Sea travel to Negros Oriental cancelled as Basyang maintains strength

Morexette B. Erram 02/12/2018

Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRMMO) information officer Julius Regner told Cebu Daily News that all trips bound for Negros Oriental from the port of Samboan are cancelled as of this morning. Cebu is…

Woman nabbed for online libel

Benjie B. Talisic 02/06/2018

A 19-year-old woman was arrested on Monday in her residence in Dumaguete City. Lucy Aberia was arrested after she was served an arrest warrant for violation of the Cyber Crime Prevention Act or online libel, said SPO1…

Man, facing illegal gun possession raps, nabbed in Pamplona

Benjie B. Talisic 02/06/2018

A man, whom the Pamplona police described as one of their most wanted persons, was arrested in his house in Pamplona town in Negros Oriental on Monday. Rolando Intero, 46, of Barangay Datagon was arrested after he…

Two human rights workers killed in NegOr shooting

Nestor P. Burgos Jr. 11/28/2017

ILOILO CITY–Unidentified armed men gunned down two members of a human rights fact-finding mission and wounded another in Bayawan City in Negros Oriental on Tuesday afternoon. The fatalities included Elisa Badayos, 59, Negros Oriental coordinator of the…

BFAR-7 bans shellfish products from Siaton, NegOr

Nestle L. Semilla 10/08/2017

RED TIDE ALERT The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) temporarily prohibits the sale, delivery and consumption of shellfish products from the town of Siaton in Negros Oriental due to red tide. According…

Nietes ready for life after boxing

Glendale G. Rosal 10/01/2017

Donnie “Ahas” Nietes has had one of the more colorful and successful boxing careers in the country. The 35-year-old Murcia, Negros Oriental native is the longest reigning Filipino boxing world champion, a three-division world champion, and the…

Militants claim killings in Guihulngan

Winston Ensomo 09/19/2017

Leftist militant leaders decried what they said was the inaction of the municipal government of Guihulngan town in Negros Oriental on the alleged killings committed by uniformed personnel in remote communities from July 23 to Sept. 7.…

Militants to probe deaths of group leaders

Winston Ensomo 09/10/2017

MILITANT groups will conduct a ‘fact-finding mission’ in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on the alleged killings of seven leaders of the group AnakBayan on Thursday and Friday this week. AnakBayan spokesman Nino Olayvar said the deaths occurred…

Negros councilor pleads guilty to sexual harassment, fined P10,000

Inquirer.net 08/27/2017

A former councilor of Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental was meted a P10,000 fine by the Sandiganbayan after he pleaded guilty to sexual harassment. In a four-page decision dated Aug. 22, the court’s Seventh Division allowed Carlo…

Davide to NegOr: Welcome back

Intern 08/11/2017

CEBU Provincial Governor Hilario Davide III “warmly welcomed” the return of Negros Oriental province as part of the Central Visayas region after President Rodrigo Duterte issued an executive order last Wednesday for the dissolution of Negros Island…

Guihulngan cops who survived ambush receive medals

Carla P. Gomez 07/22/2017

  BACOLOD CITY –  The Philippine National Police (PNP) gave medals to the three policemen who survived the ambush staged by New People’s Army in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. Wounded personnel medals were pinned by Chief Supt.…

PNP blames NPA for NegOr ambush that killed six cops, injured 4 others

Carla P. Gomez 07/21/2017

BACOLOD CITY – Six policemen were killed and four others – three policemen and a municipal councilor – were injured in two attacks staged today by suspected New People’s Army rebels in Barangay Magsaysay, Guihulngan City, Negros…

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