Dumaguete Local News
DAR condemns lawyer's killing
THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) condemned the killing of a chief legal officer in Negros Oriental.
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Segregation pushed to solve garbage problem
REPRESENTATIVE George Arnaiz (2nd district, Negros Oriental) has pushed for a heightened campaign on waste segregation as a temporary solution to Dumaguete City's garbage problem.
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Class suit vs city gov't readied
OFFICIALS of Barangay Candau-ay have prepared a class suit against the City Government of Dumaguete for its refusal to close the Candau-ay dumpsite.
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CHR fails to prove Canlaon 'massacre'
THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Negros Oriental has failed to prove the alleged "massacre" in Canlaon City involving troopers of the Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion.
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Negros Oriental investors to sue Legacy Group
INVESTORS of the two closed rural banks in Negros Oriental are planning to file administrative, civil and criminal charges against the Legacy Group of Companies before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Manila.
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Legislator backs random drug test
REPRESENTATIVE George Arnaiz (Second district, Negros Oriental) expressed support to the proposed random drug test for students in secondary and tertiary levels.
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Thousands avail of free medical, dental mission
MABINAY, Negros Oriental -- Thousands of indigent families from the hinterland villages of this town have benefited from the free medical and dental mission held in Campanun-an village Saturday.
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Vigilante strikes anew
A HOLD-UP suspect is in critical condition after suspected members of a vigilante group shot him.
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Another dolphin found dead in Ayungon
Rebels planned atrocities bared
A TOP official of the Philippine Army has exposed the plan of the Communist rebels against the engineering brigade assigned in Negros Oriental.
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Army to Kaugmaon: Probe farmer's death
COLONEL Cesar Yano challenged the peasant group, Kapunongan sa Gagmayng Mag-uuma sa Oriental Negros (Kaugmaon) to conduct its own investigation on the death of a farmer in Sta. Catalina.
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Probe on Canlaon encounter continues
THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Negros Oriental conducted a separate investigation on the recent encounter between the military and alleged members of the New People's Army (NPA) in Canlaon City.
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Hold-up gang mastermind unmasked
THE mastermind of a gang involved in a series of hold-ups in Dumaguete and Bacong City has been identified, a top police official said.
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7 brand new patrol cars turned over
SEVEN of the 19 brand new vehicles acquired by the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (Noppo) were turned over to the recipients Monday morning.
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