AT LEAST 360 jobs will be offered by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in a scheduled job fair in Dumaguete City on March 9.

TECHNICAL Education and Skills Training Authority (Tesda) has offered scholarship programs with 1,699 open slots for Negros Oriental.

THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Dumaguete City discouraged residents to use substandard electrical wires to avoid fire incidents.

A GERMANY-based non-government organization (NGO) hit the alleged too much red tape in the Bureau of Customs (BOC).

MEDIA groups in Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental slammed Thursday the bills granting right of reply to persons who are subjects of their negative reports.

THE humanitarian help department of the German Ministry of Defense donated medical and surgical equipment worth more than P2.5 million to six Community Primary Hospitals in Negros Oriental.

THE Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) in Negros Oriental warned residents living near riverbanks and slopes for possible flashfloods and landslides due to Tropical Depression "Bising".

THE Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) has started paying out Friday claims of depositors of two closed rural banks in Negros Oriental.

THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Negros Oriental cleared the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army of any human rights violation in an encounter with communist rebels in Canlaon City.

POWER hike is likely to occur this year in Central Visayas unless the problem in dwindling power supply is resolved, an official of the state-run National Power Corporation (NPC) said.

AGRARIAN Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman has asked the National Bureau of Investigation’s (NBI) help for the immediate solution of the killing of a Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR) legal

THE Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) will hold a Depositors' Forum in Dumaguete City on February 10 to prepare depositors of the banks that have closed shop in Negros Oriental for claim

REPRESENTATIVE George Arnaiz and incumbent Provincial Board (PB) member Melimore Saycon got favorable endorsements for the gubernatorial race in the 2010 elections.

THE Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) in Western Visayas strongly condemned the killing of their colleague lawyer Eleazar Casipong.

TOP officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Dumaguete City expect a random drug test to be conducted next week.