Business leader Frank Carbon is asking local government units in Negros Occidental to give “extra attention” to public spaces that could be sources of coronavirus disease.
Consumers’ group Power Watch Negros Advocates Inc. is urging the Central Negros Electric Cooperative to suspend its disconnection services until the end of December.
Seventy-two farmers from three areas in southern Negros Occidental received their land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform recently.
The Project Balik Buhay (PBB), a business recovery roadmap that has been implemented in Cebu, will also serve as a model for businesses in the cities of Bacolod and Iloilo, the deputy chief implementer for the Visayas said.
The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office launched a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Helpline for Negrenses amid the COVID-19 pandemic yesterday afternoon.
Three persons were injured in separate shooting incidents in Negros Occidental, Tuesday.
The Central Negros Electric Cooperative closed its main office starting yesterday afternoon until Friday for disinfection.
The local government unit of Mabinay in Negros Oriental, through its Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, yesterday imposed a strict mandatory home quarantine on 56 households to stem the transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019.
All Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROFs), who have tested negative for COVID-19 and undergone the required quarantine, should not be subjected to another 14-day quarantine by the receiving Local Government Units, the Department of Health in Western Visayas said yesterday.
All COVID-19 positive dialysis patients will be referred to the Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital under a public–private initiative with the Bacolod City government, Dr. Evangeline Johnson, BQMH chairman, said yesterday.
SEASCAPE. The Suyak Island Mangrove Eco Park in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, is part of the 32,000 hectares of protected seascapes of the Sagay Marine Reserve* Andrew Altarejos photo
VIGIL PROTEST. Lilian Sembrano (inset), president of Kabakod Negros Transport Coalition (KNETCO), with traditional jeepney drivers and operators, during a vigil at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds as part of their 2-day transport strike against the phase out of traditional jeepneys, which will culminate today at the Bacolod City Diamond Jubilee Tower (NGC replica) at Araneta Street, Bacolod City* CGS photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Grace Poe yesterday endorsed the granting of franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp. to maintain an electric power distribution
“We’re in an historic drought, and that demands unprecedented action.” – Chris Hayes We suffer because of drought, and I think we are bound to,
The game between AACI Transport and the Huminove Tigers got out to a competitive start as the former held a four-point lead after one quarter
The first 11-a-side football pitch equipped with synthetic turf in the Western Visayas Region will soon rise in Victorias National High School in Victorias City,
