Without memorandum receipts, provincial officials, including the governor, the vice governor and members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, no longer have authority to possess or use the vehicles issued to their offices, Provincial Legal Officer Richard Inojo said.

The provincial government of Negros Oriental has again requested the Department of Health in Manila for the release of funds to upgrade health facilities all over the country, including those of the provincial hospital.

Gov. Roel Degamo recently issued Executive Order 15-6, dated May 28, directing the apprehension of violators of the law on use of government vehicles owned by the provincial government.

The Philippine Army is seriously looking at declaring the province of Negros Oriental insurgency free at the earliest possible time even with the presence of “remnants” of the rebel New People’s Army in the northern part of the province.

Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo encouraged the 33 beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Local Integration Program to spend what the government had given them in a wise and productive manner.

The National University (NU) Bulldogs basketball team of Manila will visit Dumaguete City to see action in the goodwill basketball games on May 30 to 31at the Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Complex.

“Go, go, go for K- implementation here in the province, no backing out, because we are ready,” said Schools Division Superintendent Salustiano Jimenez in response to the issue on the possible suspension of the K-12 program by the Supreme Court.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has reported recently that Negros Oriental’s crime volume went up by 3.83 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to incidents reported in the same period of last year.

The Provincial Technical Working Group of Zero Open Defecation (ZOD) campaign has  enjoined the local government units (LGUs) of Dauin, Zamboanguita, and Siaton to intensify the implementation of ZOD program in a monitoring visit-caravan recently.

As early as second semester of last year, Provincial Agriculture Office urged the farmers to plant drought tolerant and early maturing crops to offset the effects of El Niño, “Thus for now the office has not received any damage reports,”  agri researcher Charito Catarata of PAO reported in a Kapihan forum recently.