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Dumaguete BFP calls for vigilance vs. fires amid El Nino

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 12 -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here has cautioned the public against activities that may exacerbate fire hazards amid the searing heat brought about by the El Nino phe... Read More


P120-B road project pushed to pave growth of former 'no man's land'

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 12 -- A PHP 120-billion project that would connect at least three towns in Negros Oriental to a former rebel-infested Tamlang Valley is seen to pave the way for progress and deve... Read More


PSA-Community Based Monitoring System to aid 4Ps list updating

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 12 -- The Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will assist the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the identif... Read More


Dumaguete City gets 145 live hogs from ASF-free Mindanao province

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 11 -- The first batch of 145 live hogs from South Cotabato that is free from African swine fever (ASF) arrived in this Negros Oriental capital last weekend amid high prices of po... Read More


Sugar workers in Negros assured of SAP benefits

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 8 -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), through the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns, assured the implementation of social and economic benefits for sugar indu... Read More


Female-led fruit vendors' association gets P500-K assistance

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 8 -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has awarded PHP500,000 to an association of fruit and vegetable vendors at the city public market here to support their livelih... Read More


'Drug den' dismantled, 3 nabbed in Negros Oriental town

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 6 -- Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Negros Oriental have arrested three persons and dismantled an alleged drug den during an operation in Sibulan ... Read More


Commission calls for stronger measures protecting battered women

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 2 -- The Provincial Commission on Women (PCW) in Negros Oriental called for tighter measures to protect the welfare of battered women as it kicked off Friday the month-long celeb... Read More


DTI warns stiff penalties vs. selling vapes to minors

DUMAGUETE CITY, March 1 -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Oriental on Thursday told establishments not to sell vape devices to minors or face stiff penalties. DTI-Negros Orienta... Read More


Bomb threat drill conducted in Dumaguete city port

DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 29 -- Law enforcement agencies on Wednesday conducted a simulation exercise of a bomb threat scenario at the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) administration building in this capit... Read More