BACOLOD CITY – Authorities arrested a barangay captain in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pulantubig, Dumaguete City on Thursday, Sept. 25. Recovered from the suspect – 49-year-old Inah of Barangay Looc, Dumaguete City – were five grams of suspected shabu valued at P34,000, improvised...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Bishop Julito Cortes of the Diocese of Dumaguete on Monday called on the Catholic faithful to pray for Pope Francis, who passed away due to a lingering illness at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta in the morning (local time). BISHOP Julito Cortes (right) with Pope Francis....
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas candidates supported by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said they are confident on winning Negros Oriental in the elections. Former Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr., former Senate President Vicente...
BACOLOD CITY – Two newborn babies were found dead in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Dec. 25 and 26. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental police, said that a baby girl who was in an advanced state of decomposition was first found in a canal in Barangay Daro on...
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,...
Gotianun-led Filinvest Land Inc. is expanding in the Visayas region with the recent opening of its new mall, Filinvest Malls Dumaguete. On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Filinvest said the new mall is situated at the Flores Avenue along the Dumaguete bay, and boasts of 3,759 square meters (sqm) of gross leasable...
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...
Dumaguete’s beloved Buglas Isla Cafe opens its first branch in Metro Manila. Like its original location, the newly opened Arcovia, Pasig City branch features a relaxed, peaceful, and homey vibe. Dumaguete’s finest Buglas Isla has the eclectic menu of an all-day cafe. There’s a section...
Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said the Philippine government secured about P13 billion in loans from the South Korean government to finance the new Dumaguete Airport Development project. Recto and Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) Chairman and President Yoon Hee-sung signed on Wednesday, Aug....
BACOLOD CITY – Two geodetic engineers from Negros Island ranked third and fourth in the October 2023 Geodetic Engineers Licensure Examination. SUMUGAT (left) and Gadeja They are Alexis Sumugat, 22, of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, and Jimmerry Gadeja, 23, of Silay City, Negros Occidental....
PROXY DUTIES Delivering speech for Sen. Imee Romualdez Marcos at the opening of the Buglasan Festival in Dumaguete My paternal grandfather would often tell his children in Spanish, “If you can’t make the family proud, just don’t embarrass them.” This is what I would often remind myself when...
BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested and about a kilo of shabu worth P6.8 million was seized in a raid in Barangay Calindagan, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Saturday, August 19. Police identified the suspects as high-value individuals Roque Dalman and Vinky Gervacio....
