The Buglasan Festival showdown will push through even without the participation of any city or town in Negros Oriental, Gov. Roel Degamo said yesterday. This was after Degamo learned that no local government unit has yet officially confirmed participation in the showdown that is the highlight of the festival from October 12 to 21. The continue reading : Buglasan festival to go on despite low LGU support

The income of the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital for 2012 is projected to reach P130 million, from last year’s P94 million, Provincial Health Officer Dante Domingo said yesterday. With this income, NOPH can repay the proposed bank loan of P350 million to construct the Central Block Building, which, he said, is badly needed by the continue reading : Neg.Or. hospital income expected to reach P130M

Negros Oriental is vying for the regional Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award of the Department of Interior and Local Government, its assistant provincial director, Farah Gentuya, said. She said the province has complied with all of the award indicators, like the Local Governance Performance Management System, where it garnered an overall performance index of 4.45 continue reading : NegOr vying for DILG award

The Department of Interior and Local Government has named the Province of Negros Oriental as a contender for the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award. In a letter dated August 29, Ananias Villacorta, DILG regional director told Gov. Roel Degamo that the Province will be visited by evaluators this week.

Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Ragay Degamo has ordered the Environment and Natural Resources Division to form a task force to run after illegal quarryoperators, and improve sand and gravel fee collection, that he said, has plummeted compared to the past three years.

By a narrow vote of six in favor with five against, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Oriental last week authorized Gov. Roel Degamo to secure a P350 million loan from the bank to fund the construction of the central block building of the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital.

Negros Oriental officials are saddened by the untimely death of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, whose body was finally retrieved yesterday off the waters of Masbate. Gov. Roel Degamo said that, in behalf of the people of Negros Oriental, he expressed his deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of the late secretary, and continue reading : Neg.Or. officials mourn death of Robredo

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Negros Oriental will donate P1 million to flood victims in the National Capital Region and neighboring provinces in Luzon, a government press release said.

The Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office was awarded as best PNP command in Region 7 in yesterday’s rites held at the Casino Filipino in Mandaue City, Cebu.

Several mayors in the first district of Negros Oriental are questioning the allocation and disposal of the 20 percent Economic Development Fund of the provincial government.