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(Eagle News) – The sister-in-law of a Negros Oriental town councilor who had earlier died due to COVID-19, has passed away. She was earlier admitted at a private hospital for exhibiting flu-like symptoms, according to a report of the Philippine News Agency. She died Tuesday, March 24, before test results on her swab samples sent for COVID-19 testing could be released. She was reported to have Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) Both she and her […]
(Eagle News) – A 64-year old town councilor from Negros Oriental who had visited Greenhills, San Juan last February, died on Sunday, March 15, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), becoming the ninth COVID-19 fatality in the country. The councilor is only referred to as patient no. 39. He died at 11:09 a.m., Sunday, due to complications. The Provincial Information Office of Negros Oriental confirmed the COVID-19 related death in a Facebook post. It […]
(Eagle News) — Two suspects in the killing of a radio broadcaster in Dumaguete have been arrested. Authorities identified the arrested suspects in the killing of Dindo Generoso in Barangay Piapi as PCPL Glenn Corsame and Teddy Reyes Salaw. It was unclear what roles they played in the crime. Police said still at large was PCPL Roger Rubio of the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company. Authorities said they had yet to determine the motive, but […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo increased her lead in the three pilot provinces of Negros Oriental, Camarines Sur and Iloilo after a revision and appreciation of the 2016 votes for the vice presidential race there, the Presidential Electoral Tribunal said. According to the PET, Robredo obtained 14,436,337 votes, while Marcos got 14,157,771. “After the revision and appreciation, the lead of protestee Robredo increased from 263,473 to 278,566,” the PET said. The PET, however, required both […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 8, raised the reward for any information leading to the arrest of those behind the killings of four policemen in Negros Oriental to P6 million. The President made the revelation in a speech in the Palace. Two suspects have so far been arrested in the killings authorities said were perpetrated by members of the New People’s Army. The policemen were on their way to check reports about the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 1, vowed to do “something drastic” to address the recent spate of killings in Negros Oriental. In a speech for the 28th anniversary of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Duterte said he had yet to talk to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. though. The three are former military men who have had experience in fighting the insurgency. “It […]
(Eagle News)–The police chief of Negros Oriental and three other police officials were relieved over the police operations in the province that led to the killings of 14 people. Relieved were Col. Raul Tacaca, Negros Oriental police director; Lt. Col. Patricio Degay, Canlaon City police chief; Lt. Kevin Roy Mamaradlo, Manjuyod police chief and; Capt. Michael Rubia, Sta. Catalina chief of police. The relief of the high-ranking police officials was done by Philippine National Police […]
(Eagle News)–Leftist lawmakers on Sunday, March 31, slammed the killing of 14 people in Negros Oriental in separate police operations on Saturday, March 30. “The state-sanctioned terror act should be condemned by all sectors as [President Rodrigo] Duterte and his warmonger minions are hell bent to impose martial rule in a nationwide scale,” Anakpawis partlyist Rep. Ariel Casilao said, saying the President’s Memorandum Circular 32 which sought to increase troops in provinces where there is […]
(Eagle News) — Five students were killed and six were injured after the public utility van they were on collided with a truck in Negros Oriental on Friday, March 1. In a statement, the Department of Education said the casualties were students from the Basay National High School and their coach who were on their way home from a competition in Cebu. Of those who were killed, one was a Grade 7 student, and four were […]
(Eagle News) – Pinag-iisipan na ng Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) ng Negros Oriental na magdeklara na ng measles outbreak sa buong lalawigan. Pitong lugar na sa Negros Oriental ang naunang nagdeklara ng measles outbreak, ngunit umakyat na ito sa walo. Nagsagawa rin ng tatlong araw na fieldwork ang pinuno ng IPHO na si Dr. Liland Estacion kung saan nakumpirma niyang mayroon pang karagdagang apat na kaso ng measles sa Dumaguete City. Mayroon ding isang […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court is all set to start the manual recount of ballots cast in three provinces on the vice-presidential race early next year as the electoral protest case filed by vice-presidential candidate former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos moved forward. The recount of the ballots in Negros Oriental, Iloilo and Camarines Sur, Robredo’s home province, will be done in the Supreme Court’s gymnasium. Both camps remained positive that […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has placed Jimalalud, Negros Oriental Mayor Reynaldo Tuanda under a 90-day preventive suspension. The suspension meted out by the Fifth Division applies pending an investigation into allegations he gave himself a permit to operate as a cockpit promoter from January 8 to December 31, 2010. Tuanda admitted to receiving a permit to be a cockpit promoter, but noted that this was not the same as receiving a permit to be a […]
