Over 500 workers displaced by the suspension of whale shark watching operations in Bohol received a total of P5.3 million in ...

Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado has banned all kinds of interactions with whale sharks, locally known as “balilan,” especially feeding.

MORE than 500 workers displaced by the whale shark watching suspension in three Bohol towns received P10,000 in financial aid. Bohol Governor Erico Aristotle Au ...

Aumentado emphasized that Bohol offers many other sustainable tourism options beyond whale shark watching. “Daghan pa tag og ika-offer (We have many more to offer),” he said. Bohol island has been ...

Whale shark-watching activities have been suspended in three towns in Bohol after authorities found violations of marine life tourism regulations. Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado signed Executive ...

Activities with "butandings" or whale sharks in the Province of Bohol are ordered stopped by the Provincial Government. Governor Erico Aristotle Aumentado issued an executive order on February 3, 2025 ...

Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado issued Executive Order (EO) 10, stating the activity in Alburquerque is being questioned as the whale watching site is reportedly located within the Albuquerque-Loay ...

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Philippines — Whale sharks may be welcome in the waters of most coastal towns due to their potential to attract tourists, but not in Loay, Bohol, where fishermen consider ...

DENR stops whale watching in Bohol town. Ric Obedencio - The Philippine Star. April 14, 2024 | 12:00am. Baleen whale. Wikimedia.

Since then, there have been 33 documented blue whale sightings in the Philippines, all in the Bohol Sea. Bughaw, a pygmy blue whale, captured during one of the vessel surveys in the Bohol Sea.