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Saturday 18th of May 2013
DUMAGUETE CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- Governor Roel Degamo obtained a fresh mandate from Negros Oriental residents after he was proclaimed on May 17 by the provincial board of canvassers as the winner in the heated gubernatorial race.
Degamo of PDP-Laban won overwhelmingly with 212,252 votes defeating his two known political and economic giant- rivals in Negros Oriental -- 1st district Congresswoman Josy Limkaichong of the Liberal Party who only got 161, 361 while former Finance secretary Margarito Teves of UNA only garnered 148,604 votes.
Ranked as number one Provincial Board member, Degamo assumed as vice-governor in 2010 after the death of th...
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26Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) director general Joel Villanueva said twenty-eight local and overseas companies participated in Wednesday’s jobs bridging program or jobs fair in Dumaguete City. Tesda’s jobs fair is a pre-Labor Day celebration to provide employment of new technical-vocational graduates in Negros Oriental. Villanueva said Tesda helps graduates find the right job after having a national certificate on the tech-vo...
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25Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The dream of having access to clean water has become a reality for a barangay in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental after the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 7 inaugurated a water system project in Brgy. Bairan earlier this month. The Bairan Level II (RAM pump-driven) water system sub-project at Brgy. Bairan costs over P1.5M. It will directly benefit 110 households in the community and the neighborhood. Getting water from a source in an upl...
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23Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Negros Oriental launched STARBOOKS (Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Stations) and has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with three local government units in Negros Oriental recently. Administrative STARBOOKS coordinator and Science Research Specialist II, Annie Lyn Bacani explained that STARBOOKS is the newest project of DOST’s Science and Technology Information ...
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21Apr2013NEGROS ORIENTAL, April 20 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo assured the public that the province is now ready for the hosting of the Palarong Pambansa 2013. In a press conference held recently, he said that all aspects of preparations have been taken cared of by the different working committees. “It is with great pride and honor for the province of Negros Oriental to host for the first time a national event such as Palarong Pambansa," says Degamo. According to NegOr Schol Divi...
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13Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- The local Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will launch the first online science and technology library which will be turned over to the three local government units in Negros Oriental on April 17 at DOST’s Office, Dumaguete City. Dubbed 'STARBOOKS' or the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosk Stations, will be awarded to public libraries of Dumaguete City, Mabinay town, and Bayawan City for their eLibrary on scie...
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02Apr2013NEGROS ORIENTAL, April 2 (PIA) – Forty-three (43) high school graduates in Negros Oriental passed the nationwide scholarship exams of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) for June 2013 school year. DOST provincial director Gilbert Arbon announced that the 40 passers are qualified as scholars to science and technology under the RA 7687, a scholarship program for talented and deserving students belonging to economically disadvantaged families, while ...
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02Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 2 (PIA)--The Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative II (Noreco2) will hold district elections for audit and election committees during its annual general membership assembly on April 14 at Pamplona gymnasium, municipality of Pamplona, Negros Oriental. The Noreco2 management advised all electric cooperative members interested to run for the two committees on election and audit to secure and file their certificate of candidacy on or before April 6 at the member services depart...
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30Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 30 (PIA)--The Diocesan Electoral Board (DEB) has scheduled series of candidates' forums in Negros Oriental from April 5 to May 3 for his year’s synchronized May 13 elections. DEB convenor, Rev Msgr Julius Perpetuo Heruela said the forum aims to provide a non-partisan and free venue for candidates to present their qualifications, platforms or programs of government and give local candidates and residents a chance to discuss the various issues affecting their communities. ...
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20Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- More than 600 political candidates seeking for provincial and local seats in the coming May elections are expected to sign the Peace Covenant on March 25 at 2p.m. at the Catherina Cittadini St. Louis gymnasium in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The Diocesan Electoral Board (DEB) is leading this Monday’s peace covenant signing for all the political candidates in Negros Oriental. DEB convenor Msgr. Julius Heruela cited the event as a significant support to ...
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19Mar2013DUMAGUTE CITY, Negros Oriental, March 19 (PIA) -- Some 3,000 volunteers for Negros Oriental’s Gawad Kalinga (GK)-Bayani Challenge are expected to join 100,000 strong Army of Hope Builders nationwide signing up to build homes for the homeless on March 23 to 27 this year. Of the 37 sites in 33 provinces, the municipality of Mabinay, Negros Oriental targets to build 35 houses for the displaced victims of Typhoon Pablo that struck in December 2012. In a five-day event, 35 two-storey row houses ...
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17Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Negros Oriental installed 487 qualified agrarian reform farmer beneficiaries to the Montenegro Estate in barangay Lapay, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental recently. DAR-provincial agrarian reform officer (PARO) Stephen Leonidas said the estate comprises of 1,089 hectares of land formerly owned by the Montenegro Estate Incorporated will be used for farming by the famer-beneficiaries. Leonidas emphasized in his message that...
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11Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- This year’s Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge targets 39 provinces in the country including Mabinay, Negros Oriental to simultaneously build houses for the homeless on March 23 to 27. The gathering of thousands of volunteers in different provinces nationwide expects to build houses and expected to finish the construction in five days. Anchored on the theme “Isang Bayan, Isang Bayanihan” is the biggest volunteer event of the year with a test of courage , end...
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07Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) Region7 announced the start of the implementation of the P134 million worth of community projects under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) this March in Negros Oriental. DSWD 7 Social Marketing Officer Simeon Remata III said 56 Kalahi projects in the province are identified through a bottom-up planning process which involves the barangay...
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05Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- Around 6,000 disaster victims in Negros Oriental will benefit from the joint humanitarian mission of the US Pacific Air Force and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) dubbed "Operation Pacific Angel" that started Monday, March 4 until March 9. OPA Mission Commander Ltc Alvin Alana in a press conference said the humanitarian mission of PAF and US military will provide medical health services to 500 patients a day for six days or from March 4 to 9 in two sites -...
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28Feb2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb 28 (PIA)--About 80 US military and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel and local non-government organization representatives are scheduled to kick off 'Operation Pacific Angel 2013' on March 4 in Negros Oriental. This humanitarian assistance mission will include medical, dental, optometry, and engineering programs as well as various subject-matter expert exchanges. A press statement from the US Embassy said doctors and engineers from the AFP will work alongsid...
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12Feb2013CEBU CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- A sawmill processing plant with a proposed P1 million budget will soon rise in Bindoy, Negrs Oriental. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) Dr. Isabelo R. Montejo and Bindoy Mayor Valente Yap recently led the ground breaking rites for the proposed sawmill project which is considered the first to be installed in the first district of Negros Oriental. In a message during the ceremony, Montejo said the project aims to empower the local government ...
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12Feb2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb 12 (PIA) --The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has announced the need to hire information technology specialists to operate the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines in Negros Oriental for the May 13 elections. Dumaguete City Acting Election Officer, Atty. Jerome Brillantes of Comelec said during the Kapihan sa PIA recently that the teachers from the Department of Education (DepEd) or the Board of Elections Inspectors in 2010 election are not enough to serve as PCOS...
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12Feb2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced that 91 elementary pupil-examinees in Central Visayas qualify for the scholarships in the Philippine Science High School (PSHS-DOST). DOST Negros Oriental assistant provincial director Roslyn Tambago said of the 91 passers, 11 students from Negros Oriental are qualified to be admitted as freshmen in the PSHS-DOST scholars for school year 2013-2014. The pupils now will be accepted at the Philippine Scie...
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06Feb2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) -- Six alleged trans-national traffickers face charges of qualified trafficking in persons at the Lapu-lapu City Prosecutor’s Office Friday after three girl-victims were able to escape to Negros Oriental. Visayas Coordinator of Visayan Forum Inc, (VFI) Romulado Seneres said his office assisted the victims in filing human trafficking case against the traffickers. One of the victims, illegally recruited in Davao City, led the other girls to flee to Negros Oriental...
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01Feb2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb 1 (PIA) -- A total of 4,588 individuals recently received free medical and dental civic action program (MEDCAP) services in five local government units in Negros Oriental. Capt Anacito Naz, Philippine Army's information officer here said the 302nd Infantry Brigade in collaboration with the Aba Child Ministries of Tunga Dauin, Kindness in Action Emmanuel Foundation of Edmonton, Alberta in Canada and the 79th and 11th Infantry Battalion conducted the MEDCAP on January 21 to 2...
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26Jan2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- The Commission on Election (Comelec) is set to conduct mock elections in four barangays in Negros Oriental, today, January 26, in preparation for the conduct of the May 13 national and local polls. In a recent Diocesan Electoral Board meeting, Comelec election supervisor Atty. Eddie Aba said the mock polls will be held in barangays Camanjac and Poblacion 1, Dumaguete City ; barangays Kabulacan and Poblacion 1 in Sta. Catalina town, Negros Oriental. Atty. Aba sa...
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15Jan2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 15 (PIA) -- This year’s search for the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) in Central Visayas has officially started. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can now nominate graduating students who are outstanding in leadership, social responsibility, and academics, Rolando Villamero Jr, regional representative of the TOSP, said. Colleges and universities should send their nominations on or before April 1 to the following designated offices: For Negros O...
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09Jan2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 9 (PIA) -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) stepped up arresting helmet law violators as it apprehended nine government vehicles and 99 motorcycles in a five-day campaign in Negros Oriental since the implementation of the National Helmet Law on January 3. In a provincial peace and order council meeting recently, Land Transportation Office (LTO) district chief Roland Ramos said the agency is strictly enforcing the law with the 23 deputized Philippine National Police p...
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04Dec2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Dec 4 (PIA) -- The Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) of Negros Oriental intensifies alert and prepares with its incident plan to lessen the impact of typhoon Pablo. The disaster operation center located at the Aqua Center is now open 24-hour and will receive reports from the fields and dispatch advisories for immediate response, said Arnel Francisco,provincial administrator, in an emergency meeting. As host province of the on-going Central Visayas Regional Ath...
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04Dec2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- Barangay halls and churches in Dumaguete City will be utilized as evacuation centers for residents who will be affected by the typhoon Pablo that is expected to hit Dumaguete on today or Wednesday morning. The city disaster risk reduction management council (CDRRMC) in an emergency meeting Monday agreed to utilize the churches and barangay halls as the designated evacuation centers since the schools are being used by athletes and coaches for the Central Visayas ...
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27Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The provincial government here joined the national observance of "Araw ng Pagbasa” (Reading Day), the official culminating activity of the National Reading Month this November, in a program held today at the Negros Oriental Convention Center. Gov. Roel Degamo led a storytelling session with around 20 Grade 3 pupils from public schools in the province as he read from a book about the history of Siaton town, the birthplace of the governor. Nearly 600 school h...
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23Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- The construction of the Out-Patient Department building at the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital (NOPH) will be completed before the year ends to serve a greater number of clients in the province. This was revealed by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Dante Domingo in a report to Gov. Roel Degamo. The construction is currently on the final phase with the installation of fixtures like aircon, water, and drainage system, said Adrian Sedillo, capitol information o...
