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7 Negros Island LGUs get services of 'Doctors to the Barrios'

BACOLOD CITY, July 13 -- Seven more local government units (LGUs) in Negros Island Region (NIR) are getting the services of physicians deployed under the Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) Program of the D... Read More


Negros cook whips up sweet corn pinakbet for 'Walang Gutom' nat'l tilt

BACOLOD CITY, July 13 -- A 64-year-old cook from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental is serving the famous "pinakbet" mixed vegetable dish with a twist at the Walang Gutom Kusinero: Cook-Off Challenge natio... Read More


Major initiatives put premium on 'Healthy Bacolod'

BACOLOD CITY, July 11 -- Top officials of this highly urbanized city continue to push for initiatives to ensure the delivery of premium healthcare through investments in better hospital access and con... Read More


DSWD delivers 120K family food packs to Negros

Manila, July 11 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has PHP147.201 million in food and non-food items available as of Saturday, as stated in its progress reports on the moderate... Read More


NegOcc works with BFAR for sustainable, competitive blue crab industry

BACOLOD CITY, July 11 -- The Negros Occidental provincial government is working with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in pushing for a sustainable and globally competitive blue swi... Read More


Ashfall, sulfuric smell reported in some NegOcc communities

BACOLOD CITY, July 9 -- The Office of Civil Defense-Negros Island Region (OCD-NIR) monitored ashfall and sulfuric smell in at least two local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental after the mod... Read More


DAR erases P6.65-B debts, gives P95.5-M aid to ARBs in south Negros

BACOLOD CITY, July 9 -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has granted debt relief amounting to PHP6.65 billion to 44,643 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and turned over PHP95.5 million in s... Read More


'E-sabong' ops dismantled in NegOcc; prov'l official in hot water

BACOLOD CITY, July 9 -- A provincial board member of Negros Occidental is considered a person of interest in the investigation on a massive illegal online cockfighting (electronic sabong) operation in... Read More


NegOcc task force crafts unified operation plan vs. RSSI, other pests

BACOLOD CITY, July 8 -- Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has formed a body tasked to formulate and adopt a unified provincial operational plan for the implementation of coordinated inter... Read More


2 most wanted persons in Negros Island arrested

Manila, July 5 -- The top and fifth most wanted persons in Negros Island Region charged for rape and murder, respectively, were arrested in separate manhunt operations in Negros Occidental over the we... Read More