The top “most wanted” personality in Central Visayas (Region 7) died after allegedly resisting arrest during a police operation in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Monday, July 31, a report from the Philippine National Police (PNP) showed. A police report reaching Camp Crame identified the...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – An alleged hired gun tagged in several Negros Oriental killings died in a police operation on Monday in Barangay Malabugas in Bayawan City after he reportedly resisted arrest. Alex Manegos Mayagma, of Barangay Minaba, Bayawan City, died from a bullet wound to the body after...
BACOLOD CITY – A tricycle driver died after he was mauled and stabbed by the new lover of his former live-in partner in Barangay Caradio-an, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 10. Police identified the victim as Raffy Rosa of Barangay San Antonio, Himamaylan City Police Capt....
BACOLOD CITY – The 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army revealed that two former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) recently graduated from senior high school with honors in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental....
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Police are probing the death of an event host in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental at sundown on Wednesday, June 28, just shortly after the second day of the public hearings on the deferment of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in the province ended. An...
CEBU CITY – A three-day public hearing will be conducted to determine if this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental will push through or not. LIONEL Marco Castillano, officer-in-charge of the Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7), briefs the...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Some 60 complainants and witnesses left for Manila on Monday, June 12, the day before the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) preliminary investigation on the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo. NEGROS Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo (FB) The slain governor’s widow,...
Amid calls to postpone the conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it would be conducting public hearings in the province this month. In a statement sent by Comelec spokesman John Rex Laudiangco, the poll body...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment-Central Visayas (DOLE-7) has intensified its efforts to eliminate child labor in Negros Oriental (NegOr). The agency reported that child labor in NegOr is prevalent. Ma. Teresa Tanquiamco, officer-in-charge of DOLE-7’s Negros Oriental Field...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. joined other officials in mourning the death of Negros Oriental Governor Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes, whom he said served the people of the province “so faithfully.” (Photo courtesy of Negros Oriental Gov. Guido Reyes via Facebook) Marcos...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental Gov. Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes passed away on Wednesday morning, May 31. REYES Vice Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria assumed the post of Reyes in the afternoon, hours after he passed away. Karen Lisette Molas, provincial administrator, confirmed Reyes’ death...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has issued a memorandum banning the entry of live pigs, pork, and pork-related products from Negros Oriental into the province in order to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). ASF Task Force-Murcia mans a border checkpoint...
