Gov vows to turn airstrips in north Cebu into airports

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/31/2016

Business summit held; mayor urges Bantayan Is. towns to help grow each other’s economies If plans will push through, Bantayan Island and Camotes Islands will soon have separate airports. Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said he had…

PB vows to be independent as Davide asks for support

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/04/2016

Though enjoying cordial working relations with the governor’s office, the Provincial Board (PB) vowed to maintain its independence in its inaugural session yesterday. The PB’s inaugural session included two members from the newly created seventh district. In…

Camotes village chair nabbed for guns

Chito O. Aragon 06/27/2016

POLICE arrested a barangay captain in San Francisco town, Camotes Islands for possession of “unlicensed firearms” shortly before noon Sunday. Jesus Mecarsus was arrested after operatives of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group found two firearms in his…

2 drug suspects arrested in Toledo, Camotes town

Rene F. Alima 06/14/2016

ABOUT P300,000 worth of illegal drugs were confiscated from two drug suspects in separate drug raids in Toledo City, southwest Cebu and San Francisco town on Camotes Island. James Mark Sampan, 19, of Barangay Sunog, San Francisco,…

Mayors mixed on watchlist

Apple Ta-as, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/12/2016

The mayors of four towns belonging to the Camotes group of islands were mixed in their views of plans by the police to place their areas under the Election Watchlist Areas (EWAs). San Francisco Mayor Aly Arquillano…

Police chief killed, 2 hurt in Camotes ambush

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan 04/04/2016

Two armed men shot and killed a municipal police chief who was heading home after arriving at the port in San Francisco town, Camotes Group of Islands, east of Cebu on late Monday afternoon. Two teenagers, who…

Olmilla to skip Camotes tilt

John Carlo Villaruel 03/26/2016

CEBUANO duathlete Joland Olmilla won’t be suiting up in today’s 11th San Francisco Camotes Cross-Country Mountain Bike Challenge after suffering a bruised right hand last Thursday. The 23-year old Olmilla of Cabancalan, Mandaue told CDN that he…

Camotes minor, two others rescued from Laguna bar

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/11/2016

A 17-year-old girl left her hometown on Camotes Island, northeast of here, last month after an uncle told her that a job with bigger pay was waiting for her in Manila. But Carla (not her real name)…

Injured seaman who lost foot: I’ll find a way to earn a living

Carine A. Lapid, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/20/2015

  No regrets for rescue, says chief mate; banca crew released without charges After losing his right foot trying to rescue passengers of a capsized motorbanca, chief mate Rudyard Payusan is uncertain about his future. But Payusan,…

San Francisco officials face Ombud plaint

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/09/2015

A group of residents from San Francisco town, Camotes Islands yesterday filed a complaint against their local officials in relation to the alleged anomalous distribution of the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA). The complainants claimed that the respondents…

Tudela man chains himself to Capitol flagpole

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/06/2015

A 52-year old man from Tudela, Camotes chained himself to the Capitol flagpole past 9 a.m. today. Ervin Oliveros, who has been driving for CTC taxi for just 10 days, took off his sandals and sat on…

Vessel stalls en route to Ormoc

Jhunnex Napallacan 08/30/2015

A passenger vessel from the Camotes Islands, Cebu yesterday stalled in the water about 5.4 nautical miles from its destination in  Ormoc City, Leyte. All  99 passengers of Jomalia Shipping Lines were safely transferred to Oceanjet 3,…

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