Tripled budget for Dâguete CCTVs
DUMAGUETE City â Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo declared he will triple the budget for closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to be installed across the city.
If...
âSolar farms donât cause brownoutsâ
BACOLOD City â 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 â 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 â The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Occidental ordered a price freeze on basic necessities, citing President Rodrigo Duterteâs...
Climate Change action plan formed
BACOLOD City â Stakeholders from various sectors under the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council formulated a Provincial Climate Change Action Plan (PCCAP)...
Economic Highway seenas âbiggest single infraâ
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City â The proposed 21-kilometer Bacolod Economic Highway will be the âbiggest single infrastructure projectâ here, said Mayor Evelio Leonardia.
Most of...
Leilaâs dilemmas unprecedented â Risa
BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
BACOLOD City âWhat Sen. Leila de Lima went through in the past days was âunprecedented,â according to a colleague.
De Lima was...
Climate changeworriesfishers
BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
BACOLOD City âSmall 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 âVoter 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 â A farmersâ association urged the local government to convert the cityâs solid waste into electricity.
The amount of garbage Bacolod...