The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) here will install 90 farmer-beneficiaries of the former Tirambulo Landholding in Paniabonan, Mabinay on November 28 at 9:00 a.m at the Paniabonan Barangay Hall.Full story…

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Four infrastructure projects that aim to provide wider and better roads for Sibulanons have already been completed while 12 more are still ongoing.Full story…

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The biggest information technology event in the province will be rolled out on December 1 and 2, 2008 at the Negros Oriental Convention Center .
Exhibit hours will run from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Admission to the exhibits and special events is free. Full story…

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The Negros Oriental State University Alumni Association (NORSUAA) has named three high school graduates of the former East Visayan School of Arts and Trades (EVSAT) as NORSU’s Outstanding Alumnni 2008.
This year’s crop of Outstanding Alumni awardees is composed of a naval architect and marine engineer, a mechanical engineer, and a military.
EVSAT is the [...]

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200 DOWN TWO DEAD IN MOUNTING DIARRHEA OUTBREAKS
IN 3 TOWNS OF NEGROS ORIENTAL…..TWO ARE NOW CONFIRMED DEAD.

There is an outbreak of diarrhea in three towns of the province namely Bindoy, Tayasan and Ayungon mainly due to insanitation where local governments have failed to provide or encourage the building of enough sanitary septic tanks [...]

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The only way for the judicial branch of government to be truly independent from external influence is for the Judicial and Bar Council to amend its composition and remove politicians from the legislature and Malacanang in its composition.
If you ask why some judges are corrupt, it is because the system allows them to be corrupt. [...]

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P200T FIESTA T-SHIRTS PRIORITIZED
OVER P700T FOR AXUILLARY POLICE UNIT…..

If Dumaguete city were a human being, then this person is now a senior citizen as Dumaguete is now 60 years a city this November 24 and 25 which is the city’s annual birth date. As such, the taxpayers should now b e entitled to 20 [...]

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TEN YEARS AGO
November 23, 1998—The National Power Corporation assured the public that the P32.5 million generator rotor from Okoy which was transferred to its Sogongon plant will be re-fired to full operation by December, thereby restoring its P30M a month income potential.
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TWENTY YEARS AGO
November 27, 1988—Lt. Col. Ricardo de Leon, Constabulary Provincial Commander of Negros Oriental appealed to the citizenry here to stop betting in bagdok or masiao gambling.
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
Nov. 25, 1973—Governor William Villegas reported to DLGCD Secretary Jose Roño on the creation of the fuel allocation, procurement and conservation committee designed to regulate the use and consumption of fuel in Negros Oriental. In his official report, Gov. Villegas who heads the committee lauded the initiative of Lt. Col. Honorato Galan who [...]

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Police Regional Office Director Chief Supt. Ronald Roderos gestures as he urged the personnel of the Basay PNP to be on alert 24 hours a day to deflect any attempts of the New People’s Army or other criminal groups to launch copycat attacks against their police station similar to the November 2 incident in La [...]

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Taking the opportunity of seeing some mayors among his audience, Assistant Secretary Gerardo Calderon of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources reminded the local chief executives to rigidly observe the solid waste management to avoid being penalized.
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Some five thousand residents from Mabinay’s 32 barangays benefited from the mercy mission organized by Second District Representative George Arnaiz last November 16 at the town’s gymnasium.
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Amid concerns that new charges of violation of human rights will be hurled at the Philippine Military, Col. Franco Nemesio Gacal, Commanding Officer of the 11th Infantry Battalion insisted that the “strike mission” in Barangay Sulonggon, La Libertad aimed at confirming reports of armed men was a legitimate operation.
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Police Inspector Ronilo Macasilhig, Sibulan Chief of Police (right) led the team which captured Merson T. Mateo (left) who was the suspect for the killing of a 52- year old Lope Villariz in Barangay Tubtubon, Sibulan. Mateo tried to elude arrest by hiding at an abandoned backyard in Magabo Beach, Amlan. Seized from the suspect [...]

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