Body of minor who drowned in Bais found

Florence Baesa 04/10/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—The body of a 15-year-old boy who believed to have drowned on Thursday afternoon, April 9, 2020, was retrieved in the waters off Barangay Olympia in Bais City. The body was retrieved at around 8:40…

Gunmen kill close-in security of Guihulngan vice mayor

Florence Baesa 04/09/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — A 56-year-old job-order- employee and close-in security of the vice mayor of Guihulngan City was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle riding assailants around 6 p.m. of April 9, 2020 in Barangay…

NegOr cops arrest HVI with almost P1.5M shabu

Florence A. Baesa 04/08/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental–Policemen here arrested a high-value individual (HVI) for the possession of close to P1.5 million worth of illegal drugs (crystal meth). Ronald “Joven Bayot” Ordonia, 41, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay…

Lithuanian national nabbed in Dumaguete for ignoring enforcers manning a checkpoint 

Florence Baesa 04/06/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental–A 61-year-old Lithuanian national was arrested for ignoring authorities manning a checkpoint along Locsin Street here shortly past Monday noon, April 6, 2020. Charges of Disobedience, Resisting Arrest, Direct Assault and Physical Injuries will be…

Dumaguete City roads near empty due to ECQ implementation

Florence Baesa 04/04/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental-Most residents heeded the stay-at-home order of the city government following the declaration of an enhanced community quarantine ((ECQ) in the province starting on Friday, April 3, 2020, to prevent the spread of the…

Motorcycle-riding gunmen kill construction worker

Florence Baesa 04/02/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines  —  A 42-year-old construction worker was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen on board a scooter motorcycle in front of his house in Barangay Poblacion, Zamboanguita town in Negros Oriental tonight, April…

Mayor Reyes orders closure of Guihulngan City borders

Florence A. Baesa 03/30/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental-Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental will already be closing its borders starting at 5 p.m. today, March 30, 2020. His order for a “lockdown” is contained in Executive Order No. 9-A series of 2020,…

Enhanced community quarantine for Negros Oriental starts April 3

Florence A. Baesa 03/29/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — Governor Roel Degamo will declare an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Negros Oriental effective April 3, 2020. Bimbo Miraflor, the provincial information officer said in a statement that the decision of the…

Another NegOr PUI dies while waiting for swab test results

Florence Baesa 03/29/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental-A person under investigation (PUI) for the coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) died last night, March 28, 2020, while admitted to a private hospital here. The PUI, a 39-year-old male patient, died while awaiting…

More measures in place vs spread of COVID-19 – Remollo

Florence A. Baesa 03/28/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental- Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo has ordered the closure of all flea markets here and shortened the business hours of the public market to minimize the convergence of large crowds to contain the spread…

1K plus complete mandatory quarantine in NegOr

Florence A. Baesa 03/26/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental- One-thousand-sixty (1,060) asymptomatic persons monitored for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) here have completed their quarantine. However, the number of persons who are asymptomatic and under monitoring and quarantine increased to 5,007 as…

NegOr closes borders after death of PUI

Florence Baesa 03/25/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental- All borders in Negros Oriental will be closed to all passengers effective 12 midnight on March 26, 2020. This comes after a patient under investigation (PUI) with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection ( SARI)…

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