BACOLOD CITY – A 29-year-old village councilor was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Nagbagang, Barangay Poblacion, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Friday, March 20. Melvin Estoque, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region, said they had been monitoring...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The head of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) urged local government units (LGUs) to assist law enforcers in monitoring fuel prices in their areas. Police Col. Timmar Alam, NOrPPO director, said in a press conference that police have been tasked with...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental has implemented a four-day work week beginning Monday, March 9, to mitigate the impact of rising fuel prices due to the conflict in the Middle East. Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria signed an executive order on Monday adopting a...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental third district Rep. Janice Degamo marked the third death anniversary of her husband, Gov. Roel Degamo, on Wednesday by reiterating her demand for justice. “We thank the national government for their efforts in bringing the mastermind in killing my husband, back to...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier was killed and another was injured in a series of encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Sunday, Feb. 15. Brig. Gen. Jason Jumawan, commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde), said the fatality was a...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Police in Negros Oriental arrested a former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) charged seven years ago with the murder of a peacekeeper in Barangay Nalundan, Bindoy, Negros Oriental. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office,...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan — Police arrested a wanted Russian in Barangay Centro, Lal-lo, Cagayan, on Monday, Feb. 9. Police identified the suspect as Andrew, 52, married, businessman, from Valencia, Negros Oriental. Andrew was the sixth month wanted person on the regional...
BACOLOD CITY – Bayawan City in Negros Oriental is holding a wake for eight city government employees and a student intern killed in a road accident on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Their remains lie at the Villareal gymnasium in Bayawan City starting Thursday, Feb. 5. Mayor John Raymond Jr., in a media...
The provincial government of Negros Oriental cancelled work in all government offices on Friday, Feb. 6, due to tropical storm “Basyang.” Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria, chairman of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), said this measure will safeguard...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental and Siquijor have suspended classes due to tropical depression “Basyang.” Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria suspended classes on Feb. 5 and 6 as Basyang will traverse Northeastern Mindanao and Central and Western Visayas between Thursday and...
Nine individuals, including the driver, were killed after a local government-owned truck they were riding plunged into a ravine in Barangay Kalamtukan, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO),...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Timmar Alam was named officer-in-charge of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office on Monday, Feb. 2. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, director of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR), presided over the turnover ceremony at the Negros...