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23Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 23 (PIA) -- A team of more than 15 doctors from Manila will visit Negros Oriental for a series of activities to mark the provincial celebration of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) Day. The team of medical doctors and physical therapists are from the Philippine Orthopedics Center, Philippine Orthopedic Pastoral Care and the Physicians for Peace. The team is led by Rev. Fr. Arnold Abelardo, chaplain of the Philippine Orthopedics Center, and Dr. Josephine Robredo-Bondoc. ...
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21Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov 21 (PIA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) officials have met with Gov. Roel Degamo and provincial government department heads to discuss preparations for next year’s Palarong Pambansa. Among the points tackled were sports and billeting facilities that need to be augmented as raised during the evaluation phase by a Paralong Pambansa. The facilities that are needed include air-conditioned billeting quarters for athletes and coaches, showers in the bathrooms, additional ...
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15Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 15 (PIA) --The Philippine Orthopedic Society is set to turn over free prosthetic legs to identified beneficiaries in Negros Oriental. This after Philippine Orthopedic Center chaplain Fr. Arnold Abelardo recently visited Negros Oriental to inform Gov. Roel Degamo of the society’s plan to donate around 100 free artificial legs. Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo said that amputees who will benefit from the prosthetic limb are now being identified and listed, afte...
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15Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 15 (PIA) -- Motorists will no longer need to present an application form when applying for sticker marking of their motorcycle helmet at the office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here starting November 5, 2012. This was announced by DTI in its latest advisory issued November 8. “Motorists will only need to present a valid government-issued ID such as driver’s license, and the helmet itself for inspection,” DTI’s Trade and Industry Development Specia...
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14Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently delisted 71,000 names from their nationwide roster of beneficiaries under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). DSWD Sec. Dinky Soliman disclosed that the beneficiaries they dropped from said list were found to be ineligible to receive the conditional cash grants issued under the 4Ps program. Of the total delisted, three are from Negros Oriental; one is from Siaton town and two from Bay...
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14Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov 14 (PIA) -- More than 4,000 job opportunities for overseas and local employment will be offered during a two-day recruitment activity on November 28 and 29 at the Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center, Dumaguete City. The two-day job fair is open to all job seekers from around Negros Oriental, Provincial Public Employment Services Office (PESO) focal person Jose Ramon Benedicto said. Benedicto said that during the job fair, Trioceanic Manning and Shipping Inc. seeks ...
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13Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov 13 (PIA) -- The local governments of Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City are preparing to host the fashion show event of 15 international beauty queens for Miss Earth 2012. The Miss Earth beauties will visit Negros Oriental on November 17-18 to promote and advocate environmental causes and issues. This annual environmental event is participated in by 80 to 90 beauty queens from all over the world who became known as “beauties for a cause”. This year, the province of Neg...
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12Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 12 (PIA) -- The voting process is underway for choosing community projects to be implemented in selected barangays under the Kalahi-CIDSS program in Negros Oriental. Representatives from around 329 barangays in Negros Oriental are casting their ballots for their preferred community projects during the series of ongoing municipal inter-barangay forums (MIBF) led by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The voting started on November 6 and will end on No...
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12Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Energy (DOE) warned dealers and retailers of liquefied petroleum products (LPP) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Negros Oriental and Siquijor against unsafe and unfair practices which compromise the safety of the consuming public. In a forum held, Energy Industry Management Division Supervisor Jose Rey Maleza of DOE said the LPP and LPG dealers and retail outlets must comply with the required national standards which include quality, quanti...
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11Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov 11 (PIA) --The Department of Energy (DOE) in the Visayas urged local government units (LGUs) of Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces to regularly calibrate and seal the pumps of gasoline stations to protect consumers from illegal fuel price hikes. DOE-Visayas Senior Science Research Specialist, Engr. Octavio Belarmino said the LGUs are the primary agency mandated to calibrate every dispensing pumps in 60 days. Belarmino shared this during the campaign- briefing on the Do...
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07Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov 7 (PIA) -- As host for the February 2013 Palarong Pambansa, Negros Oriental government may shell out more than P10 million for the improvement of the facilities in the game venues and billeting quarters. Provincial Treasurer Danilo Mendez said that in preparation for the national games, the province is estimated to spend between P10 million to P15 million for the repair of infrastructure, billeting areas for the athletes, provision of water supply and improvement of sanitary...
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04Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Energy (DOE)-Visayas has set two separate advocacy campaigns on the Downstream Oil Industry (DOI) for local governments and dealers of liquid petroleum products (LPP) on November 7 and 8 in Dumaguete City. Officers and representatives from the Treasurer’s and Business Licensing Offices of all LGUs in Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces including concerned national government officials are expected to attend the briefing on the role of local ...
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31Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) signed an agreement with the Bayawan City government in Negros Oriental for a project to boost tax collection in this local government. Agrarian Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes arrived in Dumaguete City on October 19 to sign a memorandum of partnership agreement (MOPA) with the officials from Bayawan City government headed by Mayor Rene Gaudiel. Under said agreement, both DAR and Bayawan local government unit (LGU) will ...
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30Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 30 (PIA) -- Department of Agrarian of Reform (DAR) Secretary Virgilio De Los Reyes visited Negros Oriental last week for a one-day activity with local government units (LGU) of Bayawan and Canlaon cities. De Los Reyes arrived in the province to sign a Memorandum of Partnership Agreement with Bayawan City government. Both the secretary and Mayor Rene Gaudiel of Bayawan signed the agreement which sealed the partnership to conduct a survey of subdivisions in government-owned ...
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30Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 30 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Dumaguete Station has put up passenger assistance centers in identified seaports in the province in view of the expected heavy passenger traffic for the holidays this week. The centers had been put up since October 26 in three major seaports here, namely, Dumaguete port terminal, Sibulan port, and Tandayag port. "The passenger assistance centers will serve as a help desk to respond to the inquiries and needs of our passengers i...
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29Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 29 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental has joined the roster of local governments that partnered with the The Entire Nation Moves (TEN Moves!) campaign to help the government address the classroom gap in the country. The TEN Moves campaign was officially launched in the province on Oct. 26 at the Negros Oriental Convention Center. Around 500 teachers, students, and representatives from local government units attended the event. Gov. Roel Degamo said the provincial government’s pa...
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25Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 25 (PIA) -- The governor of Negros Oriental asked some 60 tribal chieftains of indigenous peoples (IPs) to support and cooperate in addressing peace and order in the communities. In a forum for the observance of National Indigenous Month, Gov. Roel Degamo said that in support for the IP sector, there will be a representation in the local council for the promotion of their rights. Degamo also requested the natives to assist the military in peacekeeping in their respective co...
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25Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 25 (PIA) -- Thousands of passengers were stranded at the four sea ports in Negros Oriental after the Philippine Coast Guard here suspended all boat trips leaving the island starting yesterday morning due to Tropical Storm Ofel blowing through the Visayas area. Records from the Coast Guard Dumaguete Station show that as of 9 a.m. of Oct. 25, total of 1,417 passengers were stranded in the sea ports of Dumaguete City, Sibulan, Tampi/Tandayag, and Guihulngan City. Some 14 s...
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24Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 24 (PIA) -- The provincial director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the province reiterated the standing order for all chiefs of police in Negros Oriental to aggressively implement the “one-strike” policy. The policy is enforced to ensure the active and intensified campaign against all forms of illegal activities in the province especially on illegal gambling, loose firearms and illegal drugs, said SPO1 Edilberto Euraoba III of the Negros Oriental Provincial ...
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22Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 22 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental State University (Norsu) received P29.9 million from its partners and several stakeholders for the implementation of the university’s development projects. This was revealed by Norsu President Don Vicente Real during the general faculty and staff meeting held on October 20, said Norsu Information Officer Joy Perez. In a statement, Perez said the highest donor is the Commission on Higher Education which gave P15 million. Of the amount, P8 m...
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18Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) -- A group of local government officials led by Governor Roel Degamo is set to go to Manila on Friday, October 19 to participate in the bidding for the hosting of the Palarong Pambansa 2013. Negros Oriental Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division Supt. Salustiano Jimenez said the party includes Dumaguete City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, the three district representatives, and some members of the provincial board to convince the organizer in Manila during the ...
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18Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Oct 18 (PIA) --The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Negros Oriental reported a decrease of crime incidents in the third quarter of this year as compared to the same period in 2011. NegOr Police Senior Superintendent Edward Caranza in a Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting on October 15 reported that there were 684 crimes committed from July to September, a decrease of 108 incidents or lower than 792 crime volume of the same period of last year. Carran...
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18Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) -- A German enterprise assisting the German government in the Philippines is set to install an early warning system, specifically the Local Flood Early Warning System (LFEWS) in the towns of Sibulan and Valencia. Said towns were identified to be most affected by Typhoon Sendong that struck Negros Oriental on Dec. 17, 2011, said Sibulan Information Officer Concepcion Rosales. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit or GIZ will install the LFEW...
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18Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) -- In a show of Bayanihan spirit, the Philippine Army’s 302nd Brigade provided two M35 trucks to transport from remote villages in Tanjay City, student athletes and teachers, who will join the City Schools Division athletic meet initiated by the Department of Education in Tanjay. A total of 70 athletes and teachers from three high schools and elementary schools in Brgy. Sta. Cruz Viejo boarded early today M35 trucks, commonly known as 6x6 trucks that took them a...
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17Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 17 (PIA) -- Nine colleges and universities in Negros Oriental are expected to compete in the provincial qualifier for the 21st Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ). Ariel Fortuito, National Statistics Office (NSO)-NegOr, said 27 freshmen college students will participate in the quiz. Each school needs to send three students for the competition. The provincial elimination will be on November 13 at 1 p.m. at Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) main campus, Dumaguete City. F...
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16Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 16 (PIA) -- The provincial government has inaugurated a road rehabilitation project involving a barangay road in Cadawinonan, Dumaguete City. Almost P1 million in funds were earlier poured in by the provincial government for the cementing of a portion of said barangay road, according to Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo. During the inauguration ceremony, Gov. Roel Degamo said in his speech that Dumaguete City received the biggest share in the province's 20 perc...
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12Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 12 (PIA) The Municipality of Valencia marked its 161st Fiesta Celebration with the Awarding of Outstanding Valencianons and launching of Anti-Smoking Program on October 11. This year’s awardees are institutions and organization that have huge contribution in the development of the town. These include the Lopez Foundation Inc. for donating a P24-million health center facility to Valencia town which will provide better health facility to the people. The Energy Development ...
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12Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 12 (PIA)--The Regional Development Council (RDC7) in Central Visayas has endorsed today the Negros Oriental bid to host the 2013 Palarong Pambansa. In its 3rd quarter meeting in Dumaguete City, Provincial Governor Roel Degamo requested the RDC to support Negros Oriental’s bid to host the national games next year. In a resolution passed by Provincial Development Council (PDC), Degamo stated that the event will contribute to boost tourism, sports and other socio-economic de...
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10Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 10 (PIA) --The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Council (PDRRMC) in Negros Oriental has approved a resolution to set aside P3 million for the restoration and rehabilitation of the hyperbaric decompression chamber. In a PDRRMC meeting, Provincial Tourism Officer Myla Abellana said there was a need to rehabilitate the hyperbaric chamber which was initially used as a life-saving tool to treat deep sea diving related illnesses. The P3-million fund allocation will be used for...
