Negros Island Rocked By Earthquakes, Says PHIVOLCS

NEGROS ISLAND

A Series Of Earthquakes Rocked Negros Island, According To PHIVOLCS NEGROS ISLAND – On Sunday (December 9), the Negros Island recently faced a couple of earthquakes, yet no damages were reported. As reported from Philstar, the first earthquake’s magnitude measured at 4.7, and took place at exactly 1:10PM. Its epicenter was located 19 kilometers southwest of … Read more

Possible Stronger Quakes Might Strike Negros Oriental Due To Series Of Tremors

Stronger Quakes

Phivolcs Says Possible Stronger Quakes Might Strike Negros Oriental Due To Series Of Tremors State geologists warned of possible stronger quakes that might strike Negros Oriental after experiencing series of tremors. Science research assistant Tom Simborio of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that the potentially active fault might produce stronger quakes in … Read more

Look: Six Slain In Negros Oriental Including An 8-Year-Old Child

Six Slain In Negros Oriental Including An 8-Year-Old Child

Six slain in Negros Oriental. DUMAGUETE CITY – Six people were found dead, including an 8-year-old child in a remote area in Tayasan Town, Negros Oriental. According to the recent news report of Inquirer.net, the incident appeared to be a massacre by a family member who killed himself afterward. Senior Supt. Henry Biñas, Negros Oriental … Read more

Executive Order For Abolition Of Negros Island, Set To Sign By Duterte

Executive Order

Duterte Set To Sign Executive Order In Abolishing Negros Island Executive Order (EO) for the abolition of Negros Island Region (NIR) was set to sign by President Rodrigo Duterte, according to a cabinet member said on Tuesday (October 11, 2016). In an Interview in Malacañang Palace on Tuesday, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno told the reporters that … Read more

Pres. Aquino Signed EO 183 Creating Negros Island Region (NIR)

The President of the Republic of the Philippines, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III signed Executive Order 183 last May 29, effectively creating the Negros Island Region (NIR) which will separate the Province of Negros Occidental from Western Visayas and Negros Oriental from Central Visayas. As previously promised by the Chief Executive to the leaders and … Read more