Camotes shooting: Couple, daughter killed by close friend over debt

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 12/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A married couple and their 14-year-old adopted daughter were shot dead by the parents’ close friend inside their own house on Camotes island, Cebu on late Thursday evening, December 12, because of a…

Camotes Airport terminal: Its construction begins

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu’s second island-based airport is soon coming to actualization. This after local officials here led the groundbreaking ceremony for the terminal of the Camotes Island Airport last Tuesday, December 10. The groundbreaking ceremony…

Camotes Airport project gets P120M for terminal building – Frasco

CDN Digital 11/02/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Camotes Domestic Airport project received an additional allocation of P120 million this year for the construction of an airport terminal. Deputy Speaker Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco made the announcement in a social…

Cebu accidents: Motorcycle slams into backhoe, SUV falls off ravine

Paul Lauro 09/23/2024

CEBU, Philippines — It was a deadly weekend for motorists in Cebu after two road accidents claimed the lives of three persons. The first one involved a motorcycle crashing into a parked backhoe, causing the death of…

‘Uswag,’ PH eagle, strays from Leyte forests, drowns off Cebu

Joselle R. Badilla - @inquirerdotnet 08/06/2024

CAMOTES ISLANDS, Cebu — Three-year-old “Uswag”, a male juvenile Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), was found dead off the coasts of Pilar town on the Camotes Group of Islands in Cebu on Saturday, August 3. This happened a…

Mangroves in Tudela brgy: Protecting those that give protection

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — They say that humans are the cause of environmental destruction, hence, they are also the key individuals responsible for finding the solution. In the northeastern part of Cebu, a group of islands called…

4 Camotes towns to receive P3M each for infrastructure projects

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 05/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Camotes group of Islands will become more enchanting than ever before. This is after Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia announced that the provincial government would be giving financial support worth P3 million each…

Camotes shooting: Man nabbed for shooting 3 relatives while drunk

by Paul Lauro, Mark Bandolon 02/22/2024

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – A bamboo mat vendor, who allegedly shot 3 relatives after a heated altercation, landed in jail after he was arrested in Barangay General, Tudela, Cebu, on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. The Camotes…

Hard blow to the head killed caretaker, who was found dead inside toilet hole in Camotes town 

Paul Lauro 11/12/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A hard blow to the head caused the death of the caretaker in Camotes town, who was found dead last November 3 inside a sealed hole of a traditional toilet. Police Captain…

Butcher dies in freak accident as he was slaughtering a pig in Camotes

Paul Lauro 09/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A butcher in Camotes Island in northern Cebu died of a freak accident. This was while he was slaughtering a pig on September 22, 2023, in Pilar town. Police Captain Michael Echavez, Pilar…

Running, biking races to be held in Camotes next month

Glendale G. Rosal 08/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After the highly successful “Cong. Duke Frasco Cup” basketball and volleyball tournament last June, another sports event will hit Cebu’s fifth district in September. This time it will be bike and run race…

Camotes mayors to Bureau of Animal Industry: Spare the island from ‘oppressive’ ASF policy

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The four mayors of Camotes Group of Islands (CGI) have “strongly urged” the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to spare this northern Cebu islands from the policy on the African Swine Fever (ASF)…

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