Dumaguete pushed as UNESCO creative city

Mary Judaline Partlow 11/09/2024

DUMAGUETE CITY – Dumaguete, the provincial capital of Negros Oriental, has been chosen as one of two Philippine endorsements to the 2025 UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of Literature. Quezon City is the other…

Pamplona Massacre anniversary: ‘Where are we now in our pursuit of justice?’

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 03/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Today, March 4, 2024, marks the first anniversary of the shooting that killed Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and nine others inside his home in Pamplona town, Negros Oriental, which would be later…

Cebu Daily Newscast: Woman stabbed dead by man while walking on street in Negros Oriental

CDN Digital 09/06/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Wednesday, September 6.   Woman stabbed dead by man while walking on street in Negros Oriental…

Archbishop Palma on proper hand gesture during ‘Amahan Namo’

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 06/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said it is high time for the Church to issue a decree on the proper gesture of the hands when reciting the Lord’s Prayer. This Palma said as many…

Degamo slay planned since December

Dexter Cabalza, Kathleen de Villa, Kaye C. Brier, Tina G. Santos 03/10/2023

The plan to murder Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo was hatched as early as December last year, police investigators revealed Thursday, March 9, 2023. In a press conference, Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson for the Special…

Kiddie Chess: 63 young woodpushers to play in Cebu tourney

Glendale G. Rosal 10/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It’s all systems go for tomorrow’s second edition of the Under-12 Kiddie Chess Tournament of the Cebu Chess Hub at the SM Seaside City Cebu. The tournament which will run in the entire…

An ‘eco-disaster’ waiting to happen

Crispin C. Maslog - @inquirerdotnet 08/13/2021

The editorial headline by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on July 22, 2021 said it all. The “monumental eco-disaster” waiting to happen is the P23-billion, 174-hectare reclamation project that the city of Dumaguete plans to build on the…

PDEA-7 agents raid drug den, nab 5 persons

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Drug enforcement agents closed a suspected drug den and arrested five persons during a buy-bust operation on June 28, 2020 in Barangay Looc, Dumaguete City. Richard Torres, 39; Shinette Sarabia, 43; Katrina Tish…

Family in Dumaguete City finds way to bond with quarantined father

Immae Lachica 06/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A family in Dumaguete City melts hearts online as two children try to bond with their firefighter father while in quarantine. Arabela Vergara, 29, nurse and a mother of two lovely children, Hatch Knight,5,…

PRO-7 officer, girlfriend positive of COVID-19

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A police officer, who is assigned at the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), and his girlfriend, are the new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases recorded in Dumaguete City today, June…

Dumaguete biologist discovers new butterfly subspecies

Gresheen Gift M. Libby 06/20/2020

An endemic butterfly species that can only be found in Mount Talinis, Negros Oriental, has been discovered by a biologist from Dumaguete City. Dr. Jade Aster T. Badon, a biologist and also an instructor at the Silliman…

Dumaguete drug bust yields P102K shabu, nets 5 men

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Five persons were arrested and P102,000 worth of suspected shabu were confiscated after drug enforcement agents raided and shutdown a suspected drug den in Dumaguete City on Monday, June 15, 2020. Abdula P.…

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