Beermen demolish Aces in Dumaguete City

SAN Miguel Beermen demolished Alaska Aces with 85-74, in a crucial closing elimination game of the Phoenix Fuel PBA on their out of town tour Saturday evening at the Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultura

Aces, Beermen faceoff in Dumaguete Saturday

PHILIPPINE Basketball Association's Alaska Aces and San Miguel Beermen will play in an equally important match Saturday afternoon at the Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center.

PBA games tribute to late governor Macias

THE out of town games of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) scheduled in Dumaguete City on June 26, is paying tribute to a lifelong fan of PBA, the late governor Emilio Macias II.

Macias’ ashes arrived for public viewing

THE ashes of the late Governor Emilio Macias II arrived Wednesday morning from Manila.

Dumaguete to host PBA games

DUMAGUETE City will, once again, host out of town games of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) on June 26.

Perdices to take oath as Negros Oriental governor

AN ELECTION official said Tuesday that Vice Governor-elect Agustin Perdices will take his oath as governor of Negros Oriental following the death re-elected Governor Emilio Macias on Sunday.

Councilors oppose power rate hike

DAVAO City Council unanimously approved Tuesday a resolution opposing a proposed power rate increase by the Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC).

Carp beneficiaries get medical aid

AT LEAST 1,000 family-beneficiaries of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) in Tabuan village of Bayawan City, Negros Oriental availed of the free medical and dental mission on Wednesday.

Gherelene Mae Rafols, provincial information officer of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Negros Oriental, told Sun.Star that aside from the Carp beneficiaries in Tabuan village, residents coming from neighboring barangays were also served by the medical team composed of 13 doctors, five surgeons, 10 registered nurses, three medical technologists, four registered social workers, and volunteers from “Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko.”

Dumaguete among new wave cities

THE City Government of Dumaguete was recognized as one of the top 10 new “Next Wave Cities” for outsourcing locations in the Philippines.

The recognition was given by the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Office and the Information Technology and Business Process Association (ITBPA) of the Philippines for being one of the Top 10 Next Wave Cities for the year 2012, according to Syril Repe of the city government of Dumaguete.

Degamo, Macias proclaimed

INCUMBENT governor Roel Degamo and vice governor Mark Macias were proclaimed as Negros Oriental governor and vice governor, respectively, at the Session Hall of the Provincial Board Friday afternoon.

Governor Degamo obtained the highest votes against his opponents Negros Oriental Representative Jocelyn Limkaichong (1st district) and former finance secretary Margarito Teves.