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Tripled budget for D’guete CCTVs

DUMAGUETE City – Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo declared he will triple the budget for closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to be installed across the city. If...

‘Solar farms don’t cause brownouts’

BACOLOD City – The Department of Energy (DOE) recently contended that the influx of solar power farms in Negros Occidental has caused line congestion...

Next police tactic: Sticker vs drugs

BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is getting ready for another strategy in the war against illegal drugs. Its personnel are...

Price freeze stays, says DTI-Negros

BACOLOD City – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Occidental ordered a price freeze on basic necessities, citing President Rodrigo Duterte’s...

Climate Change action plan formed

BACOLOD City – Stakeholders from various sectors under the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council formulated a Provincial Climate Change Action Plan (PCCAP)...

Economic Highway seenas ‘biggest single infra’

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – The proposed 21-kilometer Bacolod Economic Highway will be the “biggest single infrastructure project” here, said Mayor Evelio Leonardia. Most of...

Leila’s dilemmas unprecedented – Risa

BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN BACOLOD City –What Sen. Leila de Lima went through in the past days was “unprecedented,” according to a colleague. De Lima was...

Climate changeworriesfishers

BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN BACOLOD City –Small fishers in Negros Occidental have expressed concern over climate change. It forces fishes to migrate, thereby affecting their catch,...

Voter registration resumes Oct. 3

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City –Voter registration will resume on Oct. 3 and last until April 29. City Election Officer Mavil Majarucon-Siaappealed to would-be voters to...

Convert waste toenergy, city told

BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – A farmers’ association urged the local government to convert the city’s solid waste into electricity. The amount of garbage Bacolod...