BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) intercepted smuggled cigarettes valued at P40 million and arrested 10 suspected smugglers in Sitio Labugon, Barangay Nagbo-alao, Basay, Negros Oriental Saturday night, May 16. Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong, PRO-NIR...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Coast Guard District Southern Visayas (CGDSV) has tightened security measures and increased monitoring of yachts in Tambobo Bay, Siaton, Negros Oriental, to prevent unlawful activities, including the smuggling of illegal drugs and other contraband. Commodore Christopher Auro,...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) has tightened security protocols following the death of 19 suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members in Toboso, Negros Occidental, an official said Wednesday. NOrPPO spokesperson Capt. Stephen Jaynard Polinar said during a...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Police in Negros Oriental province reported Monday that 678 violators of local ordinances have been fined or issued warnings under the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) “Safer Cities” program. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Negros Oriental police will begin implementing the ban on roadside alcohol consumption on Wednesday, following a directive from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria on Monday issued an order instituting austerity measures within the provincial government relative to the national state of energy emergency as declared by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Sagarbarria outlined the temporary restrictions in...
BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old village councilor was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Nagbagang, Barangay Poblacion, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, March 20. Melvin Estoque, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region, said they had been monitoring...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The head of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) urged local government units (LGUs) to assist law enforcers in monitoring fuel prices in their areas. Police Col. Timmar Alam, NOrPPO director, said in a press conference that police have been tasked with...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental has implemented a four-day work week beginning Monday, March 9, to mitigate the impact of rising fuel prices due to the conflict in the Middle East. Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria signed an executive order on Monday adopting a...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental third district Rep. Janice Degamo marked the third death anniversary of her husband, Gov. Roel Degamo, on Wednesday by reiterating her demand for justice. “We thank the national government for their efforts in bringing the mastermind in killing my husband, back to...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier was killed and another was injured in a series of encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Sunday, Feb. 15. Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan, commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde), said the fatality was a...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Police in Negros Oriental arrested a former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) charged seven years ago with the murder of a peacekeeper in Barangay Nalundan, Bindoy, Negros Oriental. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office,...
