The Tanjay City Fiesta is like each year a highlight of the Fiesta celebrations in Negros Oriental. A whole month full of activities and events under the theme “Reconciliation for a greater Tanjay” will keep all Tanjayanons on their feet.
NORECO II regrets to inform you that there will be a scheduled power service interruption.
Date of interruption: June 11, 2016 (Saturday)
Time : 7:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
It was our second visit at the Kanglambat Festival 2016 in Vallehermoso, the most northern province of Negros Oriental. The dancers were doing their very best to entertain all spectators, despite the heat.
Not only on national level, also on regional level are many new elected mayors and vice-mayors in Negros Oriental. In Dumaguete City, the tradition that a vice-mayor can’t win a mayoral election remains standing.
Felipe Antonio Ipe Remollo will take over the position as Mayor of Dumaguete City. In a close race Ipe Remollo outnumbered incumbent Vice Mayor Woodrow Maquiling Sr. by 2,386 votes.
In Negros Island alone, eight election hot spots and 4 areas of concern are prone to election related violence. Read here which areas this are. About 5,000 police and soldiers and around 700 augmentation forces has set off to Negros Island
According to General Ricardo Marquez, head of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the Negros Island Region (NIR), conducting the elections can be done peacefully through the combined efforts of the community and the government.
The Commission on Higher Elections in Negros Oriental has voted on disregarding the program primarily because there are subjects on legality that are still left unanswered.
The presidential elections are of course the dominating event not only in Negros Oriental in May 2016, but in the whole country. However, there is a lot to do, if one is fed up with all that campaigning.
The Yag Yag Festival 2016 of Barangay Cangmating in Sibulan was like each year a colorful event. Hundreds of cut crabs and even cuter crablets were dancing along the highway towards the showdown in Cangmating.
DumagueteInfo Net Service