BACOLOD CITY – A man was allegedly stabbed by his nephew to death during a drinking session in Sitio Ilog, Barangay Arebasore, Mabinay, Negros Oriental on Sunday, July 6. Police withheld the names of the victim and the 42-year-old suspect, a carpenter. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, Negros Oriental...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office is reassessing their deployment strategies to comply with the five-minute response time set by the national headquarters. Negros Oriental police spokesperson Police Lt. Stephen Polinar said the aim is to improve police visibility and...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government has created a task force to effectively prevent and control the spread of monkeypox (Mpox) in Negros Oriental although no case has been recorded in the province. Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria issued an executive order on Monday, June 2, establishing the Negros...
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...