BACOLOD CITY – Pamplona, Negros Oriental Mayor Janice Degamo thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Timor-Leste authorities for bringing former Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. back to the Philippines. The mayor shared a video of Teves’ departure from Timor-Leste on...
BACOLOD CITY – Three individuals were arrested in a checkpoint in Barangay Panubigan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday night, May 21, for allegedly smuggling 250 reams of assorted cigarettes valued at P1.2 million. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson for Negros Oriental police,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has proclaimed the winning candidates in Negros Oriental. Gov. Manuel "Chaco" Sagarbarria was reelected and his running mate Siaton Mayor Fritz Diaz won. Sagarbarria became governor following the death of Gov. Carlo Jorge Joan Reyes in May...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The cremated remains of four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) – two of them from Negros Oriental province – who died in the Myanmar earthquake last April, will be transported to the Philippines next week. EDSIL Jess and Alexis Gale Adalid. (Caesar Eduard A. Adalid FB) The...
BACOLOD CITY – “Roel (Degamo) this is for you.” Thus said Pamplona, Negros Oriental Mayor Janice Degamo after she was proclaimed by the Provincial Board of Canvassers as the winning candidate in the congressional race in the third district of the province on Tuesday, May 13. THE Provincial...
BACOLOD CITY – The prosecutor’s office has dismissed a vote-buying complaint against a 36-year-old man in Bacong, Negros Oriental, according to Commission on Elections-Negros Island Region (Comelec-NIR) Assistant Regional Director Jossil Macute. Macute explained that the case was dropped due to...
BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year-old man was arrested after envelopes allegedly containing cash and sample ballots were found in his possession in a checkpoint on Burgos St., Barangay Lutao, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Saturday, May 10. The suspect, Romnick, a resident of Barangay Combado, Bacong, was...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven-hundred ninety-one families or 2,373 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from five Kanlaon Volcano-hit barangays in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental will vote on May 12. Edna Lhou Masicampo, city’s public information officer, said that they have estimated three voters per...
BACOLOD CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division is mobilizing 2,524 troops to augment police securing the May 12 elections in Negros Island. Col. Erwin Rommel Lamzon, 3rd ID spokesperson, said that 1,487 soldiers from the 302nd Infantry Brigade based in Negros Oriental and around 1,037 under the 303rd...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 310 policemen here will be tapped to augment security forces in Negros Oriental for the May 12 midterm elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Negros Island Region (NIR) Regional Director Lionel Marco Castillano said. BRIG. Gen. Ted Dumosmog, commander of the Army...
BACOLOD CITY – Police recovered suspected shabu valued at P27.2 million and arrested a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maslog, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, April 9. Police identified the suspect as 50-year-old Eljin, a resident of Bais City, Negros Oriental....
BACOLOD CITY – A 38-year-old man was allegedly shot and killed after he was mistaken for a thief by his girlfriend’s father in Barangay Liptong, Valencia, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, April 2. A 38-year-old man was killed after he was mistaken as a thief by his girlfriend’s father in...
