Fifteen teams will vie for the 1st Governor’s Cup inter-town basketball tournament, which will be participated in by three districts of Negros Oriental to promote sportsmanship and team spirit in the province.  Under the schedule of Negros Oriental Sports Development Program (NOSDEP), the game for the first opening is set on May 5 for the 3rd district continue reading : 1st Governor’s cup opens inter-town basketball tourney

To advance and develop the sports culture in Negros Oriental, various sports associations in the province have come together to form the Negros Oriental Sports Confederation (NORSPORTS).  NORSPORTS is composed of leaders of different sports groups encompassing varied sports disciplines, such as basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball, running, swimming, karatedo and taekwondo, among others. 

Provincial and Bayawan City government officials gathered last April 21 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the future site of the Comprehensive Emergency Maternal and Newborn Care (CEMONC) facility at the Bayawan District Hospital.  The provincial government has allotted nearly P12.5 million for construction of said facility. 

Negros Oriental funded almost P500,000 worth of infrastructure projects in Brgy. Pulantubig, this city.  Said projects are the cementing of a destroyed portion of a road in the village and installation of a drainage system.  According to Pulantubig village chief Ramil Cornelia, the barangay residents have long been complaining over the deplorable state of a continue reading : NegOr pours P500K for Dumaguete village road, drainage rehab

The upcoming Philippine National Games (PNG) is an opportunity for Negros Oriental to showcase its modern sports facilities.  Gov. Roel Degamo said this after Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City agreed to host this year’s PNG from May 26 to June 3.  Some of the province’s modern and upgraded sports venues expected to be used during the PNG are continue reading : National games to showcase NegOr’s sports facilities

A total of 604 families in Sibulan town whose households were damaged by Sendong received Thursday their emergency shelter assistance from the provincial government.  Of the total, 257 have households that were deemed totally damaged by the typhoon while 347 were categorized as partially damaged.  Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Alice Lagarde said the continue reading : Sendong-hit families in Sibulan receive emergency shelter aid

Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo has instructed Dr. Chelsa Cacaldo, head of the six community primary hospitals in the province, to ensure that doctors are always on duty to attend to patients. The order was issued after Degamo visited a community hospital recently, and discovered that there was no doctor present.

Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo is pushing to speed up the conclusion of the peace process agreement for the immediate implementation of the livelihood and development programs in the province as outlined in the agreement.  Degamo recently met with the senior officials of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP) to discuss continue reading : Negros Oriental Guv urges conclusion of peace agreement

The provincial government here is now set to construct infrastructure and development projects amounting to P11 million in the barangays of Guihulngan City.  This was disclosed by Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo during his recent visit to the city to meet with the village chiefs there.  The projects funded by the provincial government include construction continue reading : NegOr to build infra projects in Guihulngan barangays

Officials from the Philippine Sports Commission are in Dumaguete City to inspect the venues for the 26 sports categories that will be played in Negros Oriental, in line with the Philippine National Games, from May 27 to June 2. Alona Quintos, senior sports and games regulations officer of the PSC, said the Commission is seeing continue reading : PSC inspects venues for Phil. Games