Forget about finding Nemo. At least four whale sharks that have made the waters of Donsol, Sorsogon, their home and feeding grounds for years—long enough for locals to give them names—are nowhere to be found.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda on Friday harshly criticized a tourism campaign of a Cebu town centered on the whale shark, saying that what the town is promoting is “eco-terrorism.”
The whale sharks in Oslob town in southern Cebu were spared from Pablo’s wrath as they have an in-built warning system that prompted them to dive deep into the water to escape the strong currents whipped up by the typhoon.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) plans to help Oslob town diversify its tourism industry to be less dependent on whale shark watching, which has come under criticism from envrionment groups. The agency came up with this idea amid the recent sharp decline in the number of visitors coming for whale shark tours. Rowena Montecillo, regional [...]
I think President Benigno Aquino III respected the investigation conducted by the late secretary Jesse Robredo of some sensitive matters that might involve Undersecretary Rico Puno of the Department of Interior and Local Government.
Environmentalists welcome the order of the environment department to stop the hand feeding of the whale sharks in Oslob town in southern Cebu.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Cebu was ordered to start taking steps to end whale shark feeding in Oslob.
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.
He’s Oslob town’s most frequent whale shark visitor known by locals as “Fermin”.
The extremely hot temperature compels us to contemplate urgent responses to the effects of climate change. The Philippines is one of the 10 countries at extreme risk, as the Climate Change Vulnerability Index conducted by Maplecroft has shown. Cebu ranks 8th among the top 20 provinces in the country susceptible to landslides.
Oslob and Cebu tourism officials will go to Donsol in Sorsogon province next month to see for themselves “best practices” in whale shark tourism. “Although they have different activities in Donsol, the operators here will learn something from the procedures there. What is common for Donsol and Oslob will be seen,” said Rowena Montecillo, regional [...]
INSTEAD of higher rates, why not ban diving and snorkeling near whale sharks?
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 [...]
