The Sandiganbayan has convicted five persons involved in the misuse of the P9.6 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of the late Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Herminio G. Teves in 2007. Found guilty of graft and malversation of public funds were former Technology and Livelihood...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided financial assistance totaling P945,000 to 63 micro rice retailers in 12 areas in Negros Oriental on Thursday, September 14. SIXTY-THREE micro rice retailers from Negros Oriental receive subsidy totaling P945,000 from...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief of Negros Oriental on Tuesday, September 12, emphasized that medical workers in government hospitals are not allowed to engage in the short mobile video application TikTok or other similar online platforms while on duty. Dr. Liland...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – A suspected member of a private armed group (PAG) in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental was arrested over the weekend after yielding illegal firearms, ammunition, and suspected shabu. A report from the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) on Monday, September...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Police arrested an alleged hitman of the Teves Terrorist Group and most wanted person in Negros Oriental in Talugtug, Nueva Ecija on September 7. Police Col. Richard V. Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, identified the suspect Richard Quadra, 45, poultry...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Wednesday, Aug. 30 that a special election will be conducted on Dec. 9 for the Negros Oriental Province's third legislative district. In a statement, Comelec said that the special poll fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives (HOR) created...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier died in an encounter between the Army 11th Infantry Battalion (IB) and New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Taleo, Barangay Milagrosa, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Thursday, August 24. The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) has yet to reveal the name of the slain...
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....
CEBU CITY – The death of the No. 1 most wanted person in Central Visayas dealt a big blow to private armed groups operating in Negros Oriental, police said. POLICE Col. Ronan Claravall, chief of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, says the crime rate in Negros Oriental has gone...
Lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr.' assets will be frozen after being designated as a "terrorist" by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC). Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) explained that the issuance of freeze order on Teves' assets was "simultaneous"...
The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., along with 12 others, as "terrorists" for the alleged killings and harassment in Negros Oriental. Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. In Resolution No. 43 dated July 26, the ATC tagged...
The top “most wanted” personality in Central Visayas (Region 7) died after allegedly resisting arrest during a police operation in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Monday, July 31, a report from the Philippine National Police (PNP) showed. A police report reaching Camp Crame identified the...
