BACOLOD CITY – The province of Negros Oriental is under a state of calamity due to the adverse impact of the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. KANLAON VOLCANO (Lenuel Miranda FB) The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved a resolution during its Dec. 27 session based on the recommendation of the...
BACOLOD CITY - The municipality of Vallehermoso in Negros Oriental has declared a state of calamity in anticipation of the influx of evacuees fleeing a possible eruption of Kanlaon Volcano, a statement released by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) on Christmas Day said. Vallehermoso is the...
BACOLOD CITY – The first deradicalization program for New People's Army rebel returnees in Negros Oriental was launched by the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program committee on Friday, Nov. 22.. Twenty-five former communist fighters participated in the program: 17 under the Army 11th...
BACOLOD CITY – A 12-year-old Grade 7 student is under the custody of the City Social Welfare and Development Office in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental for allegedly bringing a firearm inside the premises of the Negros Oriental High School at noon on Friday, October 11. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar,...
BACOLOD CITY – Canlaon City, Negros Oriental Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas has lifted the liquor ban and restrictions on establishments’ operating hours over Kanlaon Volcano. Cardenas issued and signed Executive Order (EO) No. 72 on September 20 as he noted that the current situation allows for...
BACOLOD CITY – Eighteen former New People’s Army (NPA) members received P360,000 in livelihood assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, September 18. EIGHTEEN former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels each receive P20,000...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental suspended classes on all levels and work in government offices on Friday, September 13, due to rains and flood triggered by the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria issued Executive Order (EO) No. 51 citing Section...
BACOLOD CITY – More than one kilo of suspected shabu valued at P7.3 million was seized and a drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok San Sebastian, Barangay Buntis, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, September 10. The suspect was identified as Opaw, 45, of Dumaguete City,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 39-year-old nurse allegedly gunned down his wife during a heated argument over an affair inside their car in Sitio Bag-ong Taytayan, Barangay Tabuc-Tubig, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental before dawn on Friday, September 6. A 36-year-old nurse was allegedly shot dead by her...
BACOLOD CITY – Twelve local chief executives, including the wife of slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, have formally joined the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD). PAMPLONA, Negros Oriental Mayor Janice Degamo was among the new Lakas-CMD members sworn in by House Speaker Martin...
BACOLOD CITY – A police intelligence operative who was about to get married was killed in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Poblacion, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental at past midnight on Sunday, July 21. The victim was identified as Police Lt. John Dale Mayo, 26, of Oriental Mindoro. MAYO...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cangmating, Sibulan, Negros Oriental on Friday, July 19. POLICE seized P2.8-million worth of suspected shabu from a 35-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in Barrangay Cangmating, Sibulan, Negros...
