May 20, 2024 - Negros Now Daily

7,440 poor families in Neg. Occ. get P22.2M financial assistance

May 20, 2024

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has disbursed financial assistance totaling P22.2 million to 7,440 poor families in Negros Occidental under its AKAP or Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program on May 18.

Cops seize 200kg of marijuana from ‘plantation’ in San Carlos

May 20, 2024

The Police Regional Office-6 has commended the San Carlos City Police Station and supporting police units for the discovery and seizure of a marijuana plantation and the apprehension of its two farmer-cultivators on May 14.

1-hectare property earmarked for BJMP facility in Bacolod

May 20, 2024

A one-hectare property will be allocated by the city government for the new site of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) male facility in Barangay Granada.

Romualdez thanks Marcos for recognizing House’s support

May 20, 2024

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for acknowledging the unity of members of the House of Representatives, as manifested in their show of force in support to the Presidential Assistance to Farmers, Fisherfolk, and Families (PAFF) payout in Cagayan De Oro City.

Solon reiterates NIR advantages

May 20, 2024

The creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR), which will be composed of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Siquijor, is “very advantageous” to the fifth district of Negros Occidental, Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo said on Saturday .

DILG lauds outstanding barangays

May 20, 2024

The Department of the Interior and Local lauded the 1,028 outstanding barangays nationwide, eight of them from Negros Occidental, that passed the first-ever 2023 Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangay (SGLGB).