Negros Island Region: NegOr governor welcomes reformation of NIR 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Negros Oriental Governor Chaco Sagarbarria welcomed the passage of the bill seeking to reform the Negros Island Region (NIR). Speaking to reporters at the sidelines of the Regional Development Council in Central Visayas…

P204,000 shabu seized in drug busts in Cebu City, Negros Or. – PDEA-7

Emmariel Ares 03/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two separate anti-illegal drugs operations by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) resulted to the confiscation of suspected shabu worth P204,000 on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The first buy-bust operation…

Crime rate in Negros Oriental dropped since Pamplona massacre — PRO-7

Emmariel Ares 03/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) revealed that the number of crime incidents in the province of Negros Oriental has “dramatically” decreased since the occurrence of the Pamplona massacre.  On Monday,…

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…

Fatalities in Mabinay road accident rise to 15

Futch Anthony Inso, Paul Lauro 02/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Another victim of the tragic road accident in Mabinay town in Negros Oriental has died. This increases to 15 the total number of fatalities in the Wednesday afternoon road accident, according to Lieutenant…

14 killed, 3 injured in road accident in Mabinay, Negros Oriental

Futch Anthony Inso 02/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines- A total of 14 individuals were reported to have died while three others were injured in a road accident that happened in Sitio Tubod, Barangay Bulwang in Mabinay town in Negros Oriental. According to…

Ex-convict, live-in partner nabbed in Negros Oriental drug bust

Emmariel Ares 02/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An ex-convict landed back in jail along with his 38-year-old common law partner after they were arrested during a drug bust in Purok Opao, Barangay Tugas, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday, February…

Policeman in Negros Oriental dead due to accidental firing of own gun

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 12/30/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The death of a policeman who was found with a severe gunshot wound on his head in Negros Oriental on Saturday morning, December 30, 2023, was allegedly caused by his own gun accidentally…

Policeman shot in the head in Negros Oriental

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 12/30/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A policeman, who was driving his motorcycle, was shot in the head in La Libertad town, Negros Oriental on Saturday morning, December 30, 2023. The fatality was identified as Police Staff Sergeant John…

Special election in Negros Oriental canceled by Comelec on House urging

11/09/2023

The special election in the third congressional district of Negros Oriental set for Dec. 9 was canceled by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday following the House of Representatives adoption of a resolution urging the poll…

Degamo vs Teves floated in Negros Oriental 3rd district special poll

Kaye Brier 11/06/2023

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — At least two names coming from the opposing Teves and Degamo political families are being floated to battle it out in the special election in the third district of Negros Oriental on…

Boulder falls, crushes, kills woman inside hole she dug in Negros Oriental

Paul Lauro 11/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 34-year-old woman was crushed by an estimated 1 ton boulder that fell on her as she was trying to find a way to let it fall on a hole so that she…

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