Sun.Star Dumaguete News Feeds

Karapatan to Cañete: Resign now!

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:40:51 +0000

AN ORGANIZATION officer lambasted a human rights special investigator for the alleged inaction to numerous complaints lodged before his office, including the deaths of Franciso Julnanero, Julito Quirante, and Ronel Raguing.

Norsu offers equivalency program for journalists

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:39:52 +0000

THE Negros Oriental State University (Norsu) formally introduced the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) for journalists starting this semester.

Farmer's killers claim as NPA men

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:58:24 +0000

THE still unidentified men believed to be responsible for the killing of a farmer-beneficiary of the controversial Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) in Sta. Catalina claimed to be members of the New People's Army (NPA).

NCCA holds online journalism writeshop

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:08:54 +0000

THE National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCAA) has conducted a two-day online journalism writeshop in Dumaguete City Monday.

3 soldiers killed in Guihulngan ambush

Sun, 24 May 2009 14:12:04 +0000

THREE soldiers of the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army were brutally killed in an ambush in Sitio Busay, Barangay Hilaitan, Guihulngan Saturday morning.

New classrooms will be ready for opening of classes: guv

Mon, 18 May 2009 15:31:04 +0000

NEGROS Oriental Governor Emilio C. Macias II is confident the Provincial Government will be able to finish the construction of 120 additional classrooms all over the province

Dumaguete inks sisterhood pact with South Korean city

Mon, 18 May 2009 15:31:34 +0000

THE City Government of Dumaguete signed a sisterhood agreement with the city of Yeongdong-gun in the Republic of Korea for the enhancement of understanding and friendship

NPA leader surrenders in Negros Oriental

Mon, 18 May 2009 15:36:06 +0000

A RANKING leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in southern Negros Oriental surrendered to the Philippine Army.

Dead rebel leader suspected gun-for-hire: police

Mon, 18 May 2009 15:33:56 +0000

THE police still considers former rebel leader Richard “Jake” Rosales a suspect in at least three murder cases in Dumaguete City even though the man is already dead.

Deputation of Negros Oriental policemen forthcoming

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:54:13 +0000

NEGROS Oriental provincial police director Augusto Marquez has expressed optimism that some of his men would soon receive their deputation orders to participate in the country's anti-illegal drugs cam

Authorities call for coordination, legislation

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:55:11 +0000

INTER-MUNICIPAL coordination and legislation were cited as among the problems faced by the police in enforcing fishery and other environmental laws.

Leaking transformer cause of extended brownouts

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:07:59 +0000

THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has reverted to using an old transformer at the sub-station in Pondol, Amlan, Negros Oriental after a newly installed unit was found to have a l

Fire hits major electric post, sugarcane fields

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:07:19 +0000

A MAJOR electric post of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) was burned down in a fire of still unknown origin in Tanjay City Saturday.

Karapatan seeks CHR help on farmers' death

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:19 +0000

MILITANT human rights advocate Karapatan has sought the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) help on the death of two farmers almost three months ago.

No massive retrenchment in Negros Oriental

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:48:37 +0000

THE Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) in Negros Oriental confirmed that it has yet to receive any notice of massive retrenchment among the business sector in the province.

Lawyer to mayors: Charge DBM

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:49:29 +0000

PROVINCIAL Legal Officer Erwin Vergara urged mayors of six local government units (LGUs) to file charges against Department of Budget and Management (DBM) officials

Cebu City gets 80 gold on 2009 CVIRAA meet

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:40:57 +0000

CEBU City Division collected at least 80 gold medals from the different events in the ongoing 2009 Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) meet held in Dumaguete City, Sibulan and Tanja

DepEd to appoint 120 new teachers for Negros

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:15:47 +0000

EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus told Negros Oriental it will get at least 120 new teachers.

Syndicate eyed in newborn baby's kidnapping

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:16:44 +0000

LAW enforcement agencies are not discounting the possibility that a syndicate is behind the kidnapping of a newborn baby from the government-run Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital (NOPH).

Police, bureau personnel rescue kidnapped baby

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:35:47 +0000

LAW enforcement authorities recovered before dawn Tuesday a newborn baby from the house of a nursing student suspected of taking him from the hospital where he was born.

Lapus opens CVIRAA meet 2009

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:49:53 +0000

EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus personally opened the Central Visayas Regional Atheltic Association (CVIRAA) meet 2009 held at Governor Perdices Coliseum in Dumaguete City Monday afternoon.

Schools warned of expensive graduation rites

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:51:31 +0000

EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus renewed his warning against expensive graduation rites in public secondary and elementary schools.

Dengue cases dropped by 12%

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

DENGUE cases in Negros Oriental dropped by 12.6 percent this year compared to 2008, according to a top official of the Department of Health (DOH) in Dumaguete City.

500 Army applicants to take aptitude test

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

MORE than 500 applicants from Negros Oriental will take the Philippine Army's Aptitude Test Battery to be conducted at the Sta. Catalina town's gymnasium Friday.

NBI exhumes bodies of 2 missing farmers

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

FORENSIC experts of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Central Visayas exhumed Tuesday the two bodies of the farmers buried in Sitio Junob, Barangay Nagbinlod, Sta. Catalina town.