JAPEX extending
Tañon exploration
BY MARICAR ARANS

The Protected Area Management Board Executive Committee has approved the request of the Japan Exploration Petroleum Company Ltd. for a 41-day extension of its exploration at the Tañon Strait between Cebu and Negros island.

JAPEX said it needs a few more days to finish the exploration since its workers got behind schedule when their machine bogged down.

The company made the request at the meeting attended by representatives from Barangays Aloguinsan and Pinamungahan in Cebu province, Department of Energy, Department Environment and Natural Resources and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, and officials of Bais City headed by Mayor Hector Villanueva.

Roxas attends
Cebu Sinulog festival

Senator Mar Roxas yesterday attended one of the biggest festivals in the country in honor of the Sto. Niño – the Sinulog Festival in Cebu City .

“The vibrancy of Philippine culture is hallmarked in these celebrations. It shows how our people, despite trying and desperate times, hold on to their faith and celebrate life,” he said, in a press release from his office yesterday.

“They give us a chance to engage with our kababayans: to celebrate their joys and their passions with them, and even to be with them in their lowest moments,” Roxas, the Liberal Party president, said.

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