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10Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 10 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III has declared Oct. 19, Friday, a special non-working day throughout Negros Oriental to mark the celebration of Buglasan Festival. Malacanang has issued Proclamation No. 472 which was signed by Pres. Aquino on Sept. 13, 2012 proclaiming the special non-working day. The Proclamation states that the holiday will give Negrenses the opportunity to celebrate and participate in the festival. A total of 87 events have been slated for ...
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10Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 10 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) Negros Oriental announced another set of survey for the Census of Agriculture and Fishery (CAF) in February 2013 in a consultative forum, October 5 in Dumaguete City. Ariel Fortuito, NSO-NegOr provincial statistician officer, told participants from government agencies concern, farmers and fishermen’s associations, academe, and farmer-irrigators' groups that over a thousand enumerators are needed for next year’s census. Fo...
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09Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 9 (PIA) --The National Statistics Office (NSO) in Negros Oriental pleads for the support of local officials in 557 barangays for the ongoing nationwide survey for Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA). Provincial Statistician Officer Ariel Fortuito of NSO said the survey for the basic sectors in agriculture like the farmers, farm workers or laborers and fishermen in the province need to be enlisted for the economic development planners, policy makers and ...
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09Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 9 (PIA) -- The provincial government recently bought new bulldozers to step up not only its disaster preparedness efforts but also boost its construction projects. Infrastructure projects now being implemented by the provincial government have been designed with disaster risk reduction and management in mind, according to Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) Executive Officer and Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo. The newly bought ...
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08Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 8 (PIA) -- The Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) will hold activities in line with its annual NegOrganic Farm Family Agri-Fair on October 10 to 11 at the Provincial Nursery Compound, this city. This year's agri-fair banners the theme "Organic Agriculture: Gearing Towards Sustainable Growth in Negros Oriental." Governor Roel Degamo will keynote and formally open the affair. The two-day event gathers all registered rural-based organizations composed of farmers, fishers, r...
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05Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 5 (PIA) -- Construction of a two-classroom school building at Bago Elementary School in Brgy. Bago, Tayasan funded by the provincial government has been completed. The school building was built starting last year with funds from the provincial government, amounting to P1.4 million. “The provincial government allots a generous amount from the Special Education Fund every year to promote programs and projects such as school buildings to improve the quality and delivery of ...
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04Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The provincial government here turned over the completed infrastructure facilities to remote villages in Bayawan City. The infrastructure projects were completed using funds from the provincial government. In Brgy. Kalamtukan, Gov. Roel Degamo turned over the multi-purpose pavement (MPP) at Sitio Pulang-yuta and the cemented portion of a road at Sitio Balastro. The provincial government earlier allotted P350,000 for the MPP completion and P400,000 for the cem...
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04Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental Provincial Tourism Office welcomed the participation of persons with disabilities (PWD) sector, through The Great Physician Rehabilitation Foundation (GPRehab) to the 2012 Buglasan Festival in October. The PWD sector will join in the opening parade on October 12 and at the “Pagpa-apil 2012: A Fellowship for Disability” on October 13 at the Sidlakang Negros Village, Dumaguete City. “We want this year’s celebration to be more meaningful...
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03Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 3 (PIA) -- Members of a media network in Region 7 will hold an information caravan in selected local government units in Negros Oriental on October 5 - 6. The aim is to provide regional media with a greater understanding of the nutrition and related programs, projects and activities undertaken by the government to improve the nutrition, health and well-being of the populace in the communities, said National Nutrition Council Region 7 (NNC-7) Nutrition Program coordinator Pa...
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02Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 2 (PIA) -- The local school board has allotted P1 million to fund the improvement of sports facilities in the province in line with the province’s campaign to host the Palarong Pambansa in April next year. The funds, taken from the local Special Education Fund, will be used to also finance the province’s pre-Palaro preparations, said Salustiano Jimenez, provincial schools division superintendent. “This amount is up to December only, and used to refurbish buildings a...
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02Oct2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct 2 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental launched yesterday its bid to host next year’s annual Palarong Pambansa sports event. Provincial and local government officials here joined around 5,000 students in a jam-packed Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Complex yesterday to show their support to the province’s campaign to host the national sports event in April next year. A short program was held inside the complex to show the unified support given by the local governments, privat...
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28Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept. 27 (PIA) --Sixty runners in two groups from the Negros Oriental Sports Development Center participated in the 'Run for Peace' on September 22 in observance of the National Peace Consciousness Month of September. Each group was composed of 30 running enthusiasts that started the 120-kilometer run from the northern part of Negros Oriental in Guihulngan City and the other group from southern-town of Basay and converged at Dumaguete City. According to Capt. Anacito Naz of the...
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25Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 25 (PIA) -- The provincial government last week turned over four completed infrastructure projects in Basay town. A statement from Capitol said the projects are among the infrastructure programs that were given a budget of P3.3 million as part of Basay's share from last year's 20 percent economic development fund. In a ceremony, Gov. Roel Degamo symbolically turned over to Basay Mayor Dandilgust Abrio the following completed projects: street lighting, two-classroom schoo...
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25Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 25 (PIA) -- A learning facility for undereducated children and adults opened its doors in Mabinay town. The Mabinay Bidlisiw Child Development Center (MBCDC) was inaugurated early this month and witnessed by officials from the provincial government led by Gov. Roel Degamo and the Mabinay local government led by Mayor Ernie Uy. MBCDC was initiated by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Mabinay Central aimed at educating undereducated children in Mabinay, aged ...
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25Sep2012TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Sept 25 (PIA) -- Bohol information officers from local and national government agencies are preparing for the upcoming Regional Association of Development Information Officers (Radio) convention slated on October 24-26. The Radio convention to be held in Bohol Tropics in Tagbilaran City will be hosted by the Association of United Development Information Officers (Audio) of Bohol. The gathering brings to Bohol Central Visayas-wide, a network of information officers from...
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23Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 23 (PIA) -- The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of Negros Oriental deployed over a thousand of workers for local employment, including last week’s special recruitment for Cebu. In its first year anniversary, the PESO under the “Magdegamo Equals Trabaho” program of the provincial government, focal person Jose Ramon Benedicto said his office also facilitated 248 Negrenses who are now gainfully working overseas, specifically in Riyadh, Jeddah, Qatar, Kuala Lumpur...
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23Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 23 (PIA) -- Cases of kidney diseases in the Philippines have increased to about 11,000 due to unhealthy lifestyle, Dr. Roy Diamond Arco, nephrologist of Silliman University Medical Center said. Arco, in Kapihan sa PIA forum said the renal or kidney diseases, especially End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rank as the ninth leading cause of death in the country. Arco cited the significant functions of the kidneys as one of the most vital parts of the human body. “It is respon...
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20Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept. 18 (PIA) --This year’s Negros Oriental Buglasan Festival of Festivals will have three venues for the 87 events calendared on a two-week celebration in October. Negros Oriental Tourism Council (NOTC) Chair Nick Elman said the main events will be spread out at Freedom Park, Sidlakang Negros Village and Rizal Boulevard to decongest the huge crowd. For now, organizers are busy preparing for the biggest event, the Buglasan Festival, one of the Philippines most colorful festi...
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18Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept. 18 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has organized a dialogue with stakeholders in Negros Oriental during the installation of its new branch manager on September 14. GSIS Vice-President for Visayas and Mindanao Salvation Mate present some program and policy reforms of the government insurance agency that are responsive to the needs of its members and pensioners. Mate installed the new branch head, Atty. Mercedes Enriquez, the former assistant-manage...
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14Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 14 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Negros Oriental in cooperation with multisectoral groups are planting trees and holding other peace-oriented events to highlight the month-long National Peace Consciousness celebration this September. Over 400 police, military personnel, schools, government agencies and nongovernment organizations will plant more than a thousand trees on September 15 at Barangay Cambaloctot in San Jose town. On the same day, the Philippine Nationa...
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13Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 13 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Negros Oriental is inviting barangays in the province to join the streetdancing, showdown and gimmick booths in this year's Buglasan Festival of Festivals. This is the first time that the provincial government has opened said activities for barangays to participate in. The festival's theme this year is "Negros Oriental: Gearing Towards Sustainable Growth." Gov. Roel Degamo, in a press conference held at the Sidlakang Negros Villag...
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13Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Civil Service Commission (PCSC-7) held a two-day seminar on Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS) and gender sensitivity for faculty and staff of the Negros Oriental State University (NORSU). The activity, which marked the local celebration of PCSC's 112th anniversary in government service, was held September 10-14 and was attended by 40 personnel from NORSU, said Dr. Joy Perez, NORSU Information Officer. PCSC- 7 Director Judith Chican...
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12Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept. 12 (PIA) -- Organizers of this year's Buglasan Festival of Festivals is eyeing a total of P7.1 million as the collective budget for this year's festival. Said amount is sourced from the province's annual regular Buglasan budget and festival sponsors. Gov. Roel Degamo in a press conference said the province's annual regular budget for Buglasan Festival is at P2 million. He augmented it with another P2 million as additional funds for this year's festival while the expecte...
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09Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept. 9 (PIA) --Tanjay City in Negros Oriental intensified its implementation of the ordinance that prohibits drivers from wearing bonnets or other face-covering items. Tanjay City Mayor Lawrence Teves directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Tanjay City Integrated Traffic Operations Management to ban motorists that conceal or cover their faces including those persons walking anywhere within the city "to deter crimes and other untoward incidents" from happening. Under ...
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07Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 7 (PIA) -- More than 500 overseas jobs are waiting for jobseekers in Negros Oriental during the special recruitment activity to be held September 17 to 19. The recruitment activity will be at the Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO), Capitol area, Dumaguete City. Recruitment agencies will be hiring workers for different positions such as: auto mechanics, waiters, mechanical and electronic technicians, cheese and dairy makers for Riyadh; chemist, driver, mec...
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05Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 5 (PIA) -- About 30 Bukidnon Tribe Association members tried their hands at transforming driftwood into creative and functional art pieces in a technology training conducted by experts from the DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) at the Agrarian Reform Municipal Office in Barangay Kabulacan, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental. The ethnic group was trained in handicraft-making by using natural materials, organized by the Department of Science and Tec...
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04Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 4 (PIA) -- The provincial government here led the construction of a one-unit, two-classroom school building at the Gihulngan National High School in Guihulngan City. The school building is worth P1.4 million with the funds taken from the provincial government’s Special Education Fund, said Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo. Governor Roel Degamo graced the groundbreaking ceremony which marked the 22nd anniversary of said school. To date, there are 39 school bui...
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04Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 4 (PIA) -- The local government unit (LGU) of Sibulan will add more recreational activities at its premiere tourist spot, the Twin Lakes Balinsasayao and Danao. Sibulan Mayor Marcela Grampon-Bartoces instructed the municipality's Tourism Planning Team to draw up programs, projects and activities for tourists at the Twin Lakes. The Twin Lakes is among the major tourist attractions in Negros Oriental. It is nestled in the mountains some 12 kilometers west of Sibulan's pobla...
