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Oslob's center of government used to be a place now called Daan Lungsod. It was then called as Bolocboloc because of the abundance of springs on the seashore which was the source of freshwater then.

MANILA, Philippines — National Geographic has cited Oslob in Cebu for its shark tourism industry, describing it as a booming business despite its effects on wildlife still being debated on. “In the ...

LOS ANGELES—I swam with sharks—the real creatures, not the Hollywood variety, for a change—in Oslob, Cebu. And it was one of the most thrilling experiences I’ve ever had. I’ve been itching to write ...

CEBU CITY—A photograph of a wounded “butanding” or whale shark has gone viral on social networking sites. The butanding turned out to be “Fermin,” one of the whale sharks that regularly approach the ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eight years ago most of the world had never heard of the sleepy fishing village of Oslob in the Philippines. But in 2011 a group ...