Supreme Court (SC)
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, Feb. 14, finally resolved the controversy involving the gubernatorial post in Negros Oriental as it affirmed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling that Roel R. Degamo is the duly-elected governor.
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NEW GOVERNOR. Negros Oriental Gov. Pryde Henry Teves officially reported to the Capitol and issued several orders, including one that suspends all quarrying operations in the province on Friday (July 1, 2022). Teves also gave department heads one month to prove their "worth" before hereorganizes the provincial government structure. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves has given department heads one month to prove their worth before reshuffling and making appointments at the provincial capitol. Teves reported for work at the Office of the Governor at the Capitol on Friday after he took his oath of office on Thursday. Provincial legal officer Ronel Depalubos said Teves was oriented and he lined up activities in the coming weeks. "The governor told the department heads in a meeting Thursday afternoon that there will be no reshuffling or appointments yet as they are given one month to show that they are worth the position
OATH OF OFFICE. Negros Oriental Executive Judge Gerardo Paguio Jr. (left) administers the oath of office of newly-elected Gov. Pryde Henry Teves at the Hall of Justice in Dumaguete City on Thursday (June 30, 2022). Teves said his first order of the day is to meet with the mayors to synchronize their executive and legislative agendas. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves on Thursday said he would meet with mayors of the province to synchronize his and their plans for the next three years. Teves issued the statement in a press conference after he took his oath of office around 10 a.m. before Negros Oriental Executive Judge Gerardo Paguio Jr. at the Hall of Justice here. "My first task maybe (is) I will first meet all the mayors and Board Members because I would like to synchronize our plans so that each town or city who would come up with their respective ELA (executive-legislative agenda so that we would be on board for the next
MAXIMUM TOLERANCE. A fire truck is seen parked in the vicinity of the Capitol in Negros Oriental on Wednesday (June 29, 2022) as part of a security plan to ensure a smooth transition of government on Thursday. This came amid a "power struggle" as to who should sit as the next governor of Negros Oriental. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano has ordered the regional office to ensure peace and order at the provincial Capitol on June 30 as newly elected and re-elected officials will assume their posts. The directive came as two gubernatorial candidates in the May 9 polls are locked in a "power struggle" as to who will be installed as the new provincial chief executive on Thursday. DILG-7 Regional Director Leocadio Trovela, in an interview with the Philippine News Agency, said Ano gave specific instructions on how to deal with the current dispute. "The guidance of Secretary Ano
BARRICADED. The Provincial Capitol of Negros Oriental can be seen through this barbed wire barricade that was set up over the weekend. Tensions have been brewing at the Capitol as to who will sit as the next governor of Negros Oriental. (Photo courtesy of Alex Rey Pal) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) on Monday said it is prepared to avert any disturbance on or before June 30 amid a looming power struggle between two gubernatorial candidates in the recent polls. NOPPO director Col. Germano Mallari said a security plan was set to be implemented beginning Tuesday, but incumbent Governor Roel Degamo asked for its deferment. "We were supposed to deploy our personnel days ahead of June 30 to ensure the safety of the installing officers from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Capitol officials and employees, and the general public," Mallari said in mixed English and Cebuano. The early deployment is in anticipation of ten