Welcome to the Province of Negros Oriental (original) (raw)
GOV. PERDICES ALIVE; DAUGHTER APPEALS TO PUBLIC TO STOP CIRCULATING FALSE TEXT MESSAGES
| Written by JFP and MA--(PNA) |
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| Tuesday, 02 November 2010 09:49 |
| Negros Oriental Gov. Agustin Perdices is alive and undergoing eye surgery, as well as getting medical treatment in Manila for hypertension and diabetes, according to his youngest daughter, Katrina. “He is very much alive, although a bit weak. However, he is getting stronger each day,” said Katrina, who promised to bring back the governor to Negros Oriental once he is fit to return to work. The clarification comes amid rumors rapidly spreading through text messaging that the governor had died. Some text messages even asked to offer prayers for the eternal repose of the soul of Perdices. Reports that Gov. Perdices had died started late Thursday and was spreading like wildfire by Friday. |
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| NegOr offers P.5M for Buglasan Festival champions Written by Jennifer Catan-Tilos--PIA Wednesday, 20 October 2010 08:34 More than P500,000 cash prizes is up for grabs for the Buglasan Festivals of festival competitions on October 22. Eleven contingents from different municipalities and cities don with colorful crafty dressed dancers are expected to converge for the festival of festival grand showdown at 8:00 o’clock in the morning at the Lamberto Macias Sports Center. Read more... Sta. Catalina entry wins culinary arts tilt Written by JUDY F. PARTLOW--VDS Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:31 “Pangat Na Gulay,” the official entry of Sta. Catalina town by Al Regan Lopez, bested 16 other dishes and was named winner of this year’s 5th Lutong Garbo, Negros Oriental’s yearly culinary arts competition. Lutong Garbo is held every October as part of the celebration of the province’s socio-economic-cultural showcase, the Buglasan Festival. Read more... | Two outstanding Negrenses named Written by JUANCHO GALLARDE--VDS Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:45 A presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court in Negros Oriental and a medical doctor are this year’s Outstanding Oriental Negrense Awardees. Judge Rafael Crescencio Tan Jr. was cited in the field of government service-public service, and Dr. William Torres in Science and Technology. Read more... Written by JUDY F. PARTLOW Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:29 Two specially trained Belgian Malinois shepherd dogs have been deployed to help secure the Negros Oriental Buglasan Festival being held Oct. 15 to 24, against drugs and explosives. The “police dogs” are two of seven canines assigned to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Region 7 and are based in Mactan Island in Cebu, said Animal Keeper 2 Lito Ermac, chief of the PDEA-7 K-9 group. Read more... |
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