Tag: Negros Oriental

Sep242026 by Mary Judaline PartlowNo Comments

Power producer upgrades NegOr plant’s geothermal capacity to 126 MW

First Gen Corporation is undertaking a modernization project that will increase the installed capacity of its Palinpinon-1 geothermal power plant in Valencia, Negros Oriental, from 112.5 megawatts (MW) to 126 MW.The project, being implemented by First Gen’s geothermal arm, Energy Development Corporation (EDC), involves replacing the plant’s three 37.5-MW turbine-generator units with three modern 42-MW units, EDC said in a statement Wednesday.The upgrade is expected to add 13.5 MW to First Gen’s renewable energy portfolio while allowing the facility to generate more electricity using the same volume of geothermal steam, without additional steam extraction.Noel Tan, head of the Southern Negros Geothermal Project (SNGP), said that the modernization demonstrates EDC’s efforts to im...

Sep232026 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Barangay captain shot in La Libertad, special probe team formed

Negros Oriental, Police, Top Stories

The barangay captain of Kansumandig in La Libertad, Negros Oriental, was shot in a hinterland area of the town early Wednesday morning, Sept. 23, prompting police to create a special investigation task group to investigate the attack.The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region said the barangay captain was traveling home from Brgy. Pacuan aboard his motorcycle at around 5:20 a.m. when the incident occurred in Sitio Mabilog, Brgy. Kansumandig.Nearby residents reportedly heard several gunshots and later found the barangay captain lying along the road, while the assailant or assailants had already fled.The incident was reported to the La Libertad Municipal Police Station at around 5:50 a.m.Police said the crime scene was about 30 kilometers into the hinterland.Investig...

Sep232026 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

P102,000 shabu seized in Santa Catalina buy-bust

Negros Oriental, Police, Top Stories

A 26-year-old man was arrested after authorities seized about P102,000 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental.In a press release on Sept. 23, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region identified the suspect as alias “Joseph,” a resident of Brgy. Tinago, Bayawan City.He was arrested in Brgy. Caranoche, Santa Catalina, at around 2:05 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20.Operatives recovered three medium-sized sachets containing approximately 15 grams of suspected shabu with a standard drug price of P102,000.Authorities also recovered buy-bust money, a transparent plastic container, black pouch, glass tube pipe and a mobile phone.The operation was conducted by PDEA-NIR's Negros Oriental Provincial Office, Intelligence and ...

Sep232026 by Mary Judaline PartlowNo Comments

PBBM peace program aids 131 PAMANA groups in NIR

Business, Community, Negros Oriental, Top Stories

A total of 131 livelihood associations in the Negros Island Region (NIR) have received or are scheduled to receive PHP300,000 each in seed capital under the government’s PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) program, an official said Tuesday, Sept. 22.Dan Donald S. Candare, PAMANA Project Development Officer 3 of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-NIR, said the program has allocated PHP39.3 million for the 131 PAMANA Livelihood Project Associations (PLPAs) in the region.“The associations, with a combined membership of 1,969 individuals, are located in vulnerable and conflict-affected communities,” Candare said on Tuesday.The livelihood funding is provided by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) as part of Pres...

Aug252026 by Shiela Gelera-BragaNo Comments

Lady Rider Patay sang Malapakan sang Truck sa Amlan

Balita Hiligaynon

Maga-overtake kuntani ang 21-anyos nga babaye sakay sang iya motor sang ini ang nasangit sa concrete gutter sa taytay nga sakop sang Sitio Buswang, Barangay Bio-os sa banwa sang Amlan, Negros Oriental, Martes sang aga, Agosto 25.Nabilin ang iya motor samtang nagtabog ang rider kag nalapakan sang guma sang truck nga may karga nga semento.Ginsiling ni Police Staff Sergeant Mark Anthony Rodriguez, assistant traffic investigator sang Amlan PNP nga pareho padulong norte nga direksyon ang motor kag ang truck.Ang napatay ang taga Tabok sa Mandaue City, Cebu kag tumandog sang Santa Catalina sa Negros Oriental, base sa ID nga nakuha sa iya mga pagkabutang.Detained karon sa custodial facility sang Amlan Police Station ang driver sang truck.“Yung victim is transported sa Rural Hea...

Dec222021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

74 na ang napatay sa Negros Oriental, 40 naman sa Negros Occidental bangud sang bagyo nga Odette

Balita Hiligaynon

Mga napatay bangud sang bagyo nga Odette sa Negros Oriental ang nagdangat na sa stentay kwatro kag kwarenta naman sa Negros Occidental.Masobra na sa katorse mil ka indibidwal ang displaced sa karon bangud ang ila mga puluy-an ang lubos nga apektado sang paglaslas sang Bagyo Odette.Suno sa DRRMO sang probinsya, kadam-an ang nag tiner sa mga evacuation centers sa tagsa ka mga LGU.Nag lab-ot na sa 74 ka mga persona ang napatay bangud sang bagyo sa Negros Oriental kag 15 diri ang gikan sa Bais City, 14 sa Manjuyod kag 1 sa Mabinay.17 sa 22 nga nagapabilin missing ang gikan man sa Bais City kag 99 tanan sa karon ang injured bangud sang bagyo.Sa Negros Occidental, nagsaka na sa 40 ang napatay bangud sang bagyo. Ang Sipalay City ang may pinaka madamo nga may 17 casualties. 11 ...

Dec212021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Delivery sang goods apektado bangud sang landslide, DPWH naga hingagaw pang hawan

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

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Dec212021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

P700M halit sang Bagyo Odette sa infrastructure, agrikultura sa Negros Oriental

Balita Hiligaynon

Elle Vida Gordoncillo photoYara na karon sa Sanguniang Panlalawigan sang Negros Oriental ang resolution nga ginpasar sang Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council agud to ipaidalom sa state of calamity ang probinsya.Ini ang gina hulat nga ma aprubahan sang SP. Sa datos sang LDRRMO, nag lab-ot sa 700 milyones pesos ang halit nga gin tuga sang Bagyo Odette sa Negros Oriental.Naglab-ot sa 600 milyones pesos ang halit sa mga nagkalaguba nga imprastraktura kaangay sang mga merkado, eskwelahan, taytay kag iban pa. Nag lab-ot naman sa 100 milyones pesos ang halit sang Bagyo Odette sa agrikultura.Sa karon, nag saka man sa 66 ang gin-report nga napatay sa Negros Oriental bangud sang bagyo. 22 ang missing kag 92 ang nasamaran.

Dec212021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Digicast Negros X (December 21, 2021)

Digicast Negros X

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Dec202021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Sa Negros Oriental, padayon ang pagsaka sang casualty

Balita Hiligaynon

Negros Oriental PIO photoSa Negros Oriental, nagdangat sa 52 na ka mga persona ang napatay bangud sang Bagyo Odette.Sa record sang Negros Oriental Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, 52 ka mga persona ang napatay sa probinsya bangud sang Bagyo Odette nga nag dala sang makusog nga hangin kag pag ulan26 man ang na report nga missing kag 76 ang injured.Suno kay negros Oriental DRRM officer Adrian Sedillo, pila sa mga lgu nga lubos nga naapektuhan sang bagyo amo ang Bais, Bindoy, Mabinay Manjuyod kag Guihulngan nga amo man ang may madamo nga reported casualties.Kaina sang aga sang aga nag patigayon sang emergency meeting ang Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council kag sila ang nag pagwa sang resolution agud i recommend ang pag paidalom sang Negros Orien...