Browsing by Subject "cruises"

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    • Bohol's river cruise, floating restaurants are back 

      Israel, Dale G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 9, 2022, on page A6)
      The river cruise in Loboc, one of the most popular attractions in Bohol province, has reopened to local and foreign tourists now that travel restrictions have been eased. The four cruise vessels launched on March 1 can ...

    • China asserts control of Spratlys 

      (Manila Standard, June 23, 2016, on page A6)
      Chinese cruise ships will regularly bring tourists to the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea by 2020, reports said Wednesday, as tensions mount in the region. Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost all of ...

    • China defiant, offers cruises on disputed sea 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, July 22, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      China announced Thursday that a Chinese company will boost tourism by offering cruises around the contested South China Sea and buy eight new ships over the next five years for that purpose. The state-owned China Daily ...

    • China eyes 8 cruise ships to serve S. China Sea 

      Reuters (Malaya, July 22, 2016, on page A7)
      Up to eight Chinese ships will offer cruises to the South China Sea over the next five years, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, as Beijing continues to promote tourism to the disputed waters. Sanya International ...

    • China installs cruise missiles on Phl reef 

      Laude, Jaime; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, May 4, 2018, on page 1)
      The move, if confirmed, would mark the first Chinese missile deployments in the Spratly Islands, where several Asian countries including the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan have rival claims. Chinese officials did not ...

    • COSCO to launch cruise route in South China Sea 

      Reuters (Malaya, June 22, 2016, on page A9)
      State-owned China COSCO Shipping Corp plans to launch cruise trips in the South China Sea next month, with the first route to travel from Sanya city in the country's southeast to the disputed Paracel Islands, state media ...

    • Cruise ruins 18,900 sqm of coral reef in Indonesia 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, March 23, 2017, on page S1/10)
      Indonesia said Wednesday a cruise ship on a voyage organized by a British company had damaged about 18,900 square meters of coral reef, increasing the estimate of the devastation caused when the vessel ran aground. The ...

    • Cruise ship brings 2.7K guests to Boracay Island 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, November 9, 2023, on page 13)
      Boracay Island welcomes its second visiting cruise ship for this month and the fourth for this year, carrying 2,700 guests and crew on Tuesday, Nov. 7. The MS Westerdam cruise ship of the Holland America Line came four ...

    • Cruise ship runs aground in Sulu sea 

      Jacinto, Al (The Manila Times, January 15, 2019, on page A7)
      A cruise ship ran aground in the Sulu Sea after hitting a coral bed about 15 nautical miles off Cagayancillo Island near Palawan province, the Maritime Bulletin reported on Monday. It said MV Forever Lucky was sailing to ...

    • Cruise Ships line up for Boracay visits 

      PN; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, July 28, 2018, on page 1)
      Halfway into the island’s six-month closure, cruise ships are already lined up for Boracay visits. Helen Catalbas, director of the Department of Tourism in Western Visayas, said on Thursday that about five to eight cruise ...

    • Dagupan resumes river tour to boost pandemic-hit tourism, livelihood 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 21, 2022, on page A5)
      The city government on Tuesday resumed its 45-minute riverboat tour around the mangrove-lined Dawel-Watac River here after it was suspended for two years due to the pandemic. Mayor Brian Lim led the cruise’s reopening ...

    • Damage 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page C3)
      This handout from the Indonesia Marine Security Agency taken on March 13, 2017 and released on March 14 shows corals damaged by a cruise ship in Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia. The British-owned cruise ship smashed into ...

    • Dolphin & whale watching in Bais City 

      (Panay News, August 21, 2015, on page 20)
      Out of 23 species of marine mammals documented to have been sighted in Philippine waters, nine have been sighted in Bais Bay-Tañon Strait area, acknowledged to have one of the biggest concentrations of cetaceans in the ...

    • ‘Eco-terrorism victimizes butanding’ 

      Villanueva, Marichu A. (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2016, on page 13)
      The New York-based Royal Carribean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) launched last Monday a global partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Philippines to promote what they chose to support as the most environmentally sustainable ...

    • Loboc River boats are now cruising again 

      (BusinessWorld, March 14, 2022, on page S3/3)
      Bohol's popular Loboc River Cruise is again receiving guests after intensive post-Typhoon Odette rehabilitation. According to Lourdes Sultan, manager of Travel Village Tours, a Loboc River Cruise operator, the floating ...

    • Lobster obsession 

      Cua, Lawrence; Jimenez, Iya (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 15, 2015, on page C3)
      From the time Bun Appetit opened, we’ve been obsessed with anything and everything lobster. We first had lobster rolls in New York but it’s no secret that this delectable shellfish dish originated from New England. Lobsters ...

    • Mega-cruise ships sail the Arctic 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 13, 2016, on page B14)
      A surge in Arctic tourism is bringing ever bigger cruise ships to the formerly isolated, ice-bound region, prompting calls for a clamp-down to prevent Titanic-style accidents and the pollution of fragile eco-systems. Arctic ...

    • Nazi warship natagpuan sa dagat ng Norway 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Balita, September 12, 2020, on page 3)
      Isang Nazi cruiser noong World War II Nazi pinagbabaril at pinalubog sa baybayin ng Norway noong 1940 ay nagkataong natagpuan sa lalim na 490 metro habang isinasagawa ang isang subsea power cable inspeksyon, sinabi ng mga ...

    • Tourism dep't hopes to bring back tourist in WV 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, January 24, 2018, on page 13)
      The Department of Tourism (DOT) in Region 6 hopes that Western Visayas could regain tourist arrivals amid the ongoing closure and rehabilitation of Boracay Island. There was a steep decline in the number of tourist arrivals ...

    • Underwater adventures with discovery fleet dive cruises 

      (The Philippine Star, January 9, 2015, on page E4)
      The unparalleled hospitality of Discovery Leisure Hotels, can now be enjoyed onboard Discovery Fleet, a luxury adventure for those who wish to bask in the above and underwater treasures of the Philippine islands. The cruise ...