers the weary a perfect slice of picturesque paradise. It has all a visitor would expect – a pearly-white sandy beach to frolic in, mildly calm and clear water to take quick dips and do water sports, and an easy-breezy Read more…