The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs has lifted the contempt order against a police officer who was linked to an assassination attempt in Dumaguete City. It was Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada who made a motion to lift the contempt order against PS/Sgt Noel Alabata at the...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol has officially launched this year’s Sandugo Festival. A MINI-cultural show highlights the launching of Sandugo 2023 in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on Monday, May 8. (Contributed photo) Gov. Aris Aumentado promised a grand Sandugo celebration in July with...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Speaker's office, Facebook) The House Committee on Ethics and Privileges may move to impose a new disciplinary action against Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. if he fails...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will hold public hearings in the towns of violence-hit Negros Oriental before it would decide whether or not to postpone the scheduled Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSK) elections in that province. Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson...
Suspended Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. has apparently no intention to come home and might just wait for the next administration before surfacing. "Wala (none). Wala talaga siguro (there could be no intention of coming back). Just like mga previous people in the same...
BORONGAN CITY – A province-wide simultaneous coastal cleanup was conducted in Eastern Samar on Tuesday, May 9, as part of the Month of the Ocean celebration. Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone said Project Kalikasan Linisan Estehanon Aksyon Na (KLEAN) was launched pursuant to Presidential...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – New witnesses are set to testify during the resumption of the Senate hearings on the assassination of Gov. Roel Degamo last March and various other killings in Negros Oriental over the past several years. MAYOR Janice Degamo (FB) This comes after additional cases of killings...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday, May 9 disclosed that suspended Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves continually tries to reach out to him, but he refuses to answer his phone calls. Dela Rosa said he doesn’t want to entertain his calls to avoid the perception he...
SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya – Residents of the province of Nueva Vizcaya are mourning the death of Gov. Carlos Padilla on Friday morning, May 5. GOV. Carlos Padilla (right). (FB) Padilla succumbed to a heart attack at the age of 78, leaving behind his wife Ruth and children Carlos “Jojo” II, Ruthie...
CEBU CITY – Various infrastructure projects in the second district of Bohol province are set to begin. BOHOL Rep. Vanessa Aumentado (fourth from left) leads the groundbreaking ceremony for a road-concreting project in Inabanga town, Bohol. (Contributed photo) Rep. Vanessa Aumentado recently led...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said on Thursday, April 27, that he is keen on recommending amendments to the country's Firearms Law or Republic Act No. 10591, following the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs' hearing on the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. Dela...
BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (left) and Police Col. Lorenzo Batuan (right), Bohol Police Provincial Office chief, discuss the series of shooting incidents in the province in the past few weeks. (Contributed photo) Gov. Aris Aumentado recently met Police Col. Lorenzo Batuan, chief of the Bohol Police...
