Camotes Island now ‘free of drugs’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/16/2016

THE whole of Camotes Island is now drug free. That’s according to Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director Senior Supt. Eric Noble who said that the four towns of Camotes were the first municipalities to be declared…

Two ‘underperforming’ Cebu municipal police station chiefs relieved

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/15/2016

Two more municipal police chiefs in the province of Cebu were relieved from their posts and replaced by two police officers who happened to be married to each other. Senior Supt. Eric Noble, director of the Cebu…

Police nab ‘remnants’ of Alvaro’s drug gang

Norman V. Mendoza 12/13/2016

CEBU CITY–Three armed persons believed to be remnants of the illegal drugs ring ran by drug lord Alvaro Alvaro were arrested in a hot pursuit in Mandaue City, northern Cebu on Monday night. Jeppe Rosal, 29, of…

Nearly 300 drug users, pushers yield to police

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza, Rene F. Alima 11/21/2016

About 291 drug users and pushers surrendered to the police in the four towns of Camotes Islands two weeks after the police chiefs in these areas were replaced due to their mediocre performance in the campaign against…

Vessel towed back to Cebu City

Jhunnex Napallacan 11/15/2016

CEBU CITY–An Oceanjet vessel was towed on Tuesday by its sister vessel after it experienced engine trouble while sailing from Poro town on Camotes Island to Cebu City. Cebu Coast Guard Station Commander Agapito Bibat said OceanJet…

Polish national rescued off Camotes Island

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/15/2016

A 42-year old Polish national was rescued by civilian and military personnel after he figured in a motorcycle accident in San Francisco, Camotes Island Monday evening. Baltazar Tribunalo, chief of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office…

Poor performance in anti-drugs campaign triggers police reshuffling in Camotes

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/10/2016

CEBU CITY–The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) has ordered the relief of the police station chiefs in all four towns on Camotes Island, Cebu due to poor performance in the campaign against illegal drugs. Relieved…

CPSC grassroots program goes to Camotes

Glendale G. Rosal 10/07/2016

THE grassroots development program of the Cebu Provincial Sports Commission (CPSC) is now in full swing with the holding of simultaneous sports clinics yesterday in Camotes Island. Futsal and athletics clinics were held simultaneously in three municipalities…

110 Cebu province cops get incentives

Nestle L. Semilla 10/07/2016

More than 100 police officers of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) yesterday received incentives from the Cebu provincial government. The Capitol released more than P1 million for the incentives of the 110 police officers from the…

Cebu City dad turning to San Francisco town for answers to landfill issues

Morexette Erram 09/09/2016

A Cebu City councilor is turning to the town of San Francisco, Camotes, in northern Cebu for information and insights that could provide ‘long-term” solutions to the issues arising from the reopening of the Inayawan landfill in…

Danao port lacks security equipment

Carmel Loise Matus 08/06/2016

Lack of security facilities at the Danao port makes it an easy transport point for illegal drugs to Camotes, which is allegedly a pickup point because of the island’s proximity to mainland Cebu, Bohol and Leyte. According…

Man chains self to flagpole, names “7 pillars” including Duterte

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/05/2016

  CEBU CITY–Ten months after he chained himself to a flagpole at the Capitol, a native of Tudela town on Camotes Island western Cebu chained himself again, this time to a flagpole at Qimonda IT Center on…

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