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31Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 31 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo is expected to meet with persons with disability (PWD) leaders in Negros Oriental during the launching of Fully Abled Nation (FAN) Day on September 6 at 1 p.m. at Silliman University Hall. FAN is a multisectoral initiative to encourage PWDs to register and vote in the 2013 midterm elections. It aims to increase voter’s awareness among PWDs, promote institutional partnerships to enhance support for their participatory needs an...
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30Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 30 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO), Negros Oriental is set to conduct a survey on agriculture and fisheries to establish a registry system for basic sectors in agriculture in 557 barangays in the province. NSO Officer-in-Charge Statistician Ariel Fortuito said a total of 297,606 household provincewide will be surveyed starting from September 17 to November 9 this year. Fortuito said the nationwide registration of all farmers, farm laborers and fishermen is one...
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30Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 30 (PIA) -- The municipality of Sibulan is among the newest additions to the growing roster of local government units in Region 7 covered by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). This was revealed in a letter sent by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 Director Evelyn Macapobre to Sibulan Mayor Marcela Grampon-Bartoces. Dir. Macapobre said that 1,241 potential households in Sibulan have been identified for the 4Ps program. “These households we...
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30Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 30 (PIA) -- Thirteen examinees from Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) passed the Licensure Exam for Geologists conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in Manila on August 14 to 16. Of the total passers, six are from Negros Oriental, five from Mindanao and one each from Cebu and Negros Occidental. There were 33 examinees from NORSU who took the licensure exam, according to NORSU Department Chair of Physics and Geology Eduardo Iso. NORSU’s passi...
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21Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 21 (PIA) -- The provincial government here created a council that will implement measures in making Negros Oriental the organic food basket in the country. Gov. Roel Degamo has issued an executive order organizing the Negros Oriental Agriculture Management Council (NOOAMC). This is in response to an ordinance that was passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan pushing for organic farming in Negros Oriental, Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo said. The ordinance call...
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21Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 21 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Negros Oriental lauded the efforts of tourism stakeholders in fleshing out a provincial tourism roadmap that aims to boost the local tourism industry. The provincial tourism office crafted a tourism development plan during the strategic planning workshop with local stakeholders and officials from the Department of Tourism. Gov. Roel Degamo said the plan will help realize his goals toward a more improved tourism industry in the prov...
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19Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 19 (PIA) --The Negros Oriental Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) will hold a Peace Forum along with other proposed activities to mark the National Peace Month in September. “It is our desire to solve insurgency and criminality problems through peaceful means by promoting peace initiatives,” Army Commander Col. Francisco Patrimonio of the 302 Infantry Brigade, in a PPOC meeting said. The peace forum will be participated in by the academe with four universities ...
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17Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 17 (PIA) -- Five local government units (LGUs) in Negros Oriental are committed to support World Vision's Pag-aaral ng Bata para sa Kinabukasan - Livelihood, Education, Advocacy and Protection (ABK3-LEAP) program to reduce the 1,990 child laborers identified working in sugarcane plantations in the province. According to ABK 3 project director Daphne Culanag 18 barangays from the municipalities of Mabinay, Manjuyod, Sta. Catalina, Siaton and Tanjay City will receive the assis...
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16Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 16 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office in Negros Oriental is in need of 901 field interviewers for the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) data gathering in the province. Interested applicants may submit their applications to their respective barangay captains not later than September 7, according to a statement from the Capitol. Qualifications for interviewers are, namely: preferably a resident of the barangay, not more than 45 years old, college...
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16Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 16 (PIA) -- The success of agrarian reform in the country lies in its support services. This was the statement issued by Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Undersecretary for Support Services Jerry Pacturan during the 5th ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) meeting held in Bais City last August 9. “Agrarian reform can be successful if there are support services,” said Pacturan in his speech. He highlighted the different support services offered by DAR and its partner agenc...
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11Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 11 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental tourism officials started to improve on the province’s tourism development plan with similar strategies set up in the National Tourism Development Plan. In a workshop held recently, the Department of Tourism (DOT) with tourism officials from Puerto Princesa and Bohol, whose tourism industries are well-advanced, has urged local government units in Negros Oriental to come up with doable tourism plans in their localities. “Negros Oriental ...
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11Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 11 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) of Negros Oriental has offered P1 million to the victims of the flooding caused by monsoon rains in National Capital Region and neighboring provinces in Luzon. In a special meeting on August 9, the PDRRMC passed a resolution to extend financial assistance to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) for the flood victims. Considering the number of local government u...
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03Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 3 (PIA) -- Around 1,200 residents and barangay officials of Barangay Tayak of Siaton town signed up in a campaign adopting two provincial resolutions on the promotion of peace, security, and development. In a grand barangay assembly, town mayor Alber Ator led a signature campaign supporting the provincial resolutions nos. 5 and 12 which regulates the conduct of medical and fact-finding and the creation of Barangay Defense System (BDS). The adoption of the resolutions foll...
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03Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 3 (PIA ) -- The Tourism Office of Negros Oriental spearheads the formulation and crafting of the Provincial Tourism Development Plan and Roadmap. This is in collaboration with the Department of Tourism (DOT) Central and Regional Offices, Tourism Infrastructure Economic Zone Authority (TIEZA) and the Tourism Educators Council of Negros Oriental & Siquijor (TECNOS). The DOT planning team, together officials from TIEZA and Puerto Princesa City, Palawan and Bohol Tourism counci...
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03Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 3 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental Network of non-government organizations and people’s organizations (Negornet) linked up with the provincial government of Negros Oriental to support the latter's disaster risk reduction activities. In a press conference for Negornet's 9th Annual NegOr NGO & PO Week from August 1 to 6, Negornet President Msgr. Merlin Logronio said NGOs can provide skills and material resources to assist the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Co...
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02Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Aug 2 (PIA) -- Army’s Bayanihan teams have figured in two separate encounters with rebels recently while on their peace and development works and reconnaissance patrol. 1Lt Roel Morales Jr of the 302 infantry brigade said the army personnel came across groups of armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army- Komiteng Rehiyon-Sentral Bisayas at Barangay Nagbinlod, Sta Catalina, Negros Oriental and Barangay Quintin Remo in Moises Padilla, Negros ...
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02Aug2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Aug 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Negros Oriental is now accepting applicants for this year’s Junior Level Science Scholarships (JLSS). All regular third year college students enrolled in the identified Science & Technology (S&T) courses in Silliman University and Negros Oriental State University for the school years 2012-2013 are urged to apply for the scholarship. Applicant must have a general weighted average of 83 percent and has no faili...
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30Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has awarded about P400,000 financial assistance to Orient Gifts Center for the technology upgrade of its sinamay-based home furnishings and fashion accessories production. Under its Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (Setup), the DOST provided the funds to handicraft-selling firm for its production machinery, a single computer-aided embroidery machine with embedded software acquired to upgrade and enhanc...
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26Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 26 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce Inc. (NOCCI) President Eduard Du graded the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Aquino as "generally satisfactory." Ed Du said although it was quite long and by far the President's most detailed SONA yet, it lacked comparative data on poverty alleviation. He said he agreed that the Aquino administration has achieved economic gains, which were the result of reforms such as cutting wasteful spending and holdin...
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25Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 25 (PIA) --- The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) in Region 7 is inviting Negrenses to submit nominations for this year’s nationwide Search for Outstanding Volunteer (SOV). SOV is launched by the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) to recognize the exemplary performance and dedication to service by individual Filipino volunteers and institutions doing volunteer work to build strong communities across the country. The search i...
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22Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has called on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Negros Oriental to take advantage of its funding assistance with zero interest. Under its Small Enterprises Technology Upgrading Program (Set-Up), DOST executive manager for technical support services, Jesus Zamora, encouraged SMEs, particularly those needing science and technology interventions, to apply for financial aid for them to boost its productivity and c...
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22Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 22 (PIA) -- The Provincial Agrarian Reform Office (PARO) of Negros Oriental had distributed lands and installed 13 farmer-beneficiaries recently in the town of San Jose, Negros Oriental. According to Gherelene Mae Rafols, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) information officer, the property was formerly owned by Trison’s Development Corp that covered 10,6492 hectares. The installation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) beneficiaries were spearheaded by...
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19Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 19 (PIA) --- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines' (NGCP) held camp defense drills in Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental provinces to beef up the defense measures of NGCP’s security group in the Negros island. The latest drill was held on May 15, 2012 at the Kabankalan Substation in Negros Occidental in partnership with the 47th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army. This is in support of an earlier drill held at the Amlan substation in Negros Orienta...
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17Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) here granted land certificates to 13 farmers in a 10.6-hectare landholding formerly owned by Trison’s Development Corporation in San Jose town, Negros Oriental. DAR distributed certificates of land ownership to the farmers during an installation ceremony held July 10. Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II Stephen Leonidas, in his message, encouraged the farmer-beneficiaries to develop their lands by availing of the pro...
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17Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 17 (PIA) -- An electronics company in Cebu is set to hire a total of 4,000 trainees from Negros Oriental. The Public Employment Services Office (PESO) has deployed around 300 workers for Cebu Mitsumi, a Japanese electronic manufacturing firm and one of the largest electronic manufacturers in Cebu, said provincial focal person Jose Ramon Benedicto. “These applicants come from the different local government units like Pamplona, Mabinay, Tayasan and Siaton,” Benedicto sa...
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14Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 14 (PIA) -- The provincial government here is set to award this year’s winners of the Gulayan sa Palaisdaan Alay sa Kabataan (GPAK) provincial evaluation on July 17 at Plaza Ma. Luisa Suites Inn, this city. The awarding ceremony marks the tenth year that GPAK, a Galing Pook awardee, is implemented in Negros Oriental to improve food production in the province by allotting unused lots within school grounds for vegetable production and tilapia ponds. Winners under the Gula...
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13Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- Vegetables abound in the country, and yet Filipinos are eating less and less of the green, leafy foods. Studies show that in the latter part of 1978, Filipinos consumed 145 gm of vegetables per person every day. In 2008, it was discovered that the Filipinos’ daily vegetable consumption decreased to only 110 mgm per person. The figures are lower for Central Visayas. According to Negros Oriental Provincial Nutrition Council Action officer Dr. Edgardo Barredo, ...
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13Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- Residents in cities such as Dumaguete are encouraged to take up urban gardening in view of the diminishing available space in residential areas for backyard gardening. The Provincial Agriculture Office here introduced “Orocan gardening,” named after the company that produces plastic containers such as pails, drums, pitchers, and basins. In a forum held Wednesday at the Sidlakang Negros Village here, provincial agriculturist Gregorio Paltinca said that wit...
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13Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- The office of the provincial agriculturist here is urging farmers in Negros Oriental to adopt organic farming to increase the supply of chemical-free vegetables in the province. Provincial agriculturist Gregorio Paltinca noted the incidence of malnourished children in the province persists despite a surplus of vegetables here. Paltinca said that one of the causes of malnutrition is consumption of chemically-grown crops such as rice, corn, and vegetables. Ne...
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11Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- The Sibulan municipal government is set to purchase a new equipment that will step up its disaster preparedness measures. The Sibulan Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MRRMC) is in the process of acquiring a backhoe and vibratory compactor with the budget of P1 million each, according to Mayor Marcela Bartoces. Said equipment will be used by the rescue and response team during emergency situations. “These will also be used to repai...
