36 dead, several injured as banca capsizes off Ormoc City

Marian Z. Codilla, Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/02/2015

On our way to Ormoc City for Business Presentation!!! Pero ito ang nakita namin!!!! A boat from Ormoc to Camotes Island… Posted by Maimai Montajes on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 At least 36 persons died and several others…

15 rescued off Camotes-Danao City waters

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/14/2015

Fifteen people including two children were rescued by a passenger vessel after four hours of clinging to an overturned motorized banca, which capsized off Camotes Island and Danao City seas Sunday night. The passengers, who came from…

15 passengers rescued as motorbanca capsizes off Danao-Camotes area

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/12/2015

(Updated: April 13, 2015; 1:05 p.m.) All passengers of a motorboat that capsizes off Danao City-Camotes island route were rescued late night, Sunday. The passengers and the skipper were spotted by the crew of MV Wonderful Stars…

Tickets out for ‘Enchanting Camotes’ tour

Melissa Q. Cabahug 04/10/2015

  Guests of  the three-day Suroy-Suroy Enchanting Camotes tour in north Cebu this May won’t have to  worry about missing the much-awaited Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. They can watch it for free while enjoying the  white sand beach of…

San Francisco vice mayor passes away

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/24/2015

The vice mayor of San Francisco town, Camotes, Cebu died of cancer yesterday at the Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City. Vice Mayor Allan Arquillano, brother of former San Francisco Mayor Al Arquillano and incumbent San Francisco…

PBA player’s brother injured in jump

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/22/2015

A brother of a Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player jumped off the viewing deck of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) after being detained for a week on rape charges. Joven Poligrates, brother of Eliud…

Bantayan, Camotes to have airports

Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/02/2015

Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III said the plan to build airports in Bantayan and Camotes islands would push through. Davide told the media  last Friday that he already talked with Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) General…

Pilar town soon named drug-free

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/14/2015

The Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Commission (CPADAC) is eyeing a town in the Camotes group of islands to become the first totally drug-free municipality in the province. Joey Herrera, CPADAC executive director, said the lone islet of…

Christmas reunion for mom in jail

Peter L. Romanillos 12/27/2014

A few months ago he stepped out of prison, cleared of drug charges. On Christmas eve,  36-year-old Niño  was back again in the Cebu provincial jail, this time as a visitor. He brought his four young children…

Davide tells mayors to throw the book on staff linked to drug use

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/23/2014

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said the mayors can impose their own penalties on employees who test positive for drugs. “Here in the province, if you’re positive, then you have to leave the service,” the governor told…

Camotes drug raids net 2, guns, ‘shabu’

Melissa Q. Cabahug 10/15/2014

Two men were arrested while assorted firearms and packs of suspected shabu worth close to P300,000 were seized in three separate raids last Monday morning in barangay Sta. Cruz, San Francisco town in Camotes Island, Cebu. The…

Cebu mayors to map out disaster action plan

01/09/2014

The vice mayor of one of Cebu’s smallest towns will meet with Cebu mayors o help map out a disaster risk management and action plan for the province. “What happened in 2013 and the past years may…

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