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…

YOLANDA STATUS REPORT: More work to be done, 3 yrs after

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/08/2016

Government agencies have completed 74 percent of all Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Central Visayas after three years, but an official of the regional National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-7) said a lot remains to be done. Based…

New building for Tudela police station

Dominic D. Yasay 11/08/2016

For more than 25 years, the police station in Tudela town, northern Cebu has been occupying a space in the municipal hall. But not anymore. The Tudela police will soon have their own building. A three-story building…

Yolanda 3rd Anniversary: New homes, new lives

Nestle L. Semilla 11/07/2016

Three years after one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the planet smashed into the Philippines on November 8, 2013, thousands of victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Northern Cebu would still be without a decent…

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…

Capitol turns over abattoir equipment to 34 LGUs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/22/2016

THE Cebu Provincial government turned over more than P6 million worth of abattoir equipment to 34 local government units in the province yesterday morning. Gov. Hilario Davide III, Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Rose Vincoy and some Provincial Board…

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…

Ombud orders suspension of Tudela mayor

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/07/2016

THE Ombudsman-Visayas ordered the one-month suspension of Mayor Erwin Yu of Tudela town in Camotes Island for simple misconduct. Portia Pacquiao-Suson, Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer II, said Yu defied an order by the Civil Service Commission…

Fishermen in Yolanda-hit areas get fishing boats

03/05/2016

FISHERMEN associations from the 16 municipalities hardest hit by typhoon Yolanda in 2013 finally saw the fulfillment of their dreams. After strong winds and storm surges battered their homes and fishing boats, they are back to fishing.…

Tudela gov’t chides DPWH on road project delays

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/11/2016

THE Tudela municipal government in Camotes Islands, Cebu criticized the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for delaying the implementation of a P40-million road project in their town. In a resolution last Dec. 16, 2015 endorsed…

San Francisco is still best in Cebu

Mary Claire U. Catado 12/30/2015

SAN Francisco, a third-class town of about 47,000 people in Camotes Islands, was named the Most Outstanding LGU in Cebu for the sixth straight  year. The municipality received a P1 million cash prize and trophy from the…

Guided by an ‘angel’, cabbie chains self to Capitol flagpole

Apple Ta-as, Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/07/2015

Clad in an off-white polo, black slacks and open-toed sandals, a bearded 53-year-old man created a scene yesterday when he chained himself to the flagpole of the Capitol at past 9 a.m. yesterday. Ervin Oliveros, a native…

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