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11Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 11 (PIA) -- Four members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered last week at the 79th Infantry Brigade in 3rd district of Negros Oriental. Army’s Information Officer, Capt. Anecito Naz said the surrender was brought by the series of encounters and the presence of Peace and Development Teams right in the established mass base areas. The surrenderees were members of the South East Front of the Kilusang Rehiyon Sentral Bisayas, said Naz. The surrender of the NPA mem...
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11Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- Five former more rebels are set to receive P50,000 each for livelihood assistance grants this July. Capt. Aniceto Naz, Information Officer of the 302nd Brigade of the Philippine Army said, 12 rebel returnees are already provided with more than half million pesos of livelihood assistance within this first semester. Under the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP), Negros Oriental has provided P200,000 to the ad hoc committee for rebel returnees. The fu...
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11Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- A group of indigenous people (IP) in Negros Oriental is seeking to be represented at the provincial council. This after the group belonging to the Ata-Negritos tribe in the province asked Gov. Roel Degamo to implement the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 or Republic Act 8371 here. Under the said law, indigenous people are entitled to mandatory representation in the local sanggunians, according to the IP group’s spokesperson Reynante Cabanag. Cabanag ...
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09Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Dumaguete Branch initiated the production of two infomercials supporting the BSP’s Clean Note Policy. The two 60-seconder videos, in English and Cebuano versions, were introduced to the public for the first time during a launching ceremony on July 6 at Robinson’s Place, this city. The videos were produced by BSP Dumaguete Branch in cooperation with the Silliman University Student Government’s Infomedia Committee. T...
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09Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) here is encouraging persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Negros Oriental to be counted and join the ongoing online registration for the differently-abled. This invitation includes PWD voters’ registration for the Commission on Elections (Comelec). “We are working on gathering data to capture the number of PWDs in each local government unit in the province,” Provincial Social Welfare and Develop...
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09Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- A person with disability (PWD) from Sibulan, Negros Oriental bagged four trophies during the Central Visayas PWD Paralympics Games 2012 hosted by Cebu City held last July 7 to 8. Ryan Joseph D. Fontelo, 28, from Poblacion, Sibulan town, clinched the championship awards in two games: table tennis singles and badminton doubles. He also landed second place in table tennis doubles and badminton singles. Aside from Fontelo, Giller Balubar from Tayasan town also bag...
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06Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 6 (PIA) -- Special education must be incorporated into the general education curriculum. This was the statement of an official form the Department of Education (DepEd) in Dumaguete City during a forum here on the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs). Judith Mapue, special education supervisor, said integrating special education in the curriculum of colleges and universities will help sustain the program on inclusion of PWDs. This will also allow education majors to ...
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05Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 5 (PIA) -- With less than a month before the full implementation of the Motorcycle Helmet Act of 2010 in Negros Oriental, motorists here are urged to start buying the prescribed helmets in order to avoid violating the law. Provincial officials from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here made the appeal to the motorcycle-riding public after the Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced the full enforcement of said law on August 1. Dumaguete LTO Chief Rolando Ram...
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03Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- Running and dancing enthusiasts in Negros Oriental are invited to join the “Barya Para Sa Kalikasan” Fun Run and Fun Dance spearheaded by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Dumaguete Branch. The event will be held on July 7, 2012 (Saturday) at 5 a.m. The activity is a fund-raising project aimed at promoting BSP’s local environmental programs and its National Coin Recirculation and Clean Note Policy Program. Registration is ongoing from July 2 to 5 a...
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03Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- Hundreds of residents in a remote barangay in Siaton town availed of free health services during a recent medical mission held by the provincial government here. Residents of Sitio Salingkubong, Brgy. Tayak on June 16 benefited from the free medical and dental services offered by health officials from the provincial government and the Philippine Army here. The various medical services offered include free consultation and medicines, tooth extraction, circumcis...
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03Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- More than 2,000 residents in three hinterland barangays in Ayungon town benefited from a series of outreach activities led by the 11th Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army here. The outreach campaign was held in the barangays of Carol-an (June 20), Nabhang (June 21) and Mabato (June 27), which are said to be the remotest villages in Ayungon town and shares the provincial boundary with Kabankalan town of Negros Occidental. Of the total residents who t...
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02Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- A professor of the Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) is one of the 12 presenters from the Philippines who will speak during an annual media conference in Malaysia this month. Prof. Joy G. Perez, a journalism and communications teacher and public information officer of the only state university in Negros Oriental, was chosen as one of the 200 presenters during the 21st Asian Media and Information and Communication Centre Ltd. (AMIC) annual conference on Ju...
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01Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, July 1 (PIA) --The Philippine Bamboo Foundation (PBF) is now setting up the biggest bamboo nursery in the Visayas and Mindanao in Dauin, Negros Oriental. PBF Sr. Project Director Herbie Teodoro said the nursery is a joint collaboration with Buglas Bamboo Institute with a total investment of P20 million for the production of at least 400,000 propagules. Teodoro said that while Negros Oriental is the center of the Visayas and proximity to Mindanao it also has more than 30 species...
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01Jul2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Julyo (PIA) -- Fifty people coming from the army, police, civil society organizations, members of the academe, and other stakeholders launched the country's first ever regional level 'Bantay Bayanihan' at the Bethel Hotel in Dumaguete City recently. Commanding General of Philippine Army, Lt. General Emmanuel Bautista with the heads of civil society groups in Negros Oriental led the signing of manifesto supporting the Regional Bantay Bayanihan Region 7. According to Capt. Anac...
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29Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 29 (PIA) --- A program, "Bantay Bayanihan," created by non-government organizations (NGOs) will help realize an end to armed conflict four years from now. Representatives from the various non-government organizations and security stakeholders in Region 7 gathered here on Thursday for the first region-wide launching of Bantay Bayanihan, which will provide a venue for civil society and security stakeholders in the government to actively participate in the discussion for the ...
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29Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 29 (PIA) -- The province of Negros Oriental has stepped up its anti-smoking fight through a “Sponge” campaign to sustain the anti-smoking ordinances passed by 17 local government units (LGUs) in the province. During the Sponge launching-presscon, Provincial Health Officer 1 Dr. Edgardo Barredo warned the public smokers of the ill effects of tobacco to human life. The Sponge campaign aims to inform cigarette smokers in the province about the serious impact tobacco has ...
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29Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 29 (PIA) -- The Parole and Probation Cluster Offices in Negros Oriental will hold its 6th Provincial Volunteer Probation Aides Congress on June 30. It will start at 8 a.m. at the Multi-Purpose Hall, St. James the Greater Parish, Tanjay City. Chief Parole and Probation officer Maria Necita Mariño said over a hundred volunteer probation aides from all over Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces are expected to attend the day-long affair. Mariño said the congress aims to...
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28Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- The local Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) called on cooperative member-entrepreneurs to avail themselves of the P27 million Credit Surety Fund (CSF) offered to micro, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). LBP officer Gerry Kinilitan encouraged qualified co-op members in Negros Oriental to access the funds for any business expansion without collateral. Kinilitan said applicant for CSF loan has to be a cooperative member with initial deposit equivalent...
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27Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Negros Oriental distributed an lands to and installed 13 farmer-beneficiaries in Sibulan town on June 19, 2012. Said farmers are beneficiaries of an eight-hectare landholding formerly owned by Julieta Pintor in Maningcao, Sibulan, according to DAR information officer Gherelene Mae Rafols. Certificates of land ownership awards (CLOAs) were turned over to the farmer recipients during the activity. Provincial Agrarian...
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26Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- Five more members of the New People’s Army (NPA) returned to the fold of law in Negros Oriental after the national government stepped up measures to achieve peace in the countryside. The rebel returnees each received cash assistance amounting to P55,000 from the national government, which Gov. Roel Degamo personally handed to the them in his office early this month. The financial aid turnover ceremony was witnessed by members of the adhoc committee for rebe...
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26Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- A total of 13 major infrastructures damaged by Tropical Storm Sendong in Negros Oriental will soon be repaired at a cost of P480 million. These include rehabilitation and river control and deepening of Okoy River of Sibulan with P200 million; rehabilitation, improvement of river control, rechanelling and deepening of Tanjay and Banica Rivers with P200 million each. Another P100 million each for dredging of the Tamogong River in Bais City and Siaton River; P50 ...
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26Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- Dengue cases in Negros Oriental have reached an alarming level with 296 cases and two deaths recorded for the first semester of this year, said Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Felix Sy of Negros Oriental Health Office. The two persons who died of dengue hemorrhagic fever came from the municipalities of Sibulan and Bacong. Most of the the dengue victims are aged 21 and above, and both female and male almost equally represented. Sy said the January to Ju...
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23Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 23 (PIA) -- The Provincial Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (PIACAT) of Negros Oriental moved to pass a resolution requiring minors travelling with or without an adult within the country to secure a clearance first from the barangay and local social welfare officer. In a meeting with PIACAT recently, Visayas coordinator Romulado Señeres of Visayan Forum said this concern is vital due to the cases of minors who are believed victims of illegal recruitment in Negros O...
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22Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 22 (PIA) -- Four candidates from the academic sector are vying for the presidential seat of the Negros Oriental State University (NORSU), the only state university in Negros Oriental. The candidates are: Dr. Ma. Elsa Ilona Austria Bulado, NOSRU vice president for Administration and Special Concerns; Dr. Reynaldo Geronides Tan, a professional electrical and mechanical engineer and currently a lecturer at NORSU graduate school; Dr. Briccio Merced Jr., university librarian of...
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21Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 21 -- The activities for this year's Buglasan Festival of Festivals will be staged at the Capitol grounds in October, five years after the festival was moved to Sidlakang Negros Village (SNV). Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo said the festival activities will return to the Capitol grounds this year following discussions between the provincial government and the local government units (LGUs) here. The Negros Oriental Tourism Council earlier proposed to transfer ...
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21Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- The only state university in Negros Oriental will celebrate its 8th charter day anniversary on June 25 this year. This will mark the conversion of what was then a state college, Central Visayas Polytechnic College, into its current state university status as Negros Oriental State University (NORSU), through Republic Act 9299, according to NORSU Information Officer Joy Perez. Activities for this year’s anniversary celebration include a thanksgiving mass, all...
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21Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- A group of welders in Negros Oriental recently produced 50 newsstands for one of the largest national daily newspapers in the country. The welding fabrication group from Sibulan town composed of 10 skilled workers trained and certified by the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) earlier obtained a contract of work from national daily newspaper Manila Bulletin for the construction of 100 magazine stands costing P850 each. The group of ‘sp...
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20Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 20 (PIA) -- Over 3,000 families in Negros Oriental whose houses were affected by typhoon Sendong that hit the country December last year are set to receive their housing aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). A total of 2,883 storm-hit families here are expected to receive on Thursday, June 21, their Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) from DSWD, during the simultaneous pay-out ceremonies at the Provincial Convention Center in Dumaguete City and t...
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09Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 9 (PIA) -- A livelihood training center that will benefit sugar workers and their families in Negros Oriental is set to be built in Dumaguete City. This after the city government of Dumaguete, led by Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, on Wednesday inked an agreement with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for the construction of the Negros Oriental Sugar Workers’ Livelihood Training Center. DOLE Region 7 Director Atty. Ma. Gloria Tango signed the agreement in behalf ...
