Guimarasnons marked the anniversary of the biggest sea tragedy in the island’s history on August 3, 2020 with “Pagbangon”, a virtual ceremony in memory of those who died. Exactly a year ago when the three motorbancas – MB Keziah 2, MB Chi-Chi…Read More »
Another pump boat bound to Guimaras has capsized while traversing the Iloilo Strait on Tuesday, November 12. At around 1:40 pm of Tuesday, motorbanca MB Tassel was found submerging just three meters away from Parola Wharf in Iloilo City. The cargo vessel…Read More »
The Department of Tourism Region VI in coordination with the Province of Guimaras, Local Government Units and stakeholders plans to launch the 1st Guimaras Umbrella Festival on November 9, 2019. DOT VI will provide 1,000 umbrellas for motorbancas in Buenavista and Jordan,…Read More »
Wooden pump boats plying Iloilo-Guimaras Strait and vice versa resumed their trips today, August 13. Provincial Government of Guimaras announced that Department of Transportation (DOTr) secretary Arthur Tugade has lifted the suspension of the Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC) of all motorboats/motorbancas…Read More »
Governor Samuel T. Gumarin officially appealed to President Rodrigo R. Duterte to allow the return of the normal operations of the motorbancas in Guimaras. A week after the said tragedy, Guimaras local economy and the lives of the people have been drastically…Read More »
The number of dead passengers in Saturday’s sea tragedy off Iloilo-Guimaras Strait has further increased to 27, according to the command system based at the City Mall Parola in Iloilo City as of 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Six people are still missing out…Read More »
Two pump boats plying Iloilo-Jordan, Guimaras route capsized noontime, and another one plying Buenavista-Iloilo trip 3 hours later on Saturday, August 3. As of 7:00PM, 13 were reported dead and 18 still missing in the sea tragedy. UPDATE as of August 4,…Read More »