NORECO II - Scheduled Brownout

Scheduled Brownout – June 11

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.

Tayasan Festival 2016

Dalit Tayasanon 2016 Schedule

Dalit Tayasanon 2016 Schedule of Activities. The Fiesta celebration of the municipality of Tayasan starts from May 25, 2016 to June 13, 2016.

Elected Mayors in Negros Oriental

Elected Mayors in Negros Oriental

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.

Ipe Remollo - Mayor of Dumaguete City

Ipe Remollo – Mayor of Dumaguete City

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.

Election Related Violence

Election Related Violence

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

PNP - Negros Island Region

PNP – Peaceful Polls through unity

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.

Dumaguete - Mall voting canceled

Proposed Mall Voting Canceled

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.

Negros Oriental May 2016

Negros Oriental in May 2016

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.

Dumaguete Dumpsite Fire

Dumpsite Fire

After toxic smoke was released from the dumpsite fire of Dumaguete, the Dumaguete City Council declared 5 Barangays under the state of calamity last Saturday, 16. April 2016. These 5 Barangays are Candau-ay, Cadawinonan, Balugo, Batuingel, and Camanjac.

Mama Mary of Simala

Mama Mary of Simala in Dumaguete

Mama Mary of Simala is visiting Dumaguete from April 04-April 08. Mama Mary will make the travel from the Simala-Lindogon Church in Cebu on the 4th of April with the welcome Mass scheduled at 6:30 pm.