Contractor Sarah Discaya secured ₱1-million bail after a Lapu-Lapu City court ruled prosecutors had not sufficiently proven her direct role in the alleged ₱96.5-million ghost infrastructure scheme.
Dumaguete’s city council gave final approval to a ₱2.185-billion borrowing plan for a public market and City Hall extension before its own independent review body could submit findings.
PAGASA forecasts rainshowers and thunderstorms across Negros Oriental and the wider Visayas on July 8, with worsening coastal conditions expected by Thursday.
England beat Mexico 3-2 and Spain defeated Portugal 1-0 in World Cup action on July 6, 2026, according to ESPN and FIFA match reports.
Signing Executive Order No. 39 on July 7, Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro imposed a sweeping ban on pork and live hog imports from Negros Island and other ASF-affected areas to shield the province’s P20-billion hog industry.
Authorities declared Silliman University in Dumaguete City safe late Monday after a bomb threat email prompted a full security sweep of five campus sites — no devices were found.
State weather bureau PAGASA forecasts Super Typhoon Bavi to cross into the Philippine Area of Responsibility late July 7 or early July 8, receiving the local name Inday upon entry.
History was made Monday as the Philippine Senate formally began the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, with 16 senator-judge votes required for a conviction that would end her political career.
Silliman University in Dumaguete City activated security protocols after confirming a bomb threat on July 6, 2026, while simultaneously exposing a fabricated memorandum that falsely declared class suspensions and a campus lockdown.
Canlaon City Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas signed Executive Order No. 62 suspending all school classes on July 7 and 8, 2026, as Super Typhoon Bavi approaches the Philippines.
More than 6,600 Philippine National Police personnel were deployed Sunday as the Senate opened impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte in Pasay City.
Morocco crushed Canada 3-0 while France beat Paraguay 1-0 and Colombia downed Ghana 1-0 on July 4.
Scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are forecast across Negros Oriental and the Visayas on July 7–8, 2026, with temperatures ranging between 26°C and 32°C.
Norway defeated Brazil 2-1 at the World Cup on Saturday, according to ESPN and FIFA match reports.
Thunderstorms and rainshowers are forecast across Negros Oriental and the wider Visayas on July 6, with PAGASA urging fisherfolk, ferry passengers, and farmers to remain cautious throughout the day.
Esmael Abubakar, the long-wanted head of the BIFF-Bungos Faction, was killed during a warrant-serving operation in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte on July 5, 2026.
Scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are forecast across Negros Oriental and the Visayas on Sunday, July 5, 2026, with no active storm signals in effect.
Negros Oriental’s 2nd district got ₱4.24 billion — the biggest FY 2025 DPWH budget of all 11 Negros Island Region districts — the resurfaced “Cabral file” shows, as ex-DPWH chief Manuel Bonoan turns state witness in the flood control cases.
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