20 Negros Or. PUMs complete 14-day quarantine: No n-CoV symptoms

Florence Baesa 02/08/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — Twenty of the 23 persons under monitoring (PUMs) of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019 n-CoV ARD) have already completed their 14-day home quarantine and showed no symptoms of the disease.…

CVIRAA meet may still happen

Mars G. Alison 02/07/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Perennial champions, Cebu City Niños, are advised to continue their training for the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) Meet despite the regional meet’s postponement. “The CVIRAA meet hasn’t been totally cancelled.…

No symptoms of nCoV from crew of vessels from China

Florence Baesa 02/06/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—To promote and preserve the health of the public here, Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo denied the ships that sailed from China from docking and prohibited the crew to disembark at the Dumaguete…

CVIRAA meet postponed due to 2019-nCoV scare

Mars G. Alison 02/04/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) Meet has been postponed by the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) to a still undetermined date.  The regional meet, which serves as a…

Where she went, whom she met: Actions taken regarding case No. 1

Irma Faith Pal - INQUIRER.net 02/01/2020

  DUMAGUETE CITY—Employees of a hotel in this city and a beach resort in a nearby town who may have had contact with the 38-year-old Chinese woman found positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) have been…

Dumaguete mayor urges public to be calm, vigilant amid n-CoV threat

Florence Baesa 01/30/2020

DUMAGUETE  CITY, Negros Oriental — Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo has encouraged the Dumagueteños to be vigilant and live a healthy lifestyle.  Earlier, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III confirmed that a Chinese woman confirmed to be…

Dumaguete lad prepares to represent the Philippines in Mr. Universe Tourism this November

Immae Lachica 01/25/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— From the city of Gentle People, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, this 21-year-old lad crossed oceans to reach the shores of Cebu to try his luck in joining pageants. Erik Lennart Visser, Dutch-Filipino, was…

Chinese woman, helper nabbed; P2.2M ‘ukay-ukay’ seized in Dumaguete raid

Florence Baesa 01/24/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — A Chinese woman and a helper were arrested  with P2.2 million worth of used clothing locally known as “ukay-ukay” in a raid in the afternoon of January 23, 2020 in Barangay Banilad,…

Lawyer, who survived January 3 shooting attack in Dumaguete, dies in hospital

Florence Baesa 01/13/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines — After 10 days of fighting for his life, a lawyer who was shot and wounded by still unidentified gunmen, died in a private hospital in Dumaguete City at around 2 p.m.,…

City level drug personality nabbed in Dumaguete

Florence Baesa 01/07/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—Police recovered P204,000 worth of suspected shabu (crystal meth) in a buy-bust operation from a city level target drug personality Monday night, January 6, 2020, in Barangay Mangnao here. The joint elements of the…

Dumaguete drug raid nets P1.8M worth of shabu

Florence Baesa 12/18/2019

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—More than P1.8M worth of suspected shabu (crystal meth) were seized in a raid by authorities on Tuesday night, December 17, 2019, in Barangay Camanjac here. The operation by the joint elements of the…

Can you guess what this gift is?

Immae Lachica 12/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—One of the thrills in gift giving is the mystery behind what’s inside the box. Looking at that box or gift bag gives us a sense of excitement during Christmas Day. But here’s one throwback…

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