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Dumaguete City will host the inaugural 6200 BookFest from July 17 to 19 at Filinvest Mall, bringing together national publishers, independent booksellers, authors, and readers.The three-day event is being positioned as the first regional book fair of its kind in the Negros Island Region and will also serve as a host event for the National Book Development Board’s Philippine Book Festival in the Regions.Themed “Across the Shores,” the fair will feature a marketplace for publishers and booksellers, along with book launches, author talks, and workshops for readers, writers, and educators.Historian and author Ambeth Ocampo will deliver the keynote address.Ocampo is known for his writings on Philippine history and national hero José Rizal, including the book Rizal Without the Ov...

Six people were injured after a wing van struck a motorcycle with a sidecar along the national highway in Valladolid, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday morning, July 14.Police identified the motorcycle driver as alias “Ian,” 42, a resident of Valladolid, whose driver’s license was already expired.His five passengers were identified as aliases “Rona,” 41; “Angelo,” 23; “John,” 24; “Ramelyn,” 22; and “Pinky,” 24.The Mitsubishi wing van was driven by alias “Fernando,” 38, a resident of Sibulan, Negros Oriental.Police said both vehicles were traveling north from San Enrique toward Valladolid when the wing van struck the Kawasaki Barako motorcycle at around 8:30 a.m.The motorcycle driver and his passengers sustained injuries on different parts of their bodies.Personnel of th...

Dr. Kent E. Carpenter made groundbreaking contributions that transformed the global understanding of Philippine marine biodiversity.*Silliman University photoSilliman University (SU) on Tuesday, July 14, said it joins the international scientific community in mourning the loss of Dr. Kent E. Carpenter, a distinguished marine biologist who was killed in his home in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, on Sunday evening.He was a research associate at Silliman  and Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Old Dominion University in Virginia, United States.At about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, July 12, three suspects forcibly entered the victim’s residence in Barangay Ajong, Sibulan, while he and his live-in partner were watching television,  Capt. Stephen Jaynard Polinar, spokesperson of...

 Police investigators examine clothing and other personal belongings at the residence of an American national who was shot dead in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, on Sunday evening.* NORPPO photoThe Philippine National Police (PNP) has created a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to investigate the  fatal shooting of an American marine scientist and the alleged sexual assault of his Filipino partner in Sibulan, Negros Oriental.Capt. Stephen Jaynard Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NORPPO), in a virtual press briefing on Tuesday, said that SITG Carpenter is composed of police investigators, personnel from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the Provincial Anti-Cybercrime Team, Scene of the Crime Operatives, and other law enforcem...