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

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


Sugar workers in Negros assured of SAP benefits

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


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

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


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

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


Commission calls for stronger measures protecting battered women

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


DTI warns stiff penalties vs. selling vapes to minors

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


Bomb threat drill conducted in Dumaguete city port

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


Siquijor to supply live hogs to Negros Oriental amid high pork prices

DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 26 -- The provincial government of Siquijor will supply live hogs to Negros Oriental and help it recover from a perceived shortage of pork and pigs in the local markets. Jaymar V... Read More


Mayor orders cave shutdown following deaths of 'treasure hunters'

DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 22 -- Mayor Cezanne Fritz Diaz of Siaton, Negros Oriental ordered the sealing of a cave in the hinterland barangay of Apoloy and imposed a round-the-clock security following the d... Read More


(UPDATED) 14 dead, 3 others hurt in Negros Oriental road mishap

DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 21 -- At least 14 people died and three others were injured as the truck they were riding lost its brakes and fell off a cliff at Sitio Tubod, Barangay Bulwang in Mabinay, Negros ... Read More