PAGASAinfographic of the track of Typhoon Odette (From PAGASA Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo on Thursday ordered the work stoppage at the Capitol beginning noon amid the threat of Typhoon Odette that has begun to bring heavy rains and strong winds in the province. In an advisory issued through the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) and posted on social media, Degamo said the suspension of work is "to prevent loss of life or bodily harm (and) ensuring the safety of all". However, government offices/agencies whose functions involve law enforcement, response action to disasters and calamities, and/or the performance of other vital services shall make available stand-by services/arrangements, he said. Tropical Wind Cyclone Signal No. 4 was hoisted over Negros Oriental on Thursday afternoon. Several barangays here had preemptively evacuated residents in low-lying and high-risk areas. An initial police report said 20
DepEd-Dumaguete city schools division superintendent Dr. Gregorio Elejero (left) and Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo (center). (Photo from the Lupad Dumaguete Facebook page/City PIO) DUMAGUETE CITY - Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo, through the city school board, has approved PHP63.2 million worth of infrastructure projects for public schools in this capital city in anticipation of the resumption of in-person classes. The construction and completion of the projects will be charged to the Special Education Fund for the eight public schools, the city public information office said Thursday in a social media post. The projects will include the construction of a three-story/six-classroom school building and the completion of the two-story/two-classroom school building for the Camanjac National High School; a two-story/six-classroom school building for the Cantil-e Elementary School; two-story/eight-classroom school building and improvement of the covered stage for the Cadawinonan Eleme
FREE WI-FI. Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo leads the switch-on of the free Wi-Fi connectivity at the Hermenegilda F. Gloria Memorial Elementary School on Wednesday (Dec. 1, 2021). This is the first school to receive free Wi-Fi from the joint project of the Department of Information and Communications Technology, the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Rotary Club of Dumaguete. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Department of Education (DepEd) in Region 7 (Central Visayas) on Wednesday thanked the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI), and the Rotary Club of Dumaguete (RCD) for providing the first-ever free Wi-Fi connectivity to a public elementary school here. Dr. Salustiano Jimenez, DepEd-7 regional director, expressed his gratitude during the virtual switch-on ceremony at the Hermenegilda F. Gloria Memorial Elementary School in this capital city.
FREE WI-FI. Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo leads the switch-on of the free Wi-Fi connectivity at the Hermenegilda F. Gloria Memorial Elementary School on Wednesday (Dec. 1, 2021). This is the first school to receive free Wi-Fi from the joint project of the Department of Information and Communications Technology, the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Rotary Club of Dumaguete. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Department of Education (DepEd) in Region 7 (Central Visayas) on Wednesday thanked the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI), and the Rotary Club of Dumaguete (RCD) for providing the first-ever free Wi-Fi connectivity to a public elementary school here. Dr. Salustiano Jimenez, DepEd-7 regional director, expressed his gratitude as he virtually attended the switch-on ceremony at the Hermenegilda F. Gloria Memorial Elementary School in this capi
(Infographic from the Lupad Dumaguete Facebook page/City PIO) DUMAGUETE CITY - The local government here has not lined up any activities to celebrate its 73rd Charter Day anniversary on Wednesday to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). City Tourism Officer Jacqueline Antonio told the Philippine News Agency that no activities werelined up upon the recommendation of the city's Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), even though Negros Oriental is now under the lower Alert Level 2 status. Instead, she said Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo, in his message posted on social media, called on the public to heed the call of the government to have themselves vaccinated against Covid-19. "I urge our residents to avail of free vaccination so we can achieve herd immunity by the end of the year that will allow us to fully reopen our economy and do what we love the most: back in our workplaces, back in our schools and