CANLAON CITY -- Two of the eight children of the slain suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) were turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in this city.

CANLAON CITY -- Two communist rebels were killed while three others were wounded in an encounter between the military and New People's Army (NPA) in Barangay Panubigan, this city, Sunday.

ASIDE from the Philippine Army, members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be sent to combat operation, a police official said.

SENIOR Superintendent Augusto Marquez Jr., provincial director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Negros Oriental, blamed farmers in Tamlang Valley for the withdrawal of a Korean investor.

TOP officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Negros Oriental have pushed for a random drug testing for teachers.

MAJORITY of the municipal mayors and barangay captains in Negros Oriental have strongly opposed the pullout of the Philippine Army from the province.

LOCAL government units hosting geothermal resources in Negros Oriental are fighting for the release of their royalty shares.

GOVERNOR Emilio Macias II admitted that he was shocked upon knowing that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) cited Negros Oriental as among the 20 poorest provinces in the country

THE Committee on Human Rights (CHR) and the Provincial Board Peace and Order in Negros Oriental junked the militant farmers' petition asking for the immediate pullout of soldiers assigned in different

GOVERNOR Emilio Macias II strongly opposed the re-instatement of death penalty even if the proposal is for convicted drug personalities.

THE Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) in Negros Oriental is alarmed over the death a person due to rabies in January this year.

THE town of Valencia tops other local government units in Negros Oriental in terms of real property tax collection.

SEVEN houses along the coastlines of San Jose and Amlan towns in Negros Oriental were destroyed by big waves, a local official said Saturday.

THE newly created Provincial Health Insurance of Negros Oriental (Phino) has targeted to get 57,000 indigent beneficiaries for the province’s local health program.

THE Legacy Group has urged its investors in the closed banks in Negros Oriental to file their claims with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).