All 37 Silliman University Medical School examinees passed the October 2026 physician licensure exam; Silliman was the only Negros Oriental school in this round.
Buglasan Festival 2026 continues Saturday with the Parade of Lights float competition and Pyromusical show along Dumaguete Boulevard.
Bais City defended its Buglasan Festival of Festivals title on October 16, 2026, winning with the Hudyaka Festival of Harvests plus Best in Streetdancing and Best in Musicality.
Forty-eight out of 159 examinees cleared the Naval Architects Computer-Based Licensure Examination held in October 2026, the PRC confirmed.
Thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast over Negros Oriental throughout Saturday and into Sunday morning, driven by the northeast monsoon, PAGASA reported.
The Buglasan Festival 2026 Showdown Competition brought dazzling contingent presentations to the Gov. Mariano F. Perdices Memorial Coliseum on October 16.
Colorful contingents took over Dumaguete streets on October 16 for the Buglasan 2026 Streetdancing Competition, on Day 2 of the 11-day provincial festival.
Intermittent showers and thunderstorms are expected throughout Negros Oriental on October 16, with heavier and more persistent rainfall forecast after nightfall.
Ateneo de Manila University’s Dr. Didith Rodrigo has been elected to lead the global AI-in-education society — a first for any Asian woman.
Police, military, and emergency units held a send-off ceremony in Sibulan on Oct. 14 ahead of Buglasan Festival 2026, running Oct. 15–25.
A total of 4,165 out of 4,447 examinees cleared the October 2026 Physicians Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission confirmed.
Nearly all September 2026 optometry board examinees passed, with 394 out of 423 earning their licenses at a 93.14% passing rate.
One examinee cleared the September 2026 Ocular Pharmacologists Special Certification Computer-Based Licensure Examination, with the Professional Regulation Commission releasing results on 15 October 2026.
PAGASA’s 5 AM bulletin places Negros Oriental under continuous rainshowers and thunderstorms throughout October 15, with no dry spell expected from dawn to past midnight.
Massage therapists, coconut sellers, flower vendors and food stalls make a living on Dumaguete’s waterfront park, but storms and stall relocations have tested them.
Since 2024, Dumaguete’s waterfront park has hosted festival showdowns, free concerts, a triathlon, a national marathon leg, school sports meets and a historic-car rally.
An 8-foot bronze Rizal now stands on the Dumaguete waterfront, facing Dapitan. It marks the day in 1896 when the national hero passed through the city.
BNNO’s construction updates from November 2024 to October 2025 trace the 360-meter shoreline protection between Pantawan 1 and 2 and the walkway linking them.
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