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09Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 9 (PIA) -- The province of Negros Oriental have already surpassed the seedling requirement set by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for this year. DENR set a 1.3 million seedling target for Negros Oriental for 2012. To date, the province has already prepared about 1.9 million seedlings ready for planting in its National Greening Program (NGP) sites. “This involves a total budget of about P18 million involving 30 people’s organizations here,...
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09Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 9 (PIA) -- A historian and Outstanding Teacher of the Philippines awardee will keynote the 114th celebration of Philippine independence in the town of Valencia on Tuesday. Dr. T. Valentino Sitoy Jr, a former Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School of Central Visayas Polytechnic College now known as Negros Oriental State University (NORSU), will focus his speech on this year’s Independence theme celebration “Kalayaan: Pananagutan ng Bayan Para...
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08Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 8 (PIA) -- The Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA) has intensified abaca production with additional 100 hectares of abaca plantations in Sta. Catalina town, Negros Oriental, to meet the growing demand for natural fiber in the national as well as international market. Provincial Fiber Officer Nena Locsin of FIDA said some P3.2 million was allocated from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ convergence fund to increase area production of quality abac...
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07Jun2012VALENCIA, Negros Oriental, June 7 (PIA) -- The local government of Valencia will distribute Monday the financial assistance for affected households of tropical storm Sendong that hit the town on December 2011. This will be the last batch of financial distribution by the local government for the affected families. Valencia Mayor Ricky Gonzalez said the local government has extended a total of P2.063 million to the 1,421 families whose houses were either totally and partially damaged and those c...
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06Jun2012Leo Enriquez is excited. There’s a sparkle in his eyes. He keeps rubbing his hands together, tapping one foot on the floor, and frequently checking his mobile phone for messages from his recruitment agency. A former drug addict, the 38-year old is on a different kind of high these days. He is about to become a “modern-day hero.” In less than a month’s time from now, Enriquez, together with his friend, Eugene Tero, 34, will join the growing ranks of millions of Filipinos toiling abroad ...
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02Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 2 (PIA) -- The municipality of Sibulan, known as a “pilgrim town” in Negros Oriental, will mark its fiesta this year with a series of activities for an almost-month long celebration. The celebration is highlighted by the Miss Sibulan 2012 Beauty Pageant which kicked off on May 19 with a presentation of the candidates at the Municipal Covered Auditorium Stage. Eight ladies, each representing barangays in Sibulan, are competing for the Miss Sibulan 2012 title with the ...
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01Jun2012DUMAGUETE CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- As preparations for the opening of classes next month kick into high gear, the Department of Education (DepEd) in Dumaguete City said it will strictly enforce zero collection policy among public schools here. Dr. Ramir Uytico, Dumaguete City Schools Division superintendent, explained that said policy prohibits the collection of fees from kindergarten up to Grade 4 pupils in public schools throughout the school year. “We can only start collecting the prescrib...
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01Jun2012By Rachelle M. Nessia DUMAGUETE CITY, June 2 (PIA) --- Two suspects in Tayasan, Negros Oriental were arrested after authorities recovered from them a stash of high-powered firearms. The suspects, both of legal age, were nabbed during a joint operation conducted by the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) and the 11th Infantry Battalion (11IB) of the Philippine Army on May 28 at Yap Compound of Sitio Nagba, Brgy. Lag-it, Tayasan town. Recovered from their possession were t...
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29May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 29 (PIA)--The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) in Central Visayas has announced the Students’ Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA), which provide college scholarship grants for 282 eligible students in 47 municipalities in region 7 under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. DSWD7 Information Officer Aileen Lariba said the SGP-PA ensures the underprivileged children has a chance of getting a college education that may qualify for...
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27May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) with the Negros Oriental government, spearhead this year’s Environment Month celebration with a series of activities under the theme, “Green Economy: Does it include you?” The activities start with a short program during a provincial government employees’ flag ceremony of which Provincial Governor Roel Degamo and Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Eduardo Inting will...
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26May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 26 (PIA) --- The provincial government of Negros Oriental recently bought two bomb-sniffing dogs to boost the anti-crime and anti-terrorism drive of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO). The two K-9 dogs, a two-year old Belgian Malinois and a yellow Labrador, are trained to sniff bombs and seen to boost the anti-criminality campaign of the province. The dogs were formally turned over to NOPPO on Wednesday through Provincial Police Director Col. Edward Carr...
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25May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 25 (PIA) --- A battalion of the Philippine Army here recently led a trek to the Mt. Kanla-on National Park in an effort to promote eco-tourism for Canlaon City’s natural treasure. The climb up the Kanlaon Volcano is in line with the 11th Infantry “Lapu-Lapu” Battalion’s (11IB) aim of assisting its stakeholder partners in their development initiatives. The Canlaon City government has been embarking in an eco-tourism campaign for trekkers of Mt. Kanlaon with emphasi...
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24May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- An entertainment bar in Sibulan, Negros Oriental was padlocked after Sibulan Mayor Marcela Bartoces ordered its closure for violating the town’s Gender and Development ordinance. Mayor Bartoces issued the closure order of an entertainment bar after it was found to be operating near the premises of a school in Sibulan, which is a violation of Section 3 of Ordinance No. 33 or the Gender and Development ordinance. Sibulan Information Officer Concepcion Rosales ...
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24May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- Dumaguete City is all set for this year’s Philippine National Games (PNG), which will commence on May 25 in different venues in the city. City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria said more than 5,000 national athletes, coaches, and sport officials are expected to arrive today in Dumaguete City. With, this, the schools and premises of the city are all set as venues for games and accommodations of the athletes. “Despite the two calamities that hit us, and we are up an...
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22May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) City Schools Division in Dumaguete City held a multi-stakeholders’ forum to mark the nationwide simultaneous launching on Tuesday of Brigada Eskwela 2012 program. The forum held at North City Elementary School gathered stakeholders from civic groups, non-government organizations, government agencies, private and business sectors who contributed to the development of public education in the city. During the forum, Dr. Ramir...
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17May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, May 17 (PIA) -- Around 160 students completed the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) in Dumaguete City. The students’ 20-day summer job culminated in a graduation ceremony held Monday at Building 2 of the Dumaguete City Public Market. Public Employment Services Office (PESO) In-Charge Socorro Mira said the daily wages of the SPES recipients come from a sharing scheme between the city government and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE...
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16May2012CEBU CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) -7, in combined efforts with the 79th Infantry Batallion, 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army (PA), deployed project staff and personnel to 11 identified municipalities of Negros Oriental to facilitate the implementation of the activities of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). Kalahi-CIDSS is a national project of the Government of t...
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14May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 14 (PIA) --- A total of 54 youths from Brgy. Talaban in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental recently attended the 6th Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) spearheaded by the Philippine Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion based in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. The summit dubbed “Bayanihan Para Sa Kinabukasan ng mga Kabataan” was held May 2 to 4, 2012 at Brgy. Talaban Elementary School. The participants were composed of six out-of-school youths, 42 in-school youths, and six co...
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14May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 14 (PIA) --- “Government troops will not be deterred by attempts of the New People’s Army (NPA) to disrupt peace and development initiatives in Negros Oriental.” This was the statement issued by Lt. Col. Wilfredo Isaac, commanding officer of the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army based in Brgy. McKinley, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental following an encounter between government and NPA forces recently. On May 12, a firefight erupted between the soldiers o...
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11May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 11 (PIA)-- Six of the 22 new DOST scholars from Negros Oriental intend to enroll in the BS Geology course probably influenced by the recent calamities that hit the province this year. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said the six scholars or 27.3 percent will enroll in the BS Geology course at the Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) this opening school year in June. According to DOST Provincial Director Gilbert Arbon four scholars want to enroll at the ...
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05May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Dumaguete city will stricly implement the helmet law on July 30 or first week of August in Negros Oriental to promote the safety of the motorcycle riders in this province. In a multi-sectoral forum, LTO-7 regional director Raul Aguilos said that his office is authorized to enforce the law mandating all motorcycle riders to wear standard protective helmets while driving. Aguilos emphasized that the rule is for the protecti...
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05May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- Fifteen teams will vie for the 1st Governor’s Cup inter-town basketball tournament, which will be participated in by three districts of Negros Oriental to promote sportsmanship and team spirit in the province. Under the schedule of Negros Oriental Sports Development Program (NOSDEP), the game for the first opening is set on May 5 for the 3rd district elimination in Basay. Provincial Governor Roel Degamo will grace the opening program to introduce the sports a...
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03May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- The 302 Infantry (Achiever) Brigade received a Command Plaque of Merit from the Commanding General, Philippine Army in recognition of its search and rescue, as well as relief operations, during typhoon Sendong and 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Negros Oriental on December 17, 2011 and February 6, 2012 respectively. Brigade's Commander Col Francisco Patrimonio received the award during the 115th Founding Anniversary Program at the Fort Bonifacio, Manila. Accord...
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30Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry will hold an information drive on the Motorcycle Helmet Act of 2009 or Republic Act 10054 in Dumaguete City – the city that has earned its moniker as the Motorcycle Capital in the country due to its large number of motorcycles. The information drive will be held on May 3, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. at the Multipurpose Room of Instructional Media and Technology Center in Silliman University, this city. The multi-sectoral forum i...
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28Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 28 (PIA) -- The upcoming Philippine National Games (PNG) is an opportunity for Negros Oriental to showcase its modern sports facilities. Gov. Roel Degamo said the this after Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City agreed to host this year’s PNG from May 26 to June 3. Some of the province’s modern and upgraded sports venues expected to be used during the PNG are the Perdices Coliseum’s state-of-the-art rubberized oval track, the Olympics-standard swimming pool at the Aq...
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28Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 28 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental funded almost P500,000 worth of infrastructure projects in Brgy. Pulantubig, this city. Said projects are the cementing of a destroyed portion of a road in the village and installation of a drainage system. According to Pulantubig village chief Ramil Cornelia, the barangay residents have long been complaining over the deplorable state of a portion of their road which becomes muddy and nearly impassable during rainy days. “When I was given ...
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27Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Unions Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) in Negros Oriental is seeking a P90 daily minimum wage increase. The petition was prompted by the wave of price increases of basic commodities and petroleum products in the country, said Felizardo Calimpong of ALU-TUCP here. Calimpong said they already filed their petition for wage increase at the Regional Wage Board. He said they were forced to submit a pay increase petition de...
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27Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- A team of government and non-government workers marked this year’s Earth Day celebration on the summit of Mt. Kanlaon in Canlaon City, the tallest peak in Central Visayas and among the tallest in the country at over 8,000 feet. The party was composed of staff from the Provincial Tourism Office, Canlaon City Tourism Office, Mountain Tigers Rescue Team based in Canlaon City, and troopers from the Philippine Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion stationed in Guihuln...
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27Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- Following the destruction left by Tropical Storm Sendong in its wake when it battered Negros Oriental with heavy rains in December last year, the Sibulan municipal government is now repairing its infrastructure facilities ravaged by the storm. Sibulan is one of the worst-hit towns in Negros Oriental by the storm. Part of the repair work undertaken by the municipal government is the bolstering of the periphery of Okoy Riverbank amounting to over P2 million. ...
