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.
BOOKWORMS. Preschoolers at the National Child Development Center in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental peruse the recently donated books from the Regional English Language Office – U.S. Embassy, through the office of Neg. Occ. Third District Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez.* Kiko Benitez FB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The havoc created by the ongoing drought on Negros Occidental continues, as the value of the damage to agricultural crops has been reported at more than P502 million, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration and Office
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson called on athletes of the province who will be part of the delegation of Western Visayas to the Palarong Pambansa in Cebu on July to “contribute medals” to the cause of the region. Lacson
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Christian Artists National Various Arts Society (CANVAS) in partnership with the Bacolod AI Artists Association and the Bacolod City Public Library, held an art show, music concert, and poetry reading in celebration of Mother’s day
An award-winning filmmaker and longtime educator has been recently appointed by the Bacolod City Government as director of its film festival, set to be held this September in select cinemas in the city. The Bacolod Film Festival Council (BFFC), chaired
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is leveling up its engagement with the Philippine Government Employees Association (PGEA) in a move to further improve the collaboration of both institutions for the benefit of government employees nationwide. “We are committed to
