DUMAGUETE CITY – Hundreds of beneficiaries received financial assistance and employment opportunities during the 128th Philippine Independence Day celebration held Friday at a shopping mall here. The event, led by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Negros Oriental, featured a Kalayaan...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental returned to regular working hours on Monday, June 8, after almost three months in a four-day compressed work week due to the impact of rising fuel prices. Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria issued Executive Order No. 38 lifting the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) deployed 2,197 personnel across the region to secure the 128th Anniversary of Philippine Independence on Friday, June 12. They will be deployed and strategically positioned in key cities and municipalities to ensure safe and...
BACOLOD City – Precious Zaragosa completed a big late-season surge, securing a wire-to-wire victory in the ICTSI Negros JPGT Championship at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club here on Wednesday, June 10, to book her spot in the upcoming Junior PGT Elite Grand Finals. By winning the final...
BACOLOD CITY – A 58-year-old pastor was gunned down in a sugarcane field in Sitio Mag-anay Uno, Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 8. Police Capt. Joelan Vinson, Binalbagan police chief, identified the victim as Marlo, a hacienda overseer and member of the village’s...
BACOLOD City – A scorching second-round showdown looms at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club as the race for the remaining ICTSI North vs. South Elite Junior PGT Finals berths reaches a fever pitch. With several heavyweights skipping the sixth and final leg of the Visayas-Mindanao...
BACOLOD CITY – A 41-year-old woman was gunned down following a visit to her detained live-in partner at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, June 6. Police identified the victim as Lowela, a resident of Barangay 2, Manapla,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) is continuing the manhunt against fewer than 10 remaining members of the dismantled Northern Negros Front (NNF-D) in Negros Occidental, including a fugitive rebel. Speaking during the launch of S.A.F.E. Negros Island Region (NIR) 911 in this...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental first district Rep. Julio Ledesma IV urged local government units under his legislative district to declare Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano as persona non grata or unwanted person for trivializing his duty as a legislator amid recent developments in the...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental is closely monitoring big retail stores in the province to ensure that prices of school supplies and other commodities remain at acceptable levels, an official said Thursday. Krystle Jade Bato, DTI spokesperson and...
BACOLOD CITY – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. condoled with the family of Private First Class John Rey Brasil in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, June 3. Brasil was killed in a clash between the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the New People 's Army (NPA) in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – One soldier was wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Tamlang, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 1. First Lt. Fevie Fajardo, 79th Infantry Battalion civil-military operations officer, said the gun battle against five remnants of the dismantled...