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26Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- Around 300 families from two Typhoon Sendong-hit towns in Negros Oriental received Tuesday their emergency shelter aid from the provincial government. The families, whose households were partially or completely destroyed by the storm, are from seven villages in Bacong and 12 villages in Valencia. Provincial Treasurer Danilo Mendez said they dispensed a total of P912,500 for the victims: P127,500 for Bacong and P785,000 for Valencia recipients. Families who...
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26Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, APRIL 26 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission (CSC) recently conducted a Comprehensive Personnel Management Assessment (CPMA) seminar for personnel of the Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) in Dumaguete City. The one-day assessment held April 18 at the NORSU Audio-Visual Room aimed to improve the personnel services of the university. CSC Assistant Regional Director for Region 7, Editha Luzano, said that NORSU is one of the 91 CSC-accredited agencies in the region that ...
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25Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The 51st edition of the Silliman University (SU) National Writers Workshop starts on April 30 at the Rose Lamb Sobrepeña Writers Village in Camp Look-out, Valencia, Negros Oriental. According to creative writer Ian Casocot of Silliman University, 11 writers from all over the Philippines were accepted as fellows for the workshop in various categories. For poetry accepted were CD Borden (University of San Carlos) and Deborah Rosalind Nieto (University of Santo ...
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25Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) of Negros Oriental is expected to offer more than 6,000 job positions in local and overseas companies during the simultaneous jobs fair on May 1, in celebration of the 110th Labor Day at 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Robinson’s Place Dumaguete. Dumaguete City is one of the 200 jobs fair venues conducted nationwide organized by TIPC and PESO in cooperation with private sector employers and local government units. Dumaguet...
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23Apr2012DUMAGUET CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) released P1.5 million recently for victims of the 6.9-earthquake that hit Negros Oriental on February this year. The cash assistance is through DOLE’s Tulong-Pangkabuhayan sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) program under the Comprehensive Emergency Employment program for rural workers in the municipalities of Ayungon, La Libertad, Jimalalud, Tayasan and the city of Guihulngan in the first district. The emplo...
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23Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- In celebration of Labor Day, the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) of Negros Oriental will hold a local and overseas job fair on May 1, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Robinson’s Place, Dumaguete City. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has advised jobseekers to pre-register with the Public Employment Services Office (PESO) in their areas and bring with them the following documents: resume or biodata, photo copies of transcript records, hig...
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20Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now meeting with the mayors of the local government units (LGUs) struck by Typhoon Sendong in Negros Oriental to facilitate the release of DSWD’s housing aid for the typhoon victims. Staff from DSWD Region 7 office in Cebu City are currently in Dumaguete City to help planning officers and social welfare officers from the Sendong-hit areas complete their paperwork required for the release of said fund...
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20Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- A total of 604 families in Sibulan town whose households were damaged by Sendong received Thursday their emergency shelter assistance from the provincial government. Of the total, 257 have households that were deemed totally damaged by the typhoon while 347 were categorized as partially damaged. Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Alice Lagarde said the recipients whose houses were completely damaged will each receive P5,000 while those with pa...
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19Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 19 (PIA) --- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) inked a partnership with Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (NOCCI), and Silliman University (SU) for the effective collaboration on Doing Business in Free Trade Areas (DBFTA for local entrepreneurs. DTI, NOCCI and SU formally signed the memorandum of understanding Wednesday to signify their support in the conduct of education campaign among businesses and students on the benefits of Free Trade Agr...
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19Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- With the national government’s poverty reduction program KALAHI-CIDSS expanding to Negros Oriental this year, the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya in the towns covered will see more improvements in their areas especially in infrastructure. KALAHI-CIDSS or Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services aims to fund the construction of priority infrastructure projects in its coverage areas. All 11 towns to benefit fr...
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18Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) here turned over a check worth P250,000 to Barangay Liptong Small Coconut Farmers Association (BLISCOFA) recently at DOST office, this city. BLISCOFA board of director chair Saturnino Santos, Jr. received the check assistance from DOST Provincial Director Gilbert Arbon for the technological upgrading of the firm’s Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) production. BLISCOFA has been using a traditional method of coconut milk ...
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18Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- Twenty-eight high school graduates in Negros Oriental passed the scholarship exam of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) for June 2012 school year. According to DOST Information Officer Roslyn Tambago the passers are qualified as scholars to science and technology under the RA 7687, a scholarship program for talented and deserving students belonging to economically disadvantaged families. DoST-SEI scholars under the...
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17Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- The Dumaguete City government recently kicked off the Gary Teves Summer Sports tournament, an inter-barangay basketball and volleyball event sponsored by former Finance Secretary Gary Teves. The kick-off game was held at the City Quadrangle on April 12 featuring teams from the 30 barangays of Dumaguete,. The former finance secretary tossed the inaugural jump ball during the basketball game. He was joined by Dumaguete Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, Vice Mayor Al...
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17Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- The annual population growth rate in Negros Oriental slowed down by 0.71 percent between the period 2000 to 2010 compared to the previous population census. Results of the 2010 population count pegged the province’s annual population growth rate for the ten-year period at 1.31 percent. This is lower from the 2.02 percent annual growth rate recorded by NSO in the province between 1990 to 2000. As of May 1, 2010, there are 1,286,666 persons living in Negr...
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17Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- The COCO Foundation is offering 10 slots as its scholarship grant through the Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) in Dumaguete City for academic year 2012-2013. Recipients of the scholarship grant are children of small coconut farmers in the province. The COCO Foundation is administered through the United Coconut Planters Bank - Coco Industry Investment (UCPB-CIFF) Group of Companies. The foundation was established in 1987 as a non-stock, non-profit or...
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16Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture Regional (DA) Field Unit-7 will hold a Cassava Grand Festival Day on April 17, 2012 at the Moriah Farm, Brgy. Napacao, Siaton town. The festival aims to showcase the appropriate cassava production technologies planted on a 0.5-hectare farm lot in Siaton town. Highlighting the one-day event is a Cooking Demonstration of dishes using cassava as its raw material, said Nittz Bangay, information officer of the Provincial Agriculture ...
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15Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 15 (PIA) -- Twenty six specialists of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Specialistas in Negros Oriental were trained on marketing and Industrious, Systematic, Time conscious, Innovative value for work (ISTIV) Bayanihan Thursday in Dumaguete City. According to TESDA Information Officer Geraldine delos Reyes, the TESDA in coordination with the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of Cebu City conducted the training. To equi...
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13Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- The provincial search for the The Outstanding Barangay Officials of the Year (TOBOY) in Negros Oriental concluded on April 12 with a series of validation and interviews of the nominees. The annual TOBOY award of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is designed to give recognition to barangay officials who have shown exemplary performance in the discharge of their functions. DILG Provincial Director Jofralito Lorico said the award is categori...
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13Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here gave checks amounting to a total of P624,000 to four barangays in Tanjay City as monetary aid for sugar workers hit by Typhoon Sendong. A total of 150 sugar workers in four villages benefited from the aid given under DOLE’s Tulong-Pangkabuhayan sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) program. The checks were handed over by DOLE officer-in-charge Vivencio Lagahid to the four village chiefs during a turnover ...
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12Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- Security personnel at the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) here rescued five minors from illegal recruitment at the Dumaguete City port on March 29, 2012. The minors aged 14 to 16 years old were about to board the Manila-bound Superferry vessel when they were intercepted by guards from Lockheed Security group, a security agency contracted by the PPA. The port police stopped the minors, one of whom is a deaf-mute, from boarding the ship after they noticed tha...
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12Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental will host this year’s Philippine National Games on May 26 to June 3 with a P25 million budget from the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). PSC Commissioner Jolly Gomez said the sporting event will have 25 different games with over 5,000 national athletes, officials and coaches participating. In a coordination meeting with local officials recently, Gomez said the host city and province will have minimal expenses by providi...
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11Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 11 (PIA) --Negros Oriental 2nd district representative George Arnaiz and Amlan Mayor Bentham dela Cruz led the opening of the 5th Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge in time of the 'Araw ng Kagitingan' on April 9 celebration in Amlan town. The Philippine Army’s 302 Brigade with over 1,500 summer bayani volunteers participated in the building of houses for the GK- Community at barangay Tambujangin, Amaln for the victims of typhoon Sendong who lost their houses when the floods...
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09Apr2012CENTRAL VISAYAS, April 9 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council (RDC-7) in Central Visayas recently approved the endorsements of various roads, drainage, seawalls, and irrigation projects of Negros Oriental worth over P2.704.2 billion for DPWH and NIA funding. Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo said the various road projects will serve as support infrastructure facilities to the agricultural and economic development of the province as well as upgrading infra networks and service standards ...
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09Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 9 (PIA) -- The provincial government here is now set to construct infrastructure and development projects amounting to P11 million in the barangays of Guihulngan City. This was disclosed by Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo during his recent visit to the city to meet with the village chiefs there. The projects funded by the provincial government include construction of roads, water systems, classrooms, multi-purpose pavement and electricity installation. Said projects ...
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08Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here is spearheading an information campaign to publicize the new free trade agreements (FTAs) benefitting the food industry in the country. DTI is launching the campaign here together with the Trade Commission and in partnership with Silliman University’s (SU) Nutrition and Dietetics Department. Kicking off the campaign dubbed “Doing Business in Free Trade Areas” is a presentation on April 18 at SU’s Instruc...
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08Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 8 (PIA) -- This year’s Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge targets to build 50 houses for the homeless in Amlan, Negros Oriental in barely five days. About 150 teams of summer bayani volunteer-builders to start building houses on April 9, and are expected to finish the construction on April 14. Working closely with GK organizers, the municipality of Amlan has offered a three hectare lot for the initial 50 houses intended for the victims of typhoon Sendong. Amlan Mayor Benth...
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08Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 8 (PIA) -- Silliman University recently joined the nationwide campaign on road safety initiated by Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. (YMPH) dubbed “Yamaha Safe Riding Science (YSRS): Be Safe, Be Different, Be Yamaha.” YSRS is a nationwide campaign conducted in coordination with the Land Transportation Office (LTO). The Visayas-leg of the national launch was held recently at the university’s Luce Auditorium. During the launching attended by students from SU and other ...
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08Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 8 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo is pushing to speed up the conclusion of the peace process agreement for the immediate implementation of the livelihood and development programs in the province as outlined in the agreement. Degamo recently met with the senior officials of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP) to discuss a proposed memorandum of agreement that calls for the implementation of livelihood programs once the peace talks reac...
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05Apr2012CENTRAL VISAYAS, April 5 (PIA) -- The tropical storm, Sendong, that badly hit Negros Oriental showed how undated the infrastructure were. Not only did it hit commercial establishments and houses but so too the eco-tourism sites of the area that brought livelihood to hundreds in the NegOr. Clearly, there must be new structures in place to weather the strom. During its 1st quarter meeting in March 2012 at the Siquijor State College (SSC) Cafeteria in Larena, Siquijor, the Regional Development Co...
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04Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- Mokabat ngadto sa 45 ka mga local government units (LGUs) dinhi sa Central Visayas ang nilagda sa kasabutan nga maghiusa alang sa implementasyon sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) sa ilang mga kalungsuran. Tungod niini kapin na sa 148,000 benipisyaryo panimalay ang nadugang sa kasamtangang 61,700 nga kinatibuk-ang ihap sa rehiyon ngadto sa dul-an 210,000 ka mg a benipisyaryo sa 4Ps. Ang unang implementasyon sa Set 5 sa Negros Oriental napun-an sa l...
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03Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- Tanjay in Negros Oriental will trim down their fiesta celebration activities this year in view of the Holy Week celebration. Tanjay City’s 11th Charter Day this year falls on the Holy Week period. City Councilor Uldarico Ramirez, who chairs the charter day celebration this year, said they toned down their fiesta activities in respect to the Holy Week observation. “We decided to set aside the usual revelries and focus only on the needed, traditional prog...
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02Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- A total of 45 local government units (LGUs) in Central Visayas recently inked a deal of partnership for the implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Consequently, more than 148,000 beneficiary households have been added to the existing 61,700, bringing the total head count for Region 7 to almost 210,000 4Ps beneficiaries. The onset of Set 5 implementation in Negros Oriental added five towns namely: Bacong, Dauin, Valencia, Dumaguete, and Tan...
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01Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Apr. 1 (PIA) --- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) here is set to ink a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) in Dumaguete City to roll out a program that will improve production yield among agrarian reform beneficiaries. The MOA signing for the implementation of the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) will be led by DAR Undersecretary for Support Services Jeffrey Pacturan and NORSU Presi...
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01Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Apr. 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) inks partnership with Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) for the implementation of projects that increase farms productivity and income of the agrarian reform beneficiaries. The DAR and NORSU will formally sign the memorandum of agreement on Monday to signify the implementation of DAR's Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) program at 1:30 p.m. at NORSU main campus. Provincial...
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01Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Apr. 1(PIA) -- School teachers and administrators from Negros Oriental and Cebu participated in the regional eLearning seminar hosted by Silliman University recently. Spearheaded by the College of Computer Studies (CCS), the regional seminar of the Philippine eLearning Society (PeLS) served as a venue for participants to discuss various topics on tools, trends and methodologies in eLearning. The training aimed to promote eLearning in carrying out the tri-focal function of inst...
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29Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 29 (PIA) -- Negros Oriental State University President (NORSU) Dr. Henry Sojor challenged the university’s graduates this year to “explore the world.” “Success is a matter of choice, not a matter of chance. So go and explore the world,” Sojor told the graduates during the university’s 54th Commencement Exercises held March 23, 2012 at the Lamberto Macias Sports Complex in Dumaguete City. The ceremony marked the 6th commencement exercise that Dr. Sojor delivere...
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28Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The Provincial Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council (PSMEDC) in Negros Oriental encouraged farmers in the province to start planting bamboos not only for business opportunities but to lessen disaster risk. In a meeting of the Small & Medium Development Council (SMEDC) recently, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) presented the Philippine Bamboo Foundation Inc. (PBFI) which has three bamboo nurseries in the province due to the growing demands o...
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27Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The 302nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army received recently an award of Command Plaque of Merit in recognition of its search and rescue, and relief operations during the tropical storm Sendong and the powerful earthquake that hit Negros Oriental. The Commanding General, Philippine Army (CGPA) Lt. General Emmanuel Bautista of AFP, presented the plaque of merit to brigade commander, Col. Francisco Patrimonio during the 115th Founding Anniversary program h...
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27Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 267(PIA) -- The “Brontispa” coconut leaf beetle infestation has affected 22,000 coconut trees in Negros Oriental, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) reported. PCA Provincial Coconut Development Manager Brendan Trasmonte said the Brontispa longissima has been monitored to be spreading out, particularly from Bayawan City to the towns of Basay, Siaton, and Guihulngan City. Trasmonte said that of the number of trees infested, 19,000 come from Bayawan and neighboring t...
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22Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 22 (PIA) --- Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo said there is still a need for the government to continue making its presence felt strongly in sitios Avocado and Kakha in the town of Sta. Catalina, which were once hotbeds of insurgency. Degamo made the statement in after the Philippine Army reported continued sightings of suspected rebels in the area. “Kakha and Avocado are still priority areas by the Armed Force of the Philipines, and these repor...
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18Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- Over a hundred faculty and student-teachers from schools in Negros Oriental and Siquijor provinces recently participated in a workshop on peace education in Dumaguete City. The workshop, facilitated by three academic units in Silliman University (SU), is in response to Executive Order No. 570 or “Institutionalizing Peace Education in the Curriculum – Its Impact to Teaching Peace” issued in 2006. EO 570 mandates the Dep...
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18Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- About 60 out-of-school youths (OSYs), aged 14- 16, from the hinterland villages in Negros Oriental are expected to participate in the Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) on April 25-27 in Dumaguete City. The three-day youth summit camp banners the theme “Sharing Our Planet: Deforestation” to increase awareness and empower the youths to promote the positive change in deforestation. Oriental Negros Children’s Advocacy (ONCAN) spearhea...
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13Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has conducted recently a three-day claim folder review to fast tract the land acquisition and distribution (LAD) in Negros Oriental. DAR Information Officer Aileen Villaseca said the review aims to update and improve the LAD database, determine critical information about each landholding, classify landholdings into workable and problematic and determine the type of interventions needed to move them. Dur...
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08Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) has announced the names of their 23 new registered nurses and one lawyer. NORSU’s lone successful bar examination passer during last year’s tests is Peter Roderic Olpoc of Dumaguete City. Olpoc is a longtime employee of the Philippine National Bank (PNB) in the city. For a year now, he is assigned as the bank’s Sales Service Officer in its Bais City branch. According to NO...
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06Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- Gov. Roel Degamo urged the public anew not to believe nor spread rumors about another earthquake hitting Negros Oriental province. “Based on expert studies from Phivolcs, we have nothing to fear because there is no threat of another earthquake here,” said Gov. Degamo. Capitol has expressed concern over rumors that the province is under the threat of an impending earthquake or tsunami. “Phivolcs told u...
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01Mar2012DUMAGUETE C ITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has restored power transmission services in parts of Negros Oriental on February 28 after re-energizing the Amlan-Siaton 69kV transmission line. Electric consumers of Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NORECO II) experienced the unplanned power interruption which lasted from 12:07p.m. to 1:43p.m. on that day. Reports indicate that an unidentified person intentionally cut...
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01Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Negros Oriental allocated P2.5 million to buy 70 units of jetmatic pumps. The units are to be installed in areas without water due to massive damaged of water systems wrought by 6.9 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 6. This is in response with the directive of Governor Roel Degamo to provide a solution to the water problem in the calamity-affected places. Degamo ordered the field engineers to fast-track the rehabilitation...
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28Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- The provincial government held today an earthquake drill today to correct the mostly unsafe response of state employees here during the magnitude 6.9 quake that jolted Negros Oriental on Feb. 6, 2012. Joy Gongob, provincial planning and development officer and executive officer of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) here, said that the council has noted how most of the government workers panicked and ignored...
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26Feb2012NEGROS ORIENTAL, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) reported that the deaths from the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Negros Oriental rose to 55 with 24 from Guihulngan, 12 La Libertad, 10 Jimalalud, three from Tayasan, three from Ayungon, one from Bindoy, and two from Manjuyod; 60 are still missing or believed to have been buried alive. PDRRMC executive officer Adrian Sedillo said the toll is expected to rise as some bodies previou...
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26Feb2012NEGROS ORIENTAL, Dumaguete City, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) added five more digital seismograph stations in Negros Oriental after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake devastated the northern part of the province. Philvocs Chief geologist and geophysicist Dr. Arturo Daag in a media briefing said that the seismographs installed determine the correct sites of potential earthquakes and to monitor tectonic quakes. The new seismograph station...
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23Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) in coordination with the Philippine Air Force has delivered some 1,863 food packs over the weekend to mountain barangays in Guihulngan City. DSWD Information Officer Aileen Lariba said families affected by the recent earthquake in barangays Linantuyan, Hinakpan, Plagatasanon and Balwage all from Guihulngan have been served with foodstuffs. Of the 33 barangays in Guihulngan more than half were already re...
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19Feb2012CENTRAL VISAYAS, Feb 19 (PIA) -- The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) in its latest update reported over P383,059,000M million estimated total cost of damages to roads and bridges, public buildings and flood control structures in Western and Central Viasyas due to the 6.9 magnitude earthquake and landslides that hit the Visayas on February 6. NDRRMC reported that as of February 19, two bridges in Negros Oriental remained impassable due to the collapsed span o...
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17Feb2012QUEZON CITY, February 17 (PIA) -- The men and women of the Armed Forces of the Philippines celebrated Valentine’s Day with a big heart as they chipped in their one-day pay to reach out to the victims of the recent earthquake in Negros Oriental. The AFP handed out some relief goods containing mineral water, water container, noodles, and some biscuits to earthquake victims in the province. Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, during the turnover ceremony, l...
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14Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has restored power transmission services in parts of Negros Oriental that were affected by the recent 6.9 magnitude earthquake. Visayas Corp Communication Officer Elmer Cruz of NGCP said five transmission structures along the Amlan-Bindoy-Guihulngan 69kV transmission line were affected by the calamity. However, Cruz said that despite the aftershocks, heavy rains, damaged bri...
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04Feb2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- Victims of tropical storm Sendong in Brgy. Ajong, Sibulan, Negros Oriental who found themselves homeless after the storm washed away their homes in December last year will soon move into their new dwellings before the end of March this year. The Sibulan municipal government will hold a simultaneous ground breaking of 40 houses for 40 beneficiaries at one of the housing sites in Brgy. Ajong on Feb. 6, 2012. The housing project is made possible by ...
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27Jan2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative (NORECO-1), one of the two electric cooperatives in Negros Oriental, is seeking the electrification of 24 sitios in its coverage area this year. The cooperative has already submitted its request to the National Electrification Administration (NEA) for the installment of electricity in those sitios which do not have access to electricity due to its remote locations. Around P12.6 million is...
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23Jan2012NEGROS ORIENTAL, Jan 23 (PIA) -– Some P8.4 million budget allocation from the DSWD’s Self Employment Assistance Kaunlaran (SEAK) Program was distributed recently to the1,224 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries of the first district in Negros Oriental that are to graduate from the program in 2013. DSWD-7 regional director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre explained that the SEAK funds are interest-free loans that give each beneficiary a chance to engage in small business venture such as hog and ...
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19Jan2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- Officials from the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Dumaguete City and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in NegOr agreed to a moratorium on the implementation of Republic Act 10054 or the Mandatory Helmet Act of 2009 in the city. This came after Gov. Roel Degamo today met with officials from LTO and PNP to request for a one-month postponement on the law’s implementation due to public opinion against using the helmet. Dumaguete City has the...
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17Jan2012EDC to hand over P20-M rural health building to Valencia town by Jennifer Catan-Tilos DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) The newly constructed Rural Health Building will be formally turned-over from Energy Development Corporation (EDC) to local government unit of Valencia on January 19 at 9:00 